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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide, Release 3.x
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A P P E N D I X
A
Before Contacting Technical Support
A-1
Steps to Perform Before Calling TAC
A-1
Copying Files to or from the Switch
A-3
Copying Files Using Device Manager
A-3
Copying Files Using the CLI
A-4
Using Core Dumps
A-5
Setting Up Core Dumps Using the CLI
A-5
A P P E N D I X
B
Troubleshooting Tools and Methodology
B-1
Using Cisco MDS 9000 Family Tools
B-1
Command-Line Interface Troubleshooting Commands
B-2
CLI Debug
B-2
FC Ping and FC Traceroute
B-4
Using FC Ping
B-5
Using FC Traceroute
B-5
Monitoring Processes and CPUs
B-7
Viewing Running Processes on Device Manager
B-7
Using the show processes CLI Command
B-8
Viewing CPU Time In Device Manager
B-9
Using the show processes cpu CLI Command
B-9
Using the show system resource CLI Command
B-10
Using On-Board Failure Logging
B-10
Configuring OBFL for the Switch
B-11
Configuring OBFL for a Module
B-12
Displaying OBFL Logs
B-13
Fabric Manager Tools
B-13
Fabric Manager and Device Manager
B-14
Analyzing Switch Device Health
B-14
Analyzing End-to-End Connectivity
B-15
Analyzing Switch Fabric Configuration
B-16
Analyzing the Results of Merging Zones
B-16
Alerts and Alarms
B-17
Device Manager: RMON Threshold Manager
B-17
Fibre Channel Name Service
B-18
SCSI Target Discovery
B-19
SNMP and RMON Support
B-19
Using RADIUS
B-21
Using Syslog
B-21
Logging Levels
B-22