Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide v6.4.0 (53-1001769-01, June 2010)

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Equipment status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Checking the temperature, fan, and power supply . . . . . . . . . . 97
Checking the status of the fans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Checking the status of a power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Checking temperature status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
System message log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Displaying the system message log, with no page breaks . . . .99
Displaying the system message log one message at a time .100
Clearing the system message log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Port log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Viewing the port log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Syslogd configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Configuring the host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Configuring the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Automatic trace dump transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Specifying a remote server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Enabling the automatic transfer of trace dumps. . . . . . . . . . .104
Setting up periodic checking of the remote server . . . . . . . . .104
Saving comprehensive diagnostic files to the server . . . . . . .104
Appendix A Switch Type and Blade ID
Appendix B Hexadecimal
Example of hexadecimal triplet conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Index