Fabric OS Reference Manual

Telnet Commands 171
At each pass, the frame is created from a different data type. If seven passes
are requested, seven different data types are used in the test. If eight passes
are requested, the first seven frames use unique data types, and the eighth is
the same as the first. There are seven data types:
1.
CSPAT
:
0x7e, 0x7e, 0x7e, 0x7e, ...
2.
BYTE_LFSR
:
0x69, 0x01, 0x02, 0x05, ...
3.
CHALF_SQ
:
0x4a, 0x4a, 0x4a, 0x4a, ...
4.
QUAD_NOT
:
0x00, 0xff, 0x00, 0xff, ...
5.
CQTR_SQ
:
0x78, 0x78, 0x78, 0x78, ...
6.
CRPAT
:
0xbc, 0xbc, 0x23, 0x47, ...
7.
RANDOM
:
0x25, 0x7f, 0x6e, 0x9a, ...
Because this test does not include the GBIC and the fiber cable in its test
path, use the results from this test in conjunction with the results from
crossPortTest
and
spinSilk
test to determine those switch
components that are not functioning properly.
Operands This command has the following operand:
passCount
Specify the number of times (or number of frames per
port) to execute this test. The default value is
0xfffffffe
. This operand is optional.
Example To run the portLoopbackTest 100 times:
switch:admin> portLoopbackTest 100
Running Port Loopback Test .... passed.