Dell PowerVault 51F Dell PowerVault 56F 16-Port Fibre Channel Switch Inst - Page 106
spinSilkTest, crossPortTest, Spin Silk Test
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NOTE: All ports on the switch must be connected or else the switch shows an error condition. When running the cross port test, you must set the operating mode value to 0 or 1. Modes 2 and 3 do not send out the ELP used to discover switches. If the ELP is not sent, the switch does not know the port is connected to another port on the same switch and the test fails. If an error is encountered during the test, the error is displayed on either the front panel display or during the Telnet session. An error message would look similar to the following example: The spinSilkTest verifies the intended functional operation of the switch by sending frames from each port's transmitter by way of the GBIC and external cable, and back to another port's receiver at the full hardware speed of 1-Gbps. It exercises the entire path of the switch. The switch must be offline. Because the microprocessor is not comparing data on each frame as with the other two frame tests, the error is never reported during spin silk. However, the other error messages defined for crossPortTest and their corresponding mes- sages probably causes actions that are applicable to the spinSilkTest. Pressing while spinSilkTest is selected displays a reminder to take the switch offline, if it is not offline. If the message is displayed, take the switch offline. Pressing starts the Spin Silk Test and displays the following message: If an error is encountered during the test, the error is displayed on either the front panel display or by way of Telnet. NOTE: When running the spinSilk Test, you must set the operating mode value to 0 or 1. Modes 2 and 3 do not send out the ELP used to discover switches. If the ELP is 5-8 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide