A few Brocade CLI commands to lighten the post-Christmas mood are in order. These two are very basic, but I invariably forget them at inopportune moments. Like when I realise I’ve already logged in to 20 switches and haven’t retrieved quite all of the information that I should have. Without further ado, I present to you firmwareShow and chassisShow.
login as: username username@fc1.dc1.network.internal's password: fc1_dc1:username> firmwareshow Slot Name Appl Primary/Secondary Versions Status -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 CP0 FOS v6.3.0d STANDBY v6.3.0d 6 CP1 FOS v6.3.0d ACTIVE * v6.3.0d 7 FR4-18i FOS v6.3.0d v6.3.0d fc1_dc1:username> chassisshow Chassis Backplane Revision: D3 SW BLADE Slot: 1 Header Version: 2 Power Consume Factor: -55 Factory Part Num: 60-0200447-02 Factory Serial Num: SR040001175 Manufacture: Day: 19 Month: 2 Year: 2006 Update: Day: 4 Month: 1 Year: 2012 Time Alive: 1945 days Time Awake: 338 days SW BLADE Slot: 2 Header Version: 2 Power Consume Factor: -55 Factory Part Num: 60-0200447-02 Factory Serial Num: SR040002467 Manufacture: Day: 18 Month: 3 Year: 2006 Update: Day: 4 Month: 1 Year: 2012 Time Alive: 1947 days Time Awake: 338 days SW BLADE Slot: 3 Header Version: 2 Power Consume Factor: -55 Factory Part Num: 60-0200447-02 Factory Serial Num: SR040003307 Manufacture: Day: 6 Month: 4 Year: 2006 Update: Day: 4 Month: 1 Year: 2012 Time Alive: 1945 days Time Awake: 338 days SW BLADE Slot: 4 Header Version: 2 Power Consume Factor: -55 Factory Part Num: 60-0200447-02 Factory Serial Num: SR040003236 Manufacture: Day: 6 Month: 4 Year: 2006 Update: Day: 4 Month: 1 Year: 2012 Time Alive: 1946 days Time Awake: 338 days CP BLADE Slot: 5 Header Version: 2 Power Consume Factor: -70 Factory Part Num: 60-0201837-02 Factory Serial Num: SP040002669 Manufacture: Day: 7 Month: 4 Year: 2006 Update: Day: 4 Month: 1 Year: 2012 Time Alive: 1935 days Time Awake: 327 days CP BLADE Slot: 6 Header Version: 2 Power Consume Factor: -70 Factory Part Num: 60-0201837-03 Factory Serial Num: SP040002934 Manufacture: Day: 18 Month: 4 Year: 2006 Update: Day: 4 Month: 1 Year: 2012 Time Alive: 479 days Time Awake: 338 days AP BLADE Slot: 7 Header Version: 2 Power Consume Factor: -180 Factory Part Num: 60-0000659-14 Factory Serial Num: UG030001298 Manufacture: Day: 6 Month: 9 Year: 2007 Update: Day: 4 Month: 1 Year: 2012 Time Alive: 1213 days Time Awake: 338 days POWER SUPPLY Unit: 1 Header Version: 2 Power Consume Factor: 1000 Factory Part Num: 23-0200006-02 Factory Serial Num: FL2L9004150 Manufacture: Day: 27 Month: 4 Year: 2006 Update: Day: 4 Month: 1 Year: 2012 Time Alive: 1944 days Time Awake: 338 days POWER SUPPLY Unit: 2 Header Version: 2 Power Consume Factor: 1000 Factory Part Num: 23-0200006-02 Factory Serial Num: FL2L9003839 Manufacture: Day: 27 Month: 4 Year: 2006 Update: Day: 4 Month: 1 Year: 2012 Time Alive: 1945 days Time Awake: 338 days POWER SUPPLY Unit: 3 Header Version: 2 Power Consume Factor: 1000 Factory Part Num: 23-0200006-03 Factory Serial Num: FL2L9025027 Manufacture: Day: 11 Month: 10 Year: 2007 Update: Day: 4 Month: 1 Year: 2012 Time Alive: 1195 days Time Awake: 338 days POWER SUPPLY Unit: 4 Header Version: 2 Power Consume Factor: 1000 Factory Part Num: 23-0200006-03 Factory Serial Num: FL2L9025921 Manufacture: Day: 17 Month: 10 Year: 2007 Update: Day: 4 Month: 1 Year: 2012 Time Alive: 1195 days Time Awake: 338 days FAN Unit: 1 Header Version: 2 Power Consume Factor: -50 Factory Part Num: 60-0201665-01 Factory Serial Num: FM060012488 Manufacture: Day: 27 Month: 4 Year: 2006 Update: Day: 4 Month: 1 Year: 2012 Time Alive: 1945 days Time Awake: 338 days FAN Unit: 2 Header Version: 2 Power Consume Factor: -50 Factory Part Num: 60-0201665-01 Factory Serial Num: FM060012489 Manufacture: Day: 27 Month: 4 Year: 2006 Update: Day: 4 Month: 1 Year: 2012 Time Alive: 1945 days Time Awake: 338 days FAN Unit: 3 Header Version: 2 Power Consume Factor: -50 Factory Part Num: 60-0201665-01 Factory Serial Num: FM060012474 Manufacture: Day: 27 Month: 4 Year: 2006 Update: Day: 4 Month: 1 Year: 2012 Time Alive: 1945 days Time Awake: 338 days CHASSIS/WWN Unit: 1 (in same assembly as WWN Unit: 2) Header Version: 2 Power Consume Factor: -3 Factory Part Num: 60-0311101-02 Factory Serial Num: QV060003228 Manufacture: Day: 27 Month: 4 Year: 2006 Update: Day: 4 Month: 1 Year: 2012 Time Alive: 1945 days Time Awake: 338 days ID: IBM0000CA Part Num: 0021090000M48 Serial Num: 100308A WWN Unit: 2 (in same assembly as WWN Unit: 1) Header Version: 2 Power Consume Factor: -3 Factory Part Num: 60-0200834-01 Factory Serial Num: FS040004494 Manufacture: Day: 27 Month: 4 Year: 2006 Update: Day: 4 Month: 1 Year: 2012 Time Alive: 1945 days Time Awake: 338 days Chassis Factory Serial Num: QV060003448 fc1_dc1:username>