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Chapter 14, Using the Secondary Panes in Xgig TraceView Using the Traffic Summary Pane
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Traffic Summary FC Error Counters
The following table describes the FC error counters found by the hardware that are counted in the
Traffic Summary pane.
Traffic Summary FC Ordered Set Counters
• The following figures show the Ordered Set counters within the Traffic Summary pane of
TraceView. Refer to the CurrentProtocolVersions.txt document in the installation directory for
information on the Fibre Channel specification.
Ordered Sets are divided into three groups, Primitive Signals, Primitive Sequences, and Unknown
Ordered Sets.
• Primitives Signals
This metric contains one counter for each Primitive Signal as defined in T11/1861D draft for
Fibre Channel.
•
Primitives Sequences
This metric contains one counter for each Primitive Sequence as defined in T11/1861D draft
for Fibre Channel.
• Unknown Ordered Sets
This metric contains one counter for all unknowns primitives starting with a K character.
When there are multiple primitives of the same type, for example ARB, there is a metric in the
hierarchy that counts all primitives of that type. In this case, they are ARB(FF), ARB(x,y),
ARB(AL_PA). Counters that break out the metric into the specific primitives are listed under
the primitive type.
Traffic Summary FC Frame Counters
TraceView counts various Fibre Channel frames. The frame counter metrics are divided into the
categories summarized below. Details for counters in each category are provided in the following
sections.
Table 34: Traffic Summary FC Error Counters
Error Counter Description
Errors Found by Hardware A summary count of all errors below. If multiple errors occur on a
single event, they are counted multiple times by this counter.
Code or Disparity Error Counts all occurrences where a code violation or disparity error is
detected by the hardware.
CRC Error Counts all CRC errors.
Loss of Sync Counts all occurrences where there is a Loss of Sync or Loss of
Signal.
Sync Error Counts all 66B Sync Errors
O Code Error Counts all 66B O Code Errors
Block Type Error Counts all 66B Block Type Errors
Control Char Error Counts all 66B Control Char Errors
Reserved Bit Error Counts all 66B Reserved Bit Errors