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

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About This Document
In this chapter
•How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
•Supported hardware and software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
•What’s new in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
•Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
•Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
•Getting technical help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
•Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
How this document is organized
The document contains the following chapters:
• Chapter 1, “Introduction to Troubleshooting,” gives a brief overview of troubleshooting the
Fabric OS, and provides procedures for gathering basic information from your switch and fabric
to aid in troubleshooting.
• Chapter 2, “General Issues,” provides information on licensing, hardware, and syslog issues.
• Chapter 3, “Connectivity Issues,” provides information and procedures on troubleshooting
various link issues.
• Chapter 4, “Configuration Issues,” provides troubleshooting information and procedures for
configuration file issues.
• Chapter 5, “FirmwareDownload Errors,” provides procedures for troubleshooting firmware
download issues.
• Chapter 6, “Security Issues,” provides procedures for user account and security issues.
• Chapter 7, “Virtual Fabrics”, provides procedures to troubleshooting Virtual Fabrics.
• Chapter 8, “ISL Trunking Issues,” provides procedures for resolving trunking issues.
• Chapter 9, “Zone Issues,” provides preparations and procedures for performing firmware
downloads, as well troubleshooting information.
• Chapter 10, “Working With Diagnostic Features,” provides procedures for the use of the
diagnostics commands for the chassis, ports, and other chassis equipment. Provides
information on the system messages.
• The appendices provide special information to guide you in understanding switch output.