HP StorageWorks 2/64 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.x Command Reference Guide (AA - Page 527

Operands This command has the following operands: -ports itemlist -iteration count -userdelay time -timeout time -pattern -patsize size -seed seed -listtype porttype Specify a list of user ports to test. By default, all the user ports in the switch are tested. See the itemList help pages for further details. Specify the number of times (or number of frames per port) to execute this test. The default value is 20. Valid values include: 0 Run the test on timeout mode. -1 Run indefinitely. Specify the delay between frames sent by portTest, in milliseconds. The default value is 10 milliseconds. Specify the number of seconds to run the test. Setting the iteration to 0 will set the portTest into timeout mode. The default value is 0. Specify the pattern of the test packets payload. Twenty types of predefined patterns are provided with the test. Use the dataTypeShow command to view the types of patterns that are supported with portTest. dataTypeShow displays the pattern names, the number to use to specify for each pattern type, and an example of each pattern. The default pattern type, if no pattern number is specified, is RANDOM (type=11). Specify the size of the pattern. The default size of the pattern is 1024 bytes. Valid range of values are 4 bytes through 2112 bytes. Specify the seed pattern to be used with pattern. The default seed value is 0xaa. Specify the type of ports to run portTest. The default following values are predefined for porttype: -1 All ports -2 All L_Ports -3 All F_Ports -4 All E_Ports -5 All N->N loopback ports The default value is -1. Examples To run a functional test on an active switch: switch:admin> porttest -ports 1/1-1/3 See also crossPortTest fportTest loopPortTest portLoopbackTest portTestShow spinFab stopPortTest Fabric OS 5.x command reference guide 527