Dell Force10 S4810P, Reference Manual

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Debugging and Diagnostics
The basic debugging and diagnostic commands are supported by the Dell Force10 operating software (FTOS) on the C-
Series, E-Series, S-Series, S4810, or Z-9000 platforms as indicated.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Offline Diagnostic Commands
• Buffer Tuning Commands
• Hardware Commands
Offline Diagnostic Commands
The offline diagnostics test suite is useful for isolating faults and debugging hardware. While tests are running, FTOS
results are saved as a text file (TestReport-SU-X.txt) in the flash directory. This
show file
command is available only
on master and standby.
Important Points to Remember
• Offline diagnostics can only be run when the unit is offline.
• You can only run offline diagnostics on a unit to which you are connected via the console. In other words, you
cannot run diagnostics on a unit to which you are connected to via a stacking link.
• Diagnostic results are printed to the screen. FTOS does not write them to memory.
• Diagnostics only test connectivity, not the entire data path.
diag stack-unit
Run offline diagnostics on a stack unit.
S-Series, Z-Series
Syntax diag stack-unit number [alllevels | level0 | level1 | level2]
verbose testname
Parameters
number Enter the stack-unit number. The range is 0 to 7.
alllevels Enter the keyword
alllevels
to run the complete set of offline
diagnostic tests.
level0 Enter the keyword
level0
to run Level 0 diagnostics. Level 0
diagnostics check for the presence of various components and
perform essential path verifications. In addition, they verify the
identification registers of the components on the board.
level1 Enter the keyword
Level1
to run Level 1 diagnostics. Level 1
diagnostics is a smaller set of diagnostic tests with support for
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