Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0 (OL-16598-01, June 2008)

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Chapter 31 Troubleshooting Your Fabric
Using the Ping Tool (fcping)
Step 10 Click Close to close the window.
Using the Ping Tool (fcping)
You can use the Ping tool to determine connectivity from another switch to a port on your switch.
To use the Ping tool in Fabric Manager to determine connectivity, perform this task:
Step 1 Choose Tools > Ping.
You can also select it from the right-click context menus for hosts and storage devices in the Fabric pane.
You see the Ping dialog box.
Step 2 Choose the source switch from the Source Switch drop-down list.
Step 3 Choose the VSAN in which you want to verify connectivity from the VSAN drop-down list.
Step 4 Choose the target end port for which to verify connectivity from the Target Endport drop-down list.
Step 5 Click Start to perform the ping between your switch and the selected port.
You see the Ping Results dialog box as shown in Figure 31-4.
Figure 31-4 Ping Results
Step 6
Click Clear to clear the contents of the window and perform another ping, or click Close to close the
window.
Using Trace Route (fctrace) and Other Troubleshooting Tools
You can use the following options on the Fabric Manager Tools menu to verify connectivity to a selected
object or to open other management tools:
• Trace Route—Verify connectivity between two end devices that are currently selected on the Fabric
pane.
• Device Manager— Launch the Device Manager for the switch selected on the Fabric pane.
• Command Line Interface—Open a Telnet or SSH session for the switch selected on the Fabric pane.