Users Guide

10–Using the vSphere Web Client Plug-in
Managing Fibre Channel Ports
Doc. No. TD-000965 Rev. 1
January 21, 2021 Page 152 Copyright © 2021 Marvell
The port Diagnostics page provides the following test options:
 Loopback Test
 Read-Write Buffer Test
 Retrieve Firmware Debug
 Fibre Channel Ping Tests
Loopback Test
To perform a port loopback test:
1. Install a loopback plug in the selected port.
2. In the host system tree, expand a Fibre Channel adapter node to view the
ports.
3. Select a port.
4. In the content pane, click the Diagnostics tab to open the Diagnostics page.
5. Click Loopback Test.
6. In the Loopback Test dialog box, enter values for the following test
parameters, and then click OK:
 Data Pattern
 Number of tests
 Test Increment
 Data Size (Bytes)
 On Error
 Test continuously
7. Observe the test results.
Read-Write Buffer Test
To perform a read-write buffer test:
1. In the host system tree, expand a Fibre Channel adapter node to view the
ports.
2. Select a port.
3. In the content pane, click the Diagnostics tab to open the Diagnostics page.
4. Click Read-Write Buffer Test.
5. In the Read-Write Buffer Test dialog box, enter values for the following test
parameters, and then click OK:
 Data Pattern
 Number of tests
 Test Increment