HP StorageWorks 8/80 Brocade Error Message Reference Guide v6.1.0 (53-1000600- - Page 65

System Module Descriptions 1 The software watchdog process (SWD) is responsible for monitoring daemons critical to the function of a healthy switch. The SWD holds a list of critical daemons that ping the SWD periodically at a predetermined interval defined for each daemon. The ping interval is set at 133 seconds, with the exception of the Fabric Watch daemon and the IP storage demon, which ping the SWD every 333 seconds. (For a complete listing of daemons, see the KSWD entry in Table 5.) If a daemon fails to ping the SWD within the defined interval, or if the daemon terminates unexpectedly, then the SWD dumps information to the panic dump files, which helps to diagnose the root cause of the unexpected failure. Run the pdShow command to view these files or the supportSave command to send them to a host workstation using FTP. The panic dump files and core files are intended for support personnel use only. Trace Dumps The Fabric OS produces trace dumps when problems are encountered within Fabric OS modules. The Fabric OS trace dump files are intended for support personnel use only. You can use the supportSave or supportFTP commands to collect trace dump files to a specified remote location to provide to support when requested. supportSave Command The supportSave command can be used to send the output of the system messages (RASLog), the trace files, and the output of the supportShow command to an off-switch storage location through FTP. Prior to running the supportSave command, you can optionally set up the FTP parameters using the supportFtp command. The supportShow command runs a large number of dump and show commands to provide a global output of the status of the switch. Refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference for more information on these commands. System Module Descriptions Table 5 provides a summary of the system modules for which messages are documented in this reference guide; the system modules are listed alphabetically by name. TABLE 5 System Module Descriptions System Module Description AG AUTH BKSW BL Access Gateway allows multiple hosts (or HBAs) to access the fabric using fewer physical ports. Access Gateway mode transforms the Brocade 200E as well as embedded switches into a device management tool that is compatible with different types of fabrics, including Brocade-, Cisco-, and McDATA-based fabrics. Authentication error messages indicate problems with the authentication module of the Fabric OS. Messages generated by the Blade Fabric OS kernel software watch dog module. Blade error messages are a result of faulty hardware, transient out-of-memory conditions, application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) errors, or inconsistencies in the software state between a blade and the EM (environment monitor) module. BLL Bloom is the name of the application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) used as the building block for third-generation hardware platforms. Fabric OS Message Reference 13 53-1000600-02