Chapter 5 Troubleshooting the Installation
Troubleshooting the Switch Fabric
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Step 3
Enter the
show controllers fia
command for all installed line cards and save the
output from each.
Step 4
Proceed to the next section,
Analyzing the Data
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Analyzing the Data
Switch fabric problems can occur due to failures in any of the following
components:
•
RPs
•
Line card hardware
•
The backplane
•
CSCs/SFCs
When troubleshooting switch fabric errors, look for patterns with regard to which
components are reporting errors. For example, if you combine the
show controllers fia
output from all RPs and line cards, you can determine if
there is an error pattern. The following subsections discuss the values within the
output that can help you determine any error patterns.
crc16 Output
The crc16 data line from the
show controllers fia
command is an important
indicator of hardware problems. If one line card or one CSC/SFC has been on line,
inserted and removed, you can expect to see some crc16 error data. However, this
number should not continue to increase. If the number is increasing, you may need
to replace a faulty hardware component. It is very important to correlate the data
from both the primary RP and the secondary RP and all installed line cards. The
example output below shows the status of the primary RP. The crc16 data line is
underlined and is showing errors from sfc1.