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Chapter Diagnostic Features 10 In this chapter •About Fabric OS diagnostics 81 •Diagnostic information 81 •Power-on self test 82 •Switch status 84 •Using the SpinFab and portTest commands 87 •Diagnostic Port (D_Port 90 •Port information 105 •Equipment status 108 •System message log 110 •Port log 111 •Syslogd configuration 113 •Automatic trace dump transfers 115 About Fabric OS diagnostics The purpose of the diagnostic subsystem is to evaluate the integrity of the system hardware. Diagnostics are invoked in the one of the following ways: • Automatically during the power-on self test (POST). • Automatically on an individual blade whenever it is installed into a director chassis. • Manually using Fabric OS CLI commands. The error messages generated during these test activities are sent to the serial console and system message logs, whose output formats may differ slightly. Use the diagHelp command to receive a list of all available diagnostic commands. Refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference for a complete description of each command. Diagnostic information On the switch you can enter the supportShow command to dump important diagnostic and status information to the session screen, where you can review it or capture its data. If you are using a Telnet client, you may have to set up the client to capture the data prior to opening the session Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide 81 53-1002751-01

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Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide
81
53-1002751-01
Chapter
10
Diagnostic Features
In this chapter
•
About Fabric OS diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
81
•
Diagnostic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
81
•
Power-on self test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
82
•
Switch status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
84
•
Using the SpinFab and portTest commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
87
•
Diagnostic Port (D_Port) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
90
•
Port information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
•
Equipment status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
•
System message log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
•
Port log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
•
Syslogd configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
•
Automatic trace dump transfers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
About Fabric OS diagnostics
The purpose of the diagnostic subsystem is to evaluate the integrity of the system hardware.
Diagnostics are invoked in the one of the following ways:
•
Automatically during the power-on self test (POST).
•
Automatically on an individual blade whenever it is installed into a director chassis.
•
Manually using Fabric OS CLI commands.
The error messages generated during these test activities are sent to the serial console and system
message logs, whose output formats may differ slightly.
Use the
diagHelp
command to receive a list of all available diagnostic commands.
Refer to the
Fabric OS Command Reference
for a complete description of each command.
Diagnostic information
On the switch you can enter the
supportShow
command to dump important diagnostic and status
information to the session screen, where you can review it or capture its data. If you are using a
Telnet client, you may have to set up the client to capture the data prior to opening the session