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Troubleshooting fabric discovery
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Virtual Fabric discovery troubleshooting
The following section state possible issues and the recommended solutions for Virtual Fabric
discovery errors.
Deleting a fabric
Before you can delete a fabric permanently from discovery, you must remove it from
active discovery. Refer to
“Remove a device from active discovery” .
To delete a fabric permanently from discovery, complete the following steps.
1
Select Discover > Fabrics.
The managed count exceeded message displays. Managed counts that have been
exceeded display with a light red background. Managed counts that are within the
grace count limit display with a pale yellow background.
2 Click OK on the message.
The Discover Fabrics dialog box displays.
3 Select one or more switches that you want to delete permanently from discovery in
the Previously Discovered Addresses table.
4 Click Delete.
5 Click OK on the confirmation message.
6 Click Close on the Discover Fabrics dialog box.
Problem Resolution
Problem Resolution
At the time of discovery, the seed switch is Virtual Fabric-enabled; however, the user does not have
Chassis Admin role for the seed switch.
At the time of discovery, the user does not have the Chassis Admin role for all other switches in the
fabric.
After discovery, a device is upgraded to Fabric OS 6.2 or later and is Virtual Fabric-enabled;
however, the user does not have Chassis Admin role. Make sure the user account has
Chassis Admin role on the Fabric OS
device.
At the time of discovery, the seed switch is Virtual Fabric-enabled; however, the user does not have
access to all possible logical switches (access to all possible Fabric IDs 1 - 128).
At the time of discovery, the user does not have access to all possible logical switches for all other
devices in the fabric.
After discovery, a device is upgraded to Fabric OS 6.2 or later and is Virtual Fabric-enabled;
however, the user does not have access to all possible logical switches. Make sure the user account has
access rights to all logical switches
(access to all possible Fabric IDs 1 -
128) on the Fabric OS device.
At the time of discovery, SNMP v3 is not configured.
At the time of discovery, SNMP v3 is not configured for all other switches in the fabric.
After discovery, a device is upgraded to Fabric OS 6.2 or later and is Virtual Fabric-enabled;
however, SNMP v3 is not configured Configure the SNMP v3 information
for the Virtual Fabric-enabled device.
At the time of discovery or fabric refresh, the SNMP v3 user account does not have the Chassis
Admin role. Make sure the SNMP v3 user account
has the Chassis Admin role on the
Fabric OS device.
At the time of discovery or refresh, the SNMP v3 user account does not have access to all possible
logical switches (access to all possible Fabric IDs 1 - 128).
This access is required to obtain performance statistics from all logical switches. Make sure the SNMP v3 user account
has access rights to all logical
switches (access to all possible Fabric
IDs 1 - 128) on the Fabric OS device.