Checking the status of the Fibre Channel ports using the CLI

You can use the command-line interface (CLI) to check the status of the Fibre Channel ports.

Issue the following CLI command to check the status of the Fibre Channel ports:

lsportfc

The following output shows what is displayed when you issue the lsnodecanister -delim : nodename command:

id fc_io_port_id port_id type     port_speed node_id node_name WWPN             nportid status                 attachment cluster_use    adapter_location  adapter_port_id
0  1             1       fc       8Gb        1       node1     500507680140BADD 0E2411  active                 switch     local_partner  1                  1
1  2             2       fc       8Gb        1       node1     500507680130BADD 0E2412  active                 switch     local_partner  1                  2
2  3             3       fc       N/A        1       node1     500507680110BADD 000000  inactive_unconfigured  none       partner        1                  3
3  4             4       fc       N/A        1       node1     500507680120BADD 000000  inactive_unconfigured  none       none           1                  4
4  5             3       ethernet 10Gb       1       node1     500507680150BADD 0E2413  active                 switch     local          2                  1
5  6             4       ethernet 10Gb       1       node1     500507680160BADD 0E2414  inactive_configured    switch     local          2                  2
6  1             1       fc       N/A        2       node2     500507680140BADE 000000  inactive_unconfigured  none       local_partner  2                  3
7  2             2       fc       N/A        2       node2     500507680130BADE 000000  inactive_unconfigured  none       local_partner  2                  4
8  3             3       fc       N/A        2       node2     500507680110BADE 000000  inactive_unconfigured  none       partner        3                  1
9  4             4       fc       N/A        2       node2     500507680120BADE 0E2414  active                 switch     none           3                  2
10 5             3       ethernet 10Gb       2       node2     500507680150BADE 0E2415  active                 switch     local          3                  3
11 6             4       ethernet 10Gb       2       node2     500507680160BADE 0E2416  active                 switch     local          3                  4

The previous example shows information for the named node canister on line two. You can see the port ID and the status of the port in the last eight lines of the example. In this example, the last eight lines show a port status of active. You might also see the following statuses: not installed, failed, or inactive.