Below is a list of useful Brocade CLI commands that I keep at my desk for reference.

 They’re divided up into

categories for Zoning, Show, Port, Time/Date, License, Banner, Password, SNMP, User Config, Firmware, and
Miscellaneous.
Zoning Commands

alicreate “Name”, Used to create an alias

“domain,port#”

alicreate To create multiple ports under a single alias

“Name”,”portname1;
portname2″

alidelete “Name” To delete an alias

aliadd “Name”, To add additional ports to an alias

“domain,port#”

aliremove “Name”, To remove a port from the alias

“domain,port#”

alishow “AliName” To show the alias configuration on the switch

zonecreate “Zone Name”, To create zones based on alias

“alias1; alias2″

zonedelete “ZoneName” To delete a zone

zoneadd “ZoneName”, “alias To add additional alias into the zone

name”

zoneremove “ZoneName”, To remove an alias from the zone

“alias name”

zoneshow “zoneName” To show the zone configuration information

cfgcreate “Configname”, To create configurations by adding in zones

“Zone1; Zone2″

cfgdelete “ConfigName” To delete a configuration

cfgadd “ConfigName”, To add additional zones in the configuration

“Zone3″

cfgremove “ConfigName”, To remove a zone from the configuration

“Zone3″

cfgshow “ConfigName” To show the details of that configuration

cfgenable “ConfigName” To enable a configuration on the switch

cfgsave To have the effective configuration to be written into the flash memory
Show Commands

 psshow Displays the status of the power supply

fansshow Displays the status of the fans

tempshow Displays the status of the temperature readings

sensorshow Displays the status of the sensor readings

nsshow Displays information in the name server

nsshow -t Displays information in the name server

nsshow -r Displays the information in the name server along with the state change
registration details

nscamshow Displays detailed information of all the devices connected to all the switches in
the fabric (Remote Name Servers)

nsallshow Displays the 24 bit address of all devices that are in the fabric

licenseshow Displays all the licenses that have been added in the switch

date Displays the current date set on the switch

bannershow Displays the banner that will appear when logging in using the CLI or web tools

httpcfgshow Displays the JAVA version the switch expects at the management console

switchname Displays the name of the switch

fabricshow Displays information of all the switches in the fabric

userconfig –show -a Displays the account information like role , description , password exp date ,
locked status

switchstatusshow Displays the overall status of the switch

switchstatuspolicyshow Displays policy set for the switch regarding Marginal(Yellow) or Down(Red)
error status

portshow To show the port status

portcfgshow Displays the speed set for all ports on all slots and other detailed port
information

configshow fabric.ops Displays the parameters of the switch. Ensure all switches in a fabric have the
same parameters in order to communicate

configshowfabric.ops.pidForm Displays the PID set for a switch Core , Native or Extended edge
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switchuptime OR uptime Displays the uptime for the switch

firmwareshow Displays the firmware on the switch

version Displays the current firmware version on the switch

hashow Displays the status of local and remote CP’s. High availability , heartbeat and
synchronization

Port Settings

portcfgshow Displays the port settings

portcfg rscnsupr [slot/port] A registered state change registration is suppressed when a state change occurs
–enable on the port

portcfg rscnsupr [slot/port] A registered state change registration is sent when a state change occurs on the
–disable port

portname To assign a name for a port

portdisable To disable a port or slot

portenable To enable a port or slot

portcfgpersistentdisable To disable a port , status would not change even after rebooting the switch

portcfgpersistentenable To enable a port , status would not change even after rebooting the switch

portshow To show the port status

portcfgspeed , To set speed for a port#te – 0:auto negotiated 1,2,4 Gbit/sec , 1 : 1Gbit/sec , 2 :
2 Gbit/sec , 4 : 4Gbit/sec

switchcfgspeed To set speed for all the ports on the switch Note – 0:auto negotiated 1,2,4
Gbit/sec , 1 : 1Gbit/sec , 2 : 2 Gbit/sec , 4 : 4Gbit/sec

portcfgshow Displays the speed set for all ports on all slots and other detailed port information

