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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Command Reference—Release7.6
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Chapter2 Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and ROM Monitor Commands set errordetection
set errordetection
To enable or disable various error detections, use the set errordetection command.
set errordetection inband enable | disable
set errordetection memory enable | disable
set errordetection portcounters enable | disable
Syntax Description
Defaults The defaults are as follows:
•Inband error detection is disabled.
•Port counter error detection is disabled.
•Memory error detection is disabled.
Command Types Switch command.
Command Modes Privileged.
Usage Guidelines The set errordetection command is useful for monitoring the switch. If an error is de tect ed , a sysl og
message informs you that a problem exists before noticeable performa nce degr adat ion oc curs. For
example:
•set errordetection inband—Displays the type of inband failure occurrence, such as inband stuck,
resource errors, and inband fail when you start the switch.
•set errordetection memory—Displays the address where the memory corruption occurred.
•set errordetection portcounters—Displays the module and port number and the counter that had
the problem between two consecutive polls.
Examples This example shows how to enable memory error det e cti on:
Console> (enable) set errordetection memory enable
Memory error detection enabled.
Console> (enable)
inband Detects errors in the inband (sc0) interface.
enable Enables the specified error detection.
disable Disables the specified error detection.
memory Detects memory corruption.
portcounters Monitors and polls port counters.