fspf hello-interval

To verify the health of the link, use the fspf hello-interval command. To revert to the default value, use the no form of this command.

fspf hello-interval seconds vsan vsan-id

no fspf hello-interval seconds vsan vsan-id

Syntax Description

hello-interval seconds
Specifies the FSPF hello interval in seconds. The range is from 2 to 65535 for Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) interfaces and from 1 to 65534 for virtual Fibre Channel interfaces.
vsan vsan-id
Specifies a VSAN ID. The range is from 1 to 4093.

Command Default

20 seconds

Command Modes

Interface configuration mode

Command History

Release
Modification
4.0(0)N1(1a)
This command was introduced.
5.0(2)N2(1)
Support for virtual Fibre Channel interface was added.

Usage Guidelines

This command configures Fabric Shortest Path First (FSPF) for the specified Fibre Channel interface. This value must be the same in the ports at both ends of the ISL for Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) interfaces.

For virtual Fibre Channel interfaces, this command configures the FSPF parameters for the virtual E (VE) port.

Examples

This example shows how to configure a hello interval of 3 seconds on VSAN 1:

switch(config)# interface fc 2/1
switch(config-if)# fspf hello-interval 3 vsan 1
 

This example shows how to configure a hello interval of 30 seconds for a virtual Fibre Channel interface on VSAN 1:

switch(config)# interface vfc 5
switch(config-if)# fspf hello-interval 30 vsan 1
 

Related Commands

Command
Description
show fspf interface
Displays information for each selected interface.
switchport mode E
Configures a virtual Fibre Channel interface as a VE port.