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How to display the transceiver information a particular port with detailed diagnostic statistics
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show interface fc1/1 transceiver details
Display the information about transceiver(SFP) on port 1 module 1. This includes the product id, serial number supported speed and a detailed diagnostic information about the SFP. -
How to display the transceiver information on all the ports
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show interface transceiver
Display the transceiver(SFP) information on all the ports. This includes the product id, serial number supported speed and diagnostic information about the SFP. -
How to display the serial number of the switch
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show switchname serialnum
Display the serial number of the switch. we can also use "show sprom backplane 1" to get the serial number. -
How to display switch uptime
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show system uptime
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How to display the entries in the FLOGI database with a given fcid
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show flogi database fcid 0x0b0100
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How to show the interface counters in brief
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show interface counters brief
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How to display the FLOGI event history log for a FC port
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show flogi internal event-history interface fc1/1
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How to display the current date and time set on the switch
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show clock
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How to display the transceiver information on all the ports with detailed diagnostic statitics
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show interface transceiver details
Display the information about transceiver(SFP) on all the ports. This includes the product id, serial number supported speed and a detailed diagnostic information about the SFP. -
How to display the Speed of a FC port
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show interface fc1/1 | include Speed
Display the Speed of FC port 1 on slot 1 -
How to show detailed information about port channel
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show interface port-channel 1
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How to display the hostname of the switch
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show switch
Display the hostname of the switch -
How to display the error log of FLOGIs
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show flogi internal errors
Display the error log of FLOGIs -
How to display only the active zoneset configured in a specific VSANs along with its member zones
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show zoneset active vsan 100
Display only the active zoneset configured in VSAN 100 along with its member zones. -
How to display the entries in the FLOGI database for given fc port
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show flogi database interface fc1/1
Display the entries in the FLOGI database for FC port1 on slot1 -
How to display current health status for a specific module in a switch
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show system health module 1
display current health status for module 1 in the switch -
How to display brief information about specified FC interfaces on a switch
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show interface fc1/1-5 brief
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How to display information of FCNS database for a VSAN
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show fcns database vsan 1
display the contents of the FCNS database for VSAN 1 . This includes information about each PWWN entry along with FCID, vendor, type etc. -
How to display the cpu utilization for all the active processes running on a switch
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show processes cpu
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How to show brief information about port channel
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show interface port-channel 1 brief
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How to display the name of a switch
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show switchname
Display the hostname of the switch -
How to display all the zones those are part of active zoneset in all the VSANs
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show zone active
Display all the zones those are part of active zoneset in all the VSANs -
How to display information for all interfaces on the switch
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show interface
Displays information for all interfaces on the switch -
How to display all the entries in the FLOGI database along with FCID allocation details
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show flogi database details
Display all the entries in the FLOGI database along with FCID allocation details -
How to display all the entries in the FLOGI database
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show flogi database
Display all the entries in the FLOGI database -
How to display brief information about all interfaces on a switch
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show interface brief
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How to display the entries in FCNS database for a given FCID
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show fcns database fcid 0x0b0100
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How to display the list of all the zones defined in all the VSANs
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show zone
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How to display the membership information about a VSAN
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show vsan 100 membership
Display the membership information about VSAN 100. This will list the FC ports and Port-channels part of the VSAN -
How to display the default port status of a switch
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show system default switchport
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How to display the power usage summary and status
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show environment power
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How to list all the zones to which a member belongs using specific wwpn
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show zone member pwwn 21:00:00:00:00:00:00:11
List all the zones to which a member belongs using 21:00:00:00:00:00:00:11 -
How to display the membership information about all the VSANs
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show vsan membership
Display the membership information about all the VSANs. This will list the FC ports and Port-channels part of each VSANs -
How to display loopback test statistics for a specific switch port
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show system health statistics loopback interface fc1/1
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How to display the VSAN membership information of a FC port
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show vsan membership interface fc1/1
Display the VSAN membership information of FC port 1 -
How to display detailed information about the counters in all the interfaces
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show interface detail-counters
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How to show trunk information per vsan in a port channel
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show interface port-channel 1 trunk vsan
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How to display the information about a VSAN
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show vsan 100
Display the information about VSAN 100 along with operation status -
How to display the zonesets configured in a specific VSAN along with its member zones
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show zoneset vsan 100
Display the zonesets configured in VSAN 100 along with its member zones. -
How to display description about of all the interfaces in the switch
