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5 Troubleshooting with the firmwareDownload command Symptom Symptom Network Protocol(1-auto-select, 2-FTP, 3-SCP) [1]: 2 Password: Server IP: 192.168.168.115, Protocol IPv4 Checking system settings for firmwaredownload... Cannot download the requested firmware because the firmware doesn't support this platform. Please enter another firmware path. Cannot download on a switch with Interop mode turned on. Probable cause and recommended action On single CP, Interop fabric does not support Coordinated HotCode Load. Perform a firmwareDownload -o command. The operand bypasses the checking of Coordinated HotCode Load (HCL). On single CP systems in interop fabrics, the HCL protocol is used to ensure data traffic is not disrupted during firmware upgrades. This option allows a firmware download to continue even if HCL is not supported in the fabric or the protocol fails. Using this option may cause traffic disruption for some switches in the fabric. You receive a "firmwaredownload is already in progress" message. Probable cause and recommended action The firmware download process has already been started and it is in progress. Wait till it completes. You can use the firmwareDownloadStatus and firmwareShow commands to monitor its progress. If the problem persists, contact your switch support provider. Example of a firmwaredownload already in progress switch:admin> firmwaredownload Server Name or IP Address: 192.168.168.115 User Name: userFoo File Name: /users/home/userFoo/firmware/v7.1.0 Network Protocol(1-auto-select, 2-FTP, 3-SCP) [1]: 2 Password: Server IP: 192.168.168.115, Protocol IPv4 Checking system settings for firmwaredownload... Sanity check failed because firmwaredownload is already in progress. Troubleshooting with the firmwareDownload command A network diagnostic script and preinstallation check is a part of the firmwareDownload procedure. The script and preinstallation check performs troubleshooting and automatically checks for any blocking conditions. If the firmware download fails, refer to the Fabric OS Message Reference for details about error messages. Also see, "Considerations for downgrading firmware" on page 56. ATTENTION Do not run mixed firmware versions on CPs. If a firmware download fails in a director, the firmwareDownload command synchronizes the firmware on the two partitions of each CP by starting a firmware commit operation. Wait at least 15 minutes for this commit operation to complete before attempting another firmware download. 54 Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide 53-1002751-01

Section	Page
About This Document	11
How this document is organized	11
Supported hardware and software	12
What’s new in this document	12
Document conventions	13
Text formatting	13
Command syntax conventions	13
Command examples	13
Notes, cautions, and warnings	14
Key terms	14
Additional information	14
Brocade resources	14
Other industry resources	15
Getting technical help	15
Document feedback	16
Introduction	17
Troubleshooting overview	17
Network time protocol	17
Most common problem areas	18
Questions for common symptoms	18
Gathering information for your switch support provider	21
Setting up your switch for FTP	21
Capturing a supportSave	21
Capturing output from a console	22
Capturing command output	23
Building a case for your switch support provider	23
Basic information	23
Detailed problem information	24
Gathering additional information	25
General	27
Licenses	27
Time	27
Frame Viewer	28
Switch message logs	28
Switch boot	29
Rolling Reboot Detection	30
FC-FC routing connectivity	32
Generating and routing an ECHO	32
Superping	33
Route and statistical information	36
Performance issues	37
Connectivity	39
Port initialization and FCP auto-discovery process	39
Link issues	41
Connection problems	41
Checking the physical connection	41
Checking the logical connection	42
Checking the Name Server	42
Link failures	44
Determining a successful speed negotiation	44
Checking for a loop initialization failure	45
Checking for a point-to-point initialization failure	45
Correcting a port that has come up in the wrong mode	46
Marginal links	46
Troubleshooting a marginal link	47
Device login issues	49
Pinpointing problems with device logins	49
Media-related issues	51
Testing a port’s external transmit and receive path	52
Testing a switch’s internal components	52
Testing components to and from the HBA	52
Segmented fabrics	52
Reconciling fabric parameters individually	53
Downloading a correct configuration	54
Reconciling a domain ID conflict	54
Reconciling incompatible software features	55
Port mirroring	56
In-Order Delivery	56
Port mirroring considerations	56
Supported platforms	57
Maximum mirror connections	58
Configuring a port to be a mirror port	58
Adding a port mirror connection	58
Deleting a port mirror connection	59
Displaying port mirror connections	59
Configuration	61
Configuration upload and download issues	61
Gathering additional information	64
Brocade configuration form	64
Firmware Download Errors	67
Blade troubleshooting tips	67
Firmware download issues	68
Troubleshooting with the firmwareDownload command	70
Gathering additional information	71
USB error handling	71
Considerations for downgrading firmware	72
Preinstallation messages	72
Blade types	74
Firmware versions	74
Platform	75
Routing	75
Security	77
Passwords	77
Password recovery options	78
Device authentication	78
Protocol and certificate management	79
Gathering additional information	79
SNMP	80
Gathering additional information	80
FIPS	80
Virtual Fabrics	81
General Virtual Fabrics troubleshooting	81
Fabric identification issues	82
Logical Fabric issues	82
Base switch issues	83
Logical switch issues	84
Switch configuration blade compatibility	85
Gathering additional information	86
ISL Trunking	87
Link issues	87
Buffer credit issues	88
Getting out of buffer-limited mode	88
Zoning	89
Overview of corrective action	89
Verifying a fabric merge problem	89
Verifying a TI zone problem	89
Segmented fabrics	90
Zone conflicts	91
Correcting a fabric merge problem quickly	92
Changing the default zone access	93
Editing zone configuration members	93
Reordering the zone member list	93
Checking for Fibre Channel connectivity problems	94
Checking for zoning problems	95
Gathering additional information	96
Diagnostic Features	97
About Fabric OS diagnostics	97
Diagnostic information	97
Power-on self test	98
Disabling POST	100
Enabling POST	100
Switch status	100
Viewing the overall status of the switch	100
Displaying switch information	101
Displaying the uptime for a switch	102
Using the SpinFab and portTest commands	103
Debugging spinFab errors	104
Clearing the error counters	105
Enabling a port	105
Disabling a port	106
Diagnostic Port (D_Port)	106
Understanding D_Port	107
Supported topologies	109
Using D_Port without HBAs	111
Using D_Port with HBAs	113
Controlling testing	116
Example test scenarios and output	116
Port information	121
Viewing the status of a port	121
Displaying the port statistics	122
Displaying a summary of port errors for a switch	123
Equipment status	124
Checking the temperature, fan, and power supply	124
Checking the status of the fans	124
Checking the status of a power supply	125
Checking temperature status	125
System message log	126
Displaying the system message log, with no page breaks	126
Displaying the system message log one message at a time	127
Clearing the system message log	127
Port log	127
Viewing the port log	127
Syslogd configuration	129
Configuring the host	129
Configuring the switch	130
Automatic trace dump transfers	131
Specifying a remote server	131
Enabling the automatic transfer of trace dumps	131
Setting up periodic checking of the remote server	131
Saving comprehensive diagnostic files to the server	132
Switch Type and Blade ID	133
Hexadecimal Conversion	137
Example conversion of the hexadecimal triplet Ox616000	137
Decimal-to-hexadecimal conversion table	138