portcfgdefault To set the port settings to default

portcfglongdistance To set the long distance mode . Default is L0(Normal), as per distance will display
LE <=10 kms , L0.5 <=25kms , L1 <=50 kms, L2<=100kms , LD=auto , LS =
Static

portcfgeport Used to disable a port from being a E port

Time and Date Settings

date Displays the current date set on the switch

 tsclockserver 10.10.1.1 Instruction for the principal switch to synchronize time with the NTP server
(specify the  ip address of the NTP server)

tsclockserver LOCL Instruction to stop NTP server synchronization (Local time of the switch)

date mmddhhmmyy To set the time of the switch when the NTP server synchronization is
cancelled

tstimezone -5 To set the time zone for individual switches

License Commands

licenseshow Displays all the licenses that are added in the switch

licenseadd To add a new license to the switch

licenseremove To remove a license from the switch

licenseidshow Based on Switch WWN

Banner Commands

bannershow Displays the banner that will appear when logging in using the CLI or web
tools

bannerset To set the banner which will appear when logging in using the CLI or web
tools

bannerset “” To remove the bannerset (two quotes)

Password commands

passwd To change the password for that particular login

passwdcfg –set -lowercase 3 To set the password rules

uppercase 1 -digits 2
-punctuation 2 -minlength 10
-history 3

passwdcfg –set To set the minimum password age in Days

-minpasswordage 1

passwdcfg –set To set the maximum password age in Days

-maxpasswordage 30

passwdcfg –set -warning 23 To set a warning for the expiration Days remaining

passwdcfg –set To set the account lockout thresh hold

-lockoutthreshold 5
 passwdcfg –set To set the account lockout duration in Minutes
-lockoutduration 30

passwdcfg –setdefault To restore the password policy to Factory settings (min length – 8, history
-1 , lockoutduration – 30)

SNMP Commands

snmpconfig snmpconfig for 5.0 above fos

agtcfgset snmp config for fos below 5.0

snmpmibcapset for choosing the MIB’s for the snmp settings

User Configuration

userconfig –show -a / Displays all the account information like role , description , password expiration
userconfig –show date , locked status

userconfig –add john -r To add a new account -r = role , -d = description

admin -d “John Doe”

userconfig –show john Displays all the information for the account john

userconfig –change -e no To Disable an account , usually default a/cs like admin and user . But ensure
before disabling the admin a/c there is another a/c with admin rights

userconfig –change -e yes To Enable an account

Firmware commands

configupload Saves the switch config as an ASCII text file to an FTP server

configdownload To restore a switch configuration from ASCII text file Note – Need to disable the
switch before downloading the config file

configure => cfgload Fabric OS v 4.4 & above provides Secure File Copy Protocol (SCP) during upload
attributes : [y] => Ensure or download of configurations
secure config upload /
download : [y]

firmwaredownload To download the firmware to be installed on the switch

firmwareshow To be run after installing the firmware on the switch

version Displays the current firmware version on the switch

fastboot Needs to be run after installing the firmware. This does not include the post.

reboot Needs to be run after installing the firmware. This includes the post.
Miscellaneous commands

killtelnet To kill a particular session which is using telnet

configure To configure a switch

quietmode To switch off the quiet mode

quietmode 1 To suppress messages to the console

switchname Displays the switch name

switchname “EXAMPLE” To assign a switch name

bannerset To set the banner which will appear when logging in using the CLI or web tools

timeout Displays the timeout time set for Telnet session on the switch

timeout 10 To set a specific timeout time for the Telnet session

switchuptime or uptime Displays the uptime for the switch

switchcfgspeed To set speed for all the ports on the switch Note – 0:auto negotiated 1,2,4
Gbit/sec , 1 : 1Gbit/sec , 2 : 2 Gbit/sec , 4 : 4Gbit/sec

fastboot To reboot the switch without post

reboot To reboot the switch with the post

switchstatusshow Displays the overall status of the switch

switchstatuspolicyshow Displays policy set for the switch regarding Marginal(Yellow) or Down(Red) error
status

switchstatuspolicyset To change the policy set for the switch regarding Marginal(Yellow) or Down(Red)
error status