Front Panel Diagnostics
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.
Related error messages: DIAG-INIT, DIAG-PORTDIED,
Spin Silk Test The spinSilk test verifies the intended functional operation of the switch by sending frames from each port’s transmitter via the GBIC and external cable, and back to another port’s receiver at the full hardware speed of 1Gb/s. It exercises the entire path of the switch. The switch must be offline.
Because the CPU is not comparing data on each frame as with the other two frame tests, the
Pressing <Enter> while Spin Silk Test 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 <Enter> starts the Spin Silk Test and displays:
SpinSilk: Press any button to terminate
If an error is encountered during the test, the error is displayed on either the front panel display or via Telnet.
When running the Spin Silk 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.
Diagnostic Tests