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Troubleshooting with the firmwareDownload command

Network Protocol(1-auto-select, 2-FTP, 3-SCP) [1]:

Password:

Server IP: 192.168.168.115, Protocol IPv4

Checking system settings for firmwaredownload...

Cannot download the requested firmware because the firmware doesn't support this

platform. Please enter another firmware path.

Symptom

Cannot download on a switch with Interop mode turned on.

Probable cause and recommended action

On single CP, Interop fabric does not support Coordinated HotCode Load.

Perform a

firmwareDownload -o

command. The operand bypasses the checking of Coordinated

HotCode Load (HCL). On single CP systems in interop fabrics, the HCL protocol is used to ensure

data traffic is not disrupted during firmware upgrades. This option allows a firmware download to

continue even if HCL is not supported in the fabric or the protocol fails. Using this option may cause

traffic disruption for some switches in the fabric.

Symptom

You receive a “firmwaredownload is already in progress” message.

Probable cause and recommended action

The firmware download process has already been started and it is in progress. Wait till it

completes. You can use the

firmwareDownloadStatus

and

firmwareShow

commands to monitor its

progress. If the problem persists, contact your switch support provider.

Example of a firmwaredownload already in progress

switch:admin>

firmwaredownload

Server Name or IP Address:

192.168.168.115

User Name:

userFoo

File Name:

/users/home/userFoo/firmware/v7.1.0

Network Protocol(1-auto-select, 2-FTP, 3-SCP) [1]:

Password:

Server IP: 192.168.168.115, Protocol IPv4

Checking system settings for firmwaredownload...

Sanity check failed because firmwaredownload is already in progress

Troubleshooting with the firmwareDownload command

A network diagnostic script and preinstallation check is a part of the

firmwareDownload

procedure.

The script and preinstallation check performs troubleshooting and automatically checks for any

blocking conditions. If the firmware download fails, refer to the

Fabric OS Message Reference

for

details about error messages. Also see,

“Considerations for downgrading firmware”

on page 56.

ATTENTION

Do not run mixed firmware versions on CPs.

If a firmware download fails in a director, the

firmwareDownload

command synchronizes the

firmware on the two partitions of each CP by starting a firmware commit operation. Wait

at least

minutes for this commit operation to complete before attempting another firmware download.