Fabric OS Command Reference 707
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portFencing
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fop-port Enables or disables port fencing for all optical F_Ports.
fcu-port Enables or disables port fencing for all copper F_Ports. This operand is
supported only on embedded platforms and only on copper ports.
port Enables or disables port fencing for all physical ports.
-area area | -area all
Specifies one or more Fabric Watch areas to be monitored by the port fencing
feature. Areas are not case sensitive. Alternately, use the all option to specify
all of the following areas:
CRC Cyclic redundancy check error
ITW Invalid word transmission
PE Protocol error
ST State Change
LR Link reset
C3TX_TO Class 3 frame discard due to timeout.
--help Displays the command usage.
Examples To enable port fencing for the CRC area on all E_Ports:
switch:admin> portFencing --enable e-port -area crc
To enable port fencing for all areas on all E_Ports:
switch:admin> portFencing --enable e-port -area all
To enable port fencing for all areas on all E_Ports:
switch:admin> portFencing --enable e-port -area all
To enable port fencing for the CRC, ITW, and PE areas on all E_Ports:
switch:admin> portFencing --enable e-port -area CRC,ITW,PE
To enable port fencing for the ST area on all E_Ports and optical F_Ports:
switch:admin> portFencing --enable e-port,fopport -area ST
To enable port fencing for the ST area on all port types:
switch:admin> portFencing --enable all -area ST
To display the current port fencing configuration:
switch:admin> portFencing --show
Port Type|Area |PF Status
---------|----------------|------------
E-port |CRC |disabled
|ITW |enabled
|LR |enabled
|PE |enabled
|ST |enabled
FOP-port |CRC |enabled
|ITW |enabled
|LR |enabled
|C3TX_TO |enabled