McDATA 3000 manual Tm.0x10 fcxl2 fcxl21.0x10 dump backbone

User Interface Commands for the UltraNet Edge 3000

Reference. The following sections highlight the commands useful for troubleshooting.

fcxl2 dump backbone This command displays the state of the Fibre Channel backbone for the FCXL2 interface.

tm.0x10> fcxl2 fcxl21.0x10> dump backbone

Example of the fcxl2 dump backbone command screen display showing a good connection:

Instance 1 Device 0:

Backbone for instance 1 is bound using local LUA 0x10 remote LUA 0x20

to interface TankTrsp

E_Port interface is in passthrough mode connection is up - READY

batching limit is - 3

flow control is OFF

NOTE: Passthrough mode indicates that you have a good E_port connection.

Example of the fcxl2 dump backbone command screen display showing a missing connection:

Instance 1 Device 0:

Backbone for instance 1 is bound using local LUA 0x10 remote LUA 0x20

to interface TankTrsp

E_Port interface is in snoop mode connection is up - READY batching limit is - 3

flow control is OFF

NOTE: Snoop mode indicates that your E_port connection is down.

fcxl2 regs frame errors This command displays Fibre Channel error counters.

NOTE: Normal initialization of the Fibre Channel interface may log errors. If the errors continue to increment, this indicates a problem.

fcxl2 stats backbone This command displays the status of the Fibre Channel backbone. Command

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