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brocade8Gb:admin> portcfgshow
Ports of Slot 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
-----------------+---+---+---+---+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+---+---
Speed AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN
Fill Word 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3
AL_PA Offset 13 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Trunk Port .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Long Distance .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
VC Link Init .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Locked L_Port .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Locked G_Port .. ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ..
Disabled E_Port .. ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ..
Locked E_Port .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
ISL R_RDY Mode .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
RSCN Suppressed .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Persistent Disable ON .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ON
LOS TOV enable .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
NPIV capability ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON
NPIV PP Limit 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126 126
QOS E_Port AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE AE
Mirror Port .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Rate Limit .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Credit Recovery ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON
Fport Buffers .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Port Auto Disable .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Fault Delay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ports of Slot 0 16 17 18 19
-----------------+---+---+---+---
Speed AN AN AN AN
Fill Word 3 3 3 3
AL_PA Offset 13 .. .. .. ..
Trunk Port .. .. .. ..
Long Distance .. .. .. ..
VC Link Init .. .. .. ..
Locked L_Port .. .. .. ..
Locked G_Port .. .. .. ..
Disabled E_Port .. .. .. ..
Locked E_Port .. .. .. ..
ISL R_RDY Mode .. .. .. ..
RSCN Suppressed .. .. .. ..
Persistent Disable ON ON ON ON
LOS TOV enable .. .. .. ..
NPIV capability ON ON ON ON
NPIV PP Limit 126 126 126 126
QOS E_Port AE AE AE AE
Mirror Port .. .. .. ..
Rate Limit .. .. .. ..
Credit Recovery ON ON ON ON
Fport Buffers .. .. .. ..
Port Auto Disable .. .. .. ..

Fault Delay 0 0 0 0
where AE:QoSAutoEnable, AN:AutoNegotiate, .. FF, NA:NotApplicable, ??:INVALID,

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brocade8Gb:admin> switchShow
switchName: brocade8Gb
switchType: 73.6
switchState: Online
switchMode: Native
switchRole: Principal
switchDomain: 1
switchId: fffc01
switchWwn: 10:00:00:27:f8:49:ce:5f
zoning: ON (C_r)
switchBeacon: OFF

Index Port Address Media Speed State Proto
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0 0 010000 id N8 In_Sync FC Disabled (Persistent)
1 1 010100 cu N8 Online FC F-Port 21:00:00:24:ff:41:1f:b7
2 2 010200 cu N8 Online FC F-Port 21:00:00:24:ff:41:1e:f9
3 3 010300 cu N8 Online FC F-Port 21:00:00:24:ff:41:1e 1
4 4 010400 cu N8 Online FC F-Port 21:00:00:24:ff:41:1e:cf
5 5 010500 cu N8 Online FC F-Port 21:00:00:24:ff:41:1f:49
6 6 010600 cu N8 Online FC F-Port 21:00:00:24:ff:41:1e:9b
7 7 010700 cu N8 Online FC F-Port 21:00:00:24:ff:41:1f:c7
8 8 010800 cu AN No_Sync FC
9 9 010900 cu N8 Online FC F-Port 21:00:00:24:ff:41:1e:83
10 10 010a00 cu AN No_Sync FC
11 11 010b00 cu N8 Online FC F-Port 21:00:00:24:ff:41:1f:5b
12 12 010c00 cu AN No_Sync FC
13 13 010d00 cu AN No_Sync FC
14 14 010e00 cu AN No_Sync FC
15 15 010f00 id N8 No_Sync FC Disabled (Persistent)
16 16 011000 id N8 No_Sync FC Disabled (Persistent)
17 17 011100 id N8 No_Sync FC Disabled (Persistent)
18 18 011200 -- N8 No_Module FC Disabled (Persistent)
19 19 011300 -- N8 No_Module FC Disabled (Persistent)
brocade8Gb:admin>
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brocade8Gb: admin > licenseport --show
20 ports are available in this switch
Full POD license is installed
Dynamic POD method is in use
20 port assignments are provisioned for use in this switch:
10 port assignments are provisioned by the base switch license
10 port assignments are provisioned by a full POD license
20 ports are assigned to installed licenses:
10 ports are assigned to the base switch license
10 ports are assigned to the full POD license
Ports assigned to the base switch license:
0*, 1*, 2*, 3*, 6*, 7, 9, 10*, 15*, 16*
Ports assigned to the full POD license:
4*, 5, 8*, 11, 12*, 13*, 14*, 17*, 18*, 19*
Ports not assigned to a license:
None

0 license reservations are still available for use by unassigned ports
16 license assignments are held by offline ports (indicated by *)
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brocade8Gb:admin> portcfgpersistentenable 0
portCfgPersistentEnable is successful
But the port cannot be enabled. Check if switch is disabled or slot is off or if this is VE port and associated GE is not in FCIP mode
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brocade8Gb:admin> porterrshow

frames enc crc crc too too bad enc disc link loss loss frjt fbsy
tx rx in err g_eof shrt long eof out c3 fail sync sig
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0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1: 478 478 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0k 0 23 25 0 0 0
2: 8.5k 8.6k 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.9k 12 34 36 0 0 0
3: 1.1k 1.1k 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7k 0 49 36 0 0 0
4: 414 414 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9k 0 25 27 0 0 0
5: 2.6k 2.6k 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.0k 0 27 29 0 0 0
6: 19.5k 19.5k 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.2k 21 87 57 0 0 0
7: 3.9k 3.9k 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.3k 0 13 14 0 0 0
8: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
9: 4.0k 4.0k 0 0 0 0 0 0 669 0 31 20 0 0 0
10: 1.2k 1.2k 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9k 0 7 9 0 0 0
11: 5.0k 5.0k 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.3k 0 18 17 0 0 0
12: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
13: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
14: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
15: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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