Brocade Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide v6.2.0 (53-1001187-01, April 2009)

4 Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide
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Questions for common symptoms
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No connectivity between host and storage Cables
SCSI timeout errors
SCSI retry errors
Zoning
Chapter 3, “Connections Issues”
Chapter 8, “ISL Trunking Issues”
Chapter 9, “Zone Issues”
Chapter 10, “FCIP Issues”
No connectivity between switches Licensing
Fabric parameters
Segmentation
Virtual Fabrics
Zoning, if applicable
Chapter 2, “General Issues”
Chapter 3, “Connections Issues”
Chapter 7, “Virtual Fabrics”
Chapter 9, “Zone Issues”
No light on LEDs Links Chapter 3, “Connections Issues”
Performance problems Links
FCR LSAN tags
FCIP tunnels
Chapter 3, “Connections Issues”
Chapter 2, “General Issues”
Chapter 10, “FCIP Issues”
Port cannot be moved Virtual Fabrics Chapter 7, “Virtual Fabrics”
SCSI retry errors Buffer credits
FCIP tunnel bandwidth
Chapter 10, “FCIP Issues”
SCSI timeout errors Links
HBA
Buffer credits
FCIP tunnel bandwidth
Chapter 3, “Connections Issues”
Chapter 8, “ISL Trunking Issues”
Chapter 10, “FCIP Issues”
Switch constantly reboots FIPS Chapter 6, “Security Issues”
Switch is unable to join fabric Security policies
Zoning
Fabric parameters
Chapter 3, “Connections Issues”
Chapter 7, “Virtual Fabrics”
Chapter 9, “Zone Issues”
Switch reboots during configup/download Configuration file discrepancy Chapter 4, “Configuration Issues”
Syslog messages Hardware
SNMP management station
Chapter 2, “General Issues”
Chapter 6, “Security Issues”
Trunk bounces Cables are on same port group
SFPs
Trunked por ts
Chapter 8, “ISL Trunking Issues”
Trunk failed to form Licensing
Cables are on same port group
SFPs
Trunked por ts
Zoning
Chapter 2, “General Issues”
Chapter 3, “Connections Issues”
Chapter 8, “ISL Trunking Issues”
Chapter 9, “Zone Issues”
User forgot password Password recovery Chapter 6, “Security Issues”
User is unable to change switch settings RBAC settings
Account settings
Chapter 6, “Security Issues”
Virtual Fabric does not form FIDs Chapter 7, “Virtual Fabrics”
Zone configuration mismatch Effective configuration Chapter 9, “Zone Issues”
Zone content mismatch Effective configuration Chapter 9, “Zone Issues”
Zone type mismatch Effective configuration Chapter 9, “Zone Issues”
TABLE 2 Common symptoms
Symptom Areas to check Chapter