FCRLS

Section: Open\-FCoE Tools (8)
Updated: 02/06/2013
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NAME

fcrls - Fibre Channel Read Link Error Status Block (RLS) tool

SYNOPSIS

fcrls --port rport_bsg_name [--quiet]

fcrls --fcid rport_port_FC-ID [--quiet]

fcrls --help

DESCRIPTION

The fcrls command performs Fibre Channel Read Link Error Status Block (RLS) ELS request (see FC-LS-2) via BSG over a given rport bsg name or FC-ID.

fcrls takes either a rport bsg name or a rport port FC-ID as the input. To disable verbose output, use the --quiet option.

OPTIONS

--port rport_bsg_name

: Send RLS to a rport by FC remote port bsg name, e.g., rport-7:0-1.

--fcid rport_port_FC-ID

: Send RLS to a rport by port FC-ID, e.g., 0xce000d.

--quiet

: Disable verbose output.

--help

: Display a help message with basic usage instructions.

EXAMPLES

Sends RLS to the FC remote port as rport-7:0-1

fcrls --port rport-7:0-1

Sends RLS to the FC remote port with 0xce000d as its port FC-ID

fcrls --fcid 0xce000d

SUPPORT

fcrls is part of the fcoe-utils package, maintained through the Open-FCoE project. Resources for both developers and users can be found at the Open-FCoE website http://open-fcoe.org/.