
Fabric OS 5.3.0 administrator guide 325
Correcting marginal links
A marginal link involves the connection between the switch and the edge device. Isolating the exact cause
of a marginal link involves analyzing and testing many of the components that make up the link (including
the switch port, switch SFP, cable, the edge device, and the edge device SFP).
To troubleshoot a marginal link:
1.
Enter the
portErrShow
command.
2.
Establish if there are a relatively high number of errors (such as CRC errors or ENC_OUT errors), or if
there are a steadily increasing number of errors to confirm a marginal link.
3.
If you suspect a marginal link, isolate the areas by moving the suspected marginal port cable to a
different port on the switch. Re-seating of SFPs may also cure marginal port problems.
If the problem stop, the switch port or the SFP is marginal (proceed to
step 4
)
If the problem does
not
stop, refer to
step 7
.
4.
Replace the SFP on the marginal port.
switch:admin>
porterrshow
frames enc crc too too bad enc disc link loss loss frjt fbsy
tx rx in err shrt long eof out c3 fail sync sig
sig=====================================================================
0: 22 24 0 0 0 0 0 1.5m 0 7 3 0 0 0
1: 22 24 0 0 0 0 0 1.2m 0 7 3 0 0 0
2: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4: 149m 99m 0 0 0 0 0 448 0 7 6 0 0 0
5: 149m 99m 0 0 0 0 0 395 0 7 6 0 0 0
6: 147m 99m 0 0 0 0 0 706 0 7 6 0 0 0
7: 150m 99m 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 7 5 0 0 0
8: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
12: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
13: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
14: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
15: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40: 99m 146m 0 0 0 0 0 666 0 6 796 7 0 0
41: 99m 149m 0 0 0 0 0 15k 0 2 303 4 0 0
42: 99m 152m 0 0 0 0 0 665 0 2 221 5 0 0
43: 99m 147m 0 0 0 0 0 16k 0 2 144 4 0 0
44: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
47: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
switch:admin>
Summary of Contents for AA979A - StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V
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Page 24: ...24 Introducing Fabric OS CLI procedures ...
Page 116: ...118 Maintaining configurations ...
Page 170: ...172 Managing administrative domains ...
Page 200: ...202 Installing and maintaining firmware ...
Page 222: ...224 Routing traffic ...
Page 274: ...286 Administering FICON fabrics ...
Page 294: ...306 Working with diagnostic features ...
Page 350: ...362 Administering Extended Fabrics ...
Page 438: ...440 Configuring the PID format ...
Page 444: ...446 Configuring McData Open Fabric mode ...
Page 450: ...452 Understanding legacy password behaviour ...