Input Name	Range	Type	Description
adapter-name		string	The adapter name is either a slot number, or, if a port letter is also presented, a slot number and port letter concatenated into a single name -- for example, "8a" or "11b". If adapter-name is not supplied, the command will return EAPIMISSINGARGUMENT.
node-name		string	This field is only valid when the request is sent to the Admin Vserver LIF. This is the storage system name the command will be executed on.
Output Name	Range	Type	Description
adapter-link-state		link-state-info[]	adapter link state info
adapter-name		string	The adapter name is either a slot number, or, if a port letter is also presented, a slot number and port letter concatenated into a single name.

Errno	Description
EAPIMISSINGARGUMENT
EOPNOTSUPPORTED
EINVALIDINPUTERROR
EINTERNALERROR

list link-state info of a specific adapter channel

Name	Range	Type	Description
adapter-name		string	The adapter name is either a slot number, or, if a port letter is also presented, a slot number and port letter concatenated into a single name.
fc-port-info		fc-ports optional	fiber channel port information. Present only when link-state field value is "up".
link-state		string	Possible values: "initing", "down", "up", "offline-physical", "offline-logical", or "zombified", which the adapter has stopped sending I/O and is ignoring link events. This state may occur when shelf firmware is being updated.
node-name		string optional	This field is only valid when the request is sent to the Admin Vserver LIF, in which case it is the storage system name.

Information about the ports belonging to the fiber channel adapter

Name	Range	Type	Description
port-number		string optional	This represents the physical port number of the FC port. Field is not present when port-type is "l-port"
port-type		string	Type of port. Possible values: "l-port", loop port, node port used to connect a node to a Fibre Channel loop. "nl-port", network+loop port, node port which connects to both loops and switches. "n-port", network port, node port used to connect a node to a Fibre Channel switch.
switch-name		string optional	Thsi is the switch name, if any, connected to the FC port. Field is not present when port-type is "l-port"
switch-wwn		string optional	This is the world wide name of the switch, if any, connected to the FC port. Field is not present when port-type is "l-port"