Maintenance and Diagnostic Tests
The FC 16B does not require any regular physical maintenance, and is designed to minimize the chance of failure, including diagnostic tests and
Diagnostic tests are provided to help troubleshoot the hardware and the firmware. The diagnostic tests provided on the switch include tests of internal connections and circuitry, fixed media, and any SFP modules and fiber optic cables in use. The tests are implemented by command, either through a telnet session or through a terminal set up for a serial connection to the switch. Some tests require the ports to be connected by external cables, to allow diagnostics to verify the serializer/deserializer interface, as well as the attached SFP and cable.
All diagnostic tests are run at link speeds of both 1 Gbps and 2 Gbps. For detailed information about the specific diagnostic tests and how to run them, refer to the Fabric OS Procedures Guide.
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Error Log | errDump | Displays the error log without |
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| page breaks. |
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Switch Offline | switchDisable | Sets the switch to offline state |
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| necessary to run certain switch |
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| diagnostics. |
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Memory Test | ramTest | Checks CPU RAM memory. Run |
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| offline or online. |
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Port Register | portRegTest | Checks that the registers and static |
Test |
| memory in each ASIC can be |
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| successfully accessed. Run |
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| offline. |
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Central Memory | centralMemoryTest | Checks that the central memory in |
Test |
| each ASIC can be successfully |
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| accessed. Run offline. |
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Control Message | cmiTest | Verifies that control messages can |
Interface (CMI) |
| be sent from ASIC to ASIC. |
Conn Test |
| Run offline. |
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