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Using the spinFab and portTest commands
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Displaying the uptime for a switch
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the uptime command.
ecp:admin> uptime
10:50:19 up 11 days, 6:28, 1 user, load average: 0.49, 0.53, 0.54
The uptime command displays the length of time the system has been in operation, the total
cumulative amount of uptime since the system was first powered on, and the load average
over the past one minute. The reason for the last switch reboot is also recorded in the system
message log.
Using the spinFab and portTest commands
The spinFab command is an online diagnostics command to verify the ISLs between switches at
the maximum speed. The routing functionality in the hardware must be set up so that the test
frames received by the E_Port are retransmitted on the same E_Port. Several frames are then sent
to the port attached to each active E_Port specified. These frames are special frames that never
occur during normal traffic, and the default action for such frames is to route them back to the
sender. These frames are circulated between switches until the test stops them.
CAUTION
During the spinFab testing, the switch remains in normal operation. However, some performance
degradation occurs due to the ISL links being saturated with the test frames. This test should be
run with caution on a live fabric.
lists the supported ports for the specified version of Fabric OS when using the spinFab
command.
TABLE 18
Port type support
Port type
Supported in v6.3.0
Supported in v6.4.0
Supported in v7.2.0
Loopback
Yes
Yes
Yes
D_Ports
No
No
Yes
D_Ports to AG switch ports
No
No
Yes
E_Ports
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trunk Master ports
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ports beyond index 255
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ports with swapped areas
Yes
Yes
Yes
Shared-area ports
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ports in logical switches
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ports in base switches
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trunk slave ports
No
Yes
Yes
Long distance ports
No
Yes
Yes