Configuring Port Fencing Using The Portfencing Command; Area Types - Brocade Communications Systems 1606 Administrator's Manual

Configuring port fencing using the portFencing command

Use the portFencing command to enable or disable port fencing on a specified E_Port, FOP_Port,
VE_Port, or Port.
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the portFencing command to display the list of operands.

Area types

The areas shown in
FOP_Ports, and physical ports.
TABLE 11
Area type
CRC
ITW
C3TX_T0
LR
PE
ST
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Configuring port fencing using the portFencing command
The portFencing menu displays.
switch:admin > portFencing
portFencing --show
portFencing --enable <port_type> -area <area_type>
portFencing --disable <port_type> -area <area_type>
Table 11 are valid when enabling or disabling port fencing on E_Ports,
Valid area types for port threshold configuration
Area description
Cyclic redundancy check error
Invalid transmission word
Class 3 discards frames due to timeout (8 Gbps platforms only)
Link reset
Protocol error
State changes
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