Chapter 3 Troubleshooting
Diagnosing Problems
10/100 and 10/100/1000 Port Connections
If a port appears to malfunction:
•Verify the status of all ports. See Table
•Use the show interfaces privileged EXEC command to see if the port is
•Verify the cable type. See Appendix B, “Cable and Connectors”.
SFP Module
Use only Cisco SFP modules. Each Cisco module has an internal serial EEPROM that is encoded with security information. This encoding verifies that the module meets the requirements for the switch.
•Inspect the SFP module. Exchange the suspect module with a known good module.
•Verify that the module is supported on this platform. (The switch release notes on Cisco.com list the SFP modules that the switch supports.)
•Use the show interfaces privileged EXEC command to see if the port or module is
•Make sure that all
Interface Settings
Verify that the interface is not disabled or powered off. If an interface is manually shut down on either side of the link, it does not come up until you reenable the interface. Use the show interfaces privileged EXEC command to see if the interface is
Ping End Device
Ping from the directly connected switch first, and then work your way back port by port, interface by interface, trunk by trunk, until you find the source of the connectivity issue. Make sure that each switch can identify the end device MAC address in its
Spanning Tree Loops
STP loops can cause serious performance issues that look like port or interface problems.
A unidirectional link can cause loops. It occurs when the traffic sent by the switch is received by the neighbor, but the traffic from the neighbor is not received by the switch. A broken cable, other cabling problems, or a port issue can cause this
You can enable UniDirectional Link Detection (UDLD) on the switch to help identify unidirectional link problems. For information about enabling UDLD on the switch, see the “Understanding UDLD” section in the switch software configuration guide on Cisco.com.
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