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show interface description
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How to display the highest cpu utilized system processes on a switch
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show processes cpu sort 5min
display all the system processes sorted by cpu ulitization based last 5 minute -
How to display the status of show tech support auto collection
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show system auto-collect tech-support
display the auto collection status of show tech support -
How to display the current usage summary of various resources in a switch
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show system resources
display the current usage summary of various resources in the switch such as memory, processes etc. -
How to display the information about the number of VSANs configured and available for usage
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show vsan usage
Display the information about the number of VSANs configured and how many available for usage -
How to display the members of a specific zone
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show zone name zone123
Display the members of zone zone123 -
How to display the temperature information and status about the intake and outlet sensors
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show environment temperature
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How to display the information about all the VSANs along with operation status
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show vsan
Display the information about all the VSANs along with operation status -
How to display only the active zoneset configured in all the VSANs along with its member zones
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show zoneset active
Display only the active zoneset configured in all the VSANs along with its member zones. -
How to list the failed login attempts to access the switch
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show system login failures
list the failed login attempts to access the switch -
How to display detailed information of FCNS database for all VSANs
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show fcns database detail
display the contents of the FCNS database for all VSANs in detail. This also shows information like the connected interface and switch. -
How to display the redundancy status of supervisor cards
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show system redundancy status
display the redundancy status of supervisor cards -
How to display the entries in the FLOGI database for a particular vsan
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show flogi database vsan 10
Display only the entries belongs to vsan 10 interfaces in the FLOGI database -
How to display the contents of device alias database
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show device-alias database
display the contents of the device alias database -
How to display switch hardware information
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show hardware
Display the complete switch hardware information. This command also show the BIOS version, system and kickstart image information with many other useful details. -
How to display the current status of device alias database
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show device-alias status
display the current status of device alias database -
How to display the inventory of all the modules
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show inventory module
Display the inventory of all the modules. This includes product IDs, serial numbers, and version IDs -
How to display detailed information about management interface
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show interface mgmt
Displays detailed information about management interface 0 -
How to display memory usage information for each system processes in the switch
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show processes memory
display memory usage information for each system processes in the switch -
How to display the FLOGI event history log for members of given vsan
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show flogi internal event-history vsan 11
Display the FLOGI event history log for members of vsan 11 -
How to display wwn of the switch
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show wwn switch
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How to display the zone database status of a specific VSAN
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show zone status vsan 100
Display the zone database status of VSAN 100. This will include the number of zoneset and zones defines VSAN 100.It also shows if the zoning mode either basic or enhanced for zones in VSAN 100 -
How to display the inventory of all the power supply units in the switch
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show inventory power_supply
Display the inventory of all the power supply units in the switch. This includes product IDs, serial numbers, and version IDs -
How to display the Buffer To Buffer credit information for each interface about the operation state
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show interface bbcredit
Display the Buffer To Buffer credit information for each interface about the operation state. -
How to display information about a user
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show user-account user1
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How to display all CLI users currently accessing the switch
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show users
display all CLI users currently accessing the switch -
How to display the inventory of the chassis unit
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show inventory chassis
Display the inventory of the chassis unit. This includes product IDs, serial numbers, and version IDs -
How to display description about an interface in the switch
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show interface fc1/1 description
Displays description about FC interface port1 on slot 1 in the switch -
How to display the information about the switch management interface
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show hardware internal mgmt0 stats
Display the information about the switch management interface. Gives the details about the management IP address and MAC address of the port. -
How to display the zonesets configures in all the VSANs along with its member zones
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show zoneset
Display the zonesets configured in all the VSANs along with its member zones. -
How to display loopback test statistics for the entire switch
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show system health statistics loopback
display loopback test statistics for the entire switch -
How to displays the Name Server Statistics
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show fcns statistics
displays the Name Server Statistics -
How to displays fabric binding violations for a particular VSAN
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show fabric-binding violations vsan 100
displays fabric binding violations for VSAN 100 -
How to display detailed information about a FC interface
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show interface fc1/1
Display detailed information about FC interface port 1 in slot 1 -
How to display detailed information of FCNS database for a VSAN
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show fcns database detail vsan 1
display the contents of the FCNS database for VSAN 1 in detail. This also shows information like the connected interface and switch. -
How to find the processes that uses highest memory in a switch
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show processes memory sort
display memory usage information for all system processes in the switch sorted by highest first -
How to display current health statistics for all modules in the switch
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show system health statistics
display current health statistics for all modules in the switch. This include the failure and error counts happened on tests. -
How to displays fabric binding status for each VSAN
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show fabric-binding status
displays fabric binding status for each configured VSAN -
How to display all the active system processes running on a switch
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show processes
display all the active system processes running on a switch -
How to display information about all the configured user accounts
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show user-account
display information about all the configured user accounts -
How to display the inventory of a module
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show inventory module 1
Display the inventory of module 1. This includes product IDs, serial numbers, and version IDs -
How to display only the zones those are part of active zoneset in specific VSAN
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show zone active vsan 100
Display only the zones those are part of active zoneset configured in VSAN 100 along with its member zones. -
How to display current health status for all the modules in the switch
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show system health
display current health status for all the modules in the switch -
How to displays fabric binding status for a particular VSAN
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show fabric-binding status vsan 100
displays fabric binding status for VSAN 100 -
How to display the inventory of all field replaceable units
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show inventory
Display the inventory of all field replaceable units (FRUs). This includes product IDs, serial numbers, and version IDs -
How to display the current date and time set on the switch along with the summertime configuration
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show clock detail
Display the current date and time set on the switch along with the summertime configuration -
How to display configured fabric binding database information for all the VSANs
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show fabric-binding database
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How to display the serial number of the switch
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show switch serialnum
Display the serial number of the switch. we can also use "show sprom backplane 1" to get the serial number. -
How to display the vsan information of a FC port
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show interface fc1/1 | include vsan
Display the vsan information of FC port 1 on slot 1 -
How to display the inventory of all fans in the switch
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show inventory fans
Display the inventory of all fans in the switch. This includes product IDs, serial numbers, and version IDs -
How to display entry with a given name in the device alias database
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show device-alias name server1_hba1
display the entry with name server1_hba1 in the device alias database -
How to display the list of all the zones defined for a specific VSAN
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show zone vsan 100
Display the list of all the zones defined for VSAN 100 -
How to display process log information
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show processes log
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How to display the zone database status of all the VSANs
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show zone status
Display the zone database status of VSAN 100. This will include the number of zoneset and zones defines VSAN 100. It also shows if the zoning mode either basic or enhanced. -
How to display the contents of FCNS database for all VSANs
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show fcns database
display the contents of the FCNS database for all VSANs. This includes information about each PWWN entry along with FCID, vendor, type etc. -
How to display all the running and startup boot variables
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show boot
Display all the running and startup boot variables such as kickstart and system variable -
How to display the list of boot variables configured for modules
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show boot module
Display the list of boot variables configured for modules -
How to display loopback test statistics for a specific module
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show system health statistics loopback module 1
display loopback test statistics for the module 1 -
How to display activated fabric binding database information for all the VSANs
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show fabric-binding database active
display activated fabric binding database information for all the VSANs -
How to display configured fabric binding database information for a particular VSAN
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show fabric-binding database vsan 100
display configured fabric binding database information for VSAN 100 -
How to display active fabric binding database information for a particular VSAN
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show fabric-binding database active vsan 100
display active fabric binding database information for VSAN 100 -
How to display shared memory information for system processes running on switch
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show processes memory shared
display shared memory information for system processes running on switch -
How to display current health statistics for a specific module in the switch
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show system health statistics module 1
display current health statistics module 1 in the switch. This include the failure and error counts happened on tests. -
How to display the list of all the features available in the switch with current status
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show feature
Display the list of all the features available in the switch and currently enabled or disabled. -
How to display the reasons for various resets happened for a specific module
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show system reset-reason module 5
display the reasons for various resets happened for module 1 -
How to display the status of all the fan modules
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show environment fan
Display the status of all the fan modules -
How to display the list of boot variables
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show boot variables
Display the list of boot variables -
How to display the environmental information about the switch
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show environment
Display the environmental information about the switch. This includes the power supply voltage and status information and also the fan and temperature status. -
How to display detailed information logged against a particular process
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show processes log pid 1234
display detailed information logged against process id 1234 -
How to display the list of all the error ids with its description
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show system error-id list
display the list of all the error ids with its description -
How to show trunks on a vsan in port channel
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show interface port-channel 1 trunk vsan 100
Show the trunks on vsan 100 in port-channel 1 -
How to displays fabric binding violations for all VSANs
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show fabric-binding violations
displays fabric binding violations for all VSANs -
How to display all the running boot variables
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show boot current
Display all the running boot variables -
How to display detailed information of all process logs
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show processes log details
display detailed information of all process logs -
How to display the details of a specific error id
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show system error-id 0x402000EC
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How to display the transceiver information a particular port
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show interface fc1/1 transceiver
Display the information about transceiver(SFP) on port 1 module 1. This includes the product id, serial number supported speed and diagnostic information about the SFP.
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