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Fabric OS Command Reference

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portCfgFec

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NOTES

FEC is supported the following links:

Between E_Ports on all Condor3-based platforms running Fabric OS v7.0.0 or later. Both sides of
the link must be configured with port speeds of 10 Gbps and 16 Gbps.

Between F_Ports and N_Ports in Access Gateway mode (requires Fabric OS v7.1.0 and later on the
AG and the switch.

Between Brocade 16G capable HBAs (Catapult2) Host Bus Adapters and an F_Port. The HBA must
be running v3.2 or later and the switch must be running Fabric OS v7.1.0.

FEC is compatible with QoS, Credit Recovery, and Fabric-Assigned Port WWM (FA-PWWN).

FEC is not supported on D_Ports configured with Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM).

The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may be in
place. Refer to Chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS Commands" and Appendix A, "Command Availability" for
details.

OPERANDS

This command has the following operands:

slot

On bladed systems only, specifies the slot number of the ports to be configured,
followed by a slash (/).

port[-port]

Specifies a port or a port range, relative to the slot number on bladed systems, for
example, 5/17-29. Multiple port ranges are not supported with this command.

--enable

Enables FEC on the specified ports.

--disable

Disables FEC on the specified ports.

--show

Displays the FEC configuration on the specified ports.

--help

Displays the command usage.

EXAMPLES

To enable FEC on a single port and to display the configuration:

switch:admin> portcfgfec --enable 5/28
switch:admin> portcfgfec --show 5/28
Port: 412
FEC Capable: YES
FEC Configured: ON
FEC State: active

To enable FEC on a port:

switch:admin> portcfgfec --enable 18
Same configuration for port 8

To enable FEC on a port range:

switch:admin> portcfgfec --enable 0-8

To enable the FEC feature on a range of ports, some of which were previously enabled (the following
example enables port 4):

switch:admin> portcfgfec --enable 2-4
Same configuration for port 2
Same configuration for port 3

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