Navisphere Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference - VMware Communities

Basic Commandsbackendbus -get -sfpstate (CX3 series only)Displays the current condition of each back-end SFPDescriptionSyntaxPrerequisitesOptionsThe naviseccli backendbus command with the -get -sfpstatefunction, displays the current condition of each back-end SFP, whichis a small form-factor pluggable (SFP) optical modular transceiver.You can target a specific back-end bus and display information foronly that bus, or you can display back-end bus information for allbuses on the storage system.The SFP states are Online, Faulted, and Removed. Online indicatesthat the back-end SFP is functioning normally; Faulted indicates anunsupported or faulted SFP; and Removed indicates that it does notexist.Use backendbus -analyze to display speed information for eachdevice on a back-end bus.backendbus -get -sfpstate is used with naviseccli (described onpage 37) as follows.backendbus -get -sfpstate [backend bus number]You must have a user account on the storage system on which youwant to execute the command.backend bus numberSpecifies the back-end bus for which you want to display businformation.Output Bus 0:SPA SFP State: FaultedSPB SFP State: OnlineExampleThe following example displays the current condition for eachback-end SFP:naviseccli -h ss1_spa backendbus -get -sfpstate72 EMC Navisphere Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference