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Fabric OS Command Reference 1

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Using Fabric OS Commands

Using the command line interface

The Fabric OS command line interface (CLI), accessed via Telnet, SSH, or serial console, provides

full management capability on a Brocade switch. The Fabric OS CLI enables an administrator to

monitor and manage individual switches, ports, and entire fabrics from a standard workstation.

Selected commands must be issued from a secure Telnet or SSH session.

Access is controlled by a switch-level password for each access level. The commands available

through the CLI are based on the user’s login role and the license keys used to unlock certain

features.

The Fabric OS CLI provides the following capabilities:

• Access to the full range of Fabric OS features, given the license keys installed.

• Assistance with configuration, monitoring, dynamic provisioning, and daily management of

every aspect of storage area networks (SANs).

• A deeper view of the tasks involved in managing a Brocade SAN.

• Identification, isolation, and management of SAN events across every switch in the fabric.

• Management of Brocade licenses.

The documentation for each command includes a synopsis of its syntax, a description of command

use, and a set of examples. The same information can be accessed by issuing the help command

followed by the command name on a Brocade switch or director. This command displays the help

page for the specified command. For example, to display the help page for portCfg, enter:

switch:admin> help portCfg

Understanding Role-Based Access Control

Fabric OS implements Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to control access to all Fabric OS

operations.

Eight predefined roles are supported, as described in Table 2. These predefined role definitions are

guided by perceived common operational situations and the operations and effects a role is

permitted to have on a fabric and individual fabric elements.

TABLE 2 Role definitions

Role name Definition

User Non-administrative use, such as monitoring system activity. In Fabric

OS v6.2.0 and later, the user account gains access to Fabric ID 128.

This is the default logical fabric after a firmware upgrade.

Operator A subset of administrative tasks typically required for routine

maintenance operations.

SwitchAdmin Administrative use excluding security, user management, and zoning.

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