Cisco MDS 9000 Series Command Reference

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
OL-8413-07, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Chapter 1 CLI Overview
Using Valid Formats and Ranges
Using Valid Formats and Ranges
Note Do not enter ellipsis (...), vertical bar (|), less or great (<>), bracket ([]), or braces ({}) in
command lines. These characters have special meaning in Cisco MDS SAN-OS text strings.
Some commands require a MAC address, IP address, or IDs that must be designated in a standard format
or given a range. See Table 1-7.
Table 1-7 Valid Formats and Ranges
Address Description Valid Format Example Range
MAC address 6 bytes in hexadecimal format separated by colons
(not case-sensitive)
00:00:0c:24:d2:Fe —
IP address 32 bytes, written as 4 octets separated by periods
(dotted decimal format) that are made up of a network
section, an optional netmask section, and a host
section.
126.2.54.1 —
VSAN Integer that specifies the VSAN. 7 1 to 4093
VLAN Integer that specifies the VLAN 11 1 to 4093
Port WWN
(pWWN)
Eight hexadecimal numbers separated by colons (not
case-sensitive).
12:34:56:78:9A:BC:dE:F1 —
Node WWN
(nWWN)
Eight hexadecimal numbers separated by colons (not
case-sensitive).
12:34:56:78:9A:BC:dE:F1 —
LUN 8 bytes in hexadecimal format separated by colons. A
minimum of two hex characters are acceptable. The
valid format is hhhh[:hhhh[:hhhh[:hhhh]]]
64
(100d = 64h)
—
FCID Six character hexadecimal value prepended by 0x. 0xabc123 —
Domain ID Integer that specifies the domain. 7 1 to 239
Timers Integer that specifies timers in milliseconds for
latency, FC time out values (TOV).
100 0 to 2147483647
Switching module Slot in which the applicable switching module
resides.
11 to 15
Switch priority Integer specifying switch priority. 5 1 to 254
Channel group Integer that specifies a PortChannel group addition. 1 1 to 100
Fabric Shortest Path
First (FSPF)
Integer that specifies the hold time (in milliseconds)
before making FSPF computations.
1000 0 to 65535
Fabric Analyzer The allowed range for the frame size limit in bytes. 64 64 to 65536
Fabric Analyzer
captures
An example of 10 frames, limits the number of frames
captured to 10.
10 0 to 2147483647
FCIP profile Integer that specifies the FCIP profile 101 1 to 255
TCP retransmit time Integer that specifies the minimum retransmit time for
the TCP connection in milliseconds
300 250 to 5000

Cisco MDS 9000 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	MDS 9000 Series
Category	Switch
Language	English