Debugging spinfab errors, Link errors – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual
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CAUTION
During the spinFab testing, the switch remains in normal operation. However, some performance
degradation will occur 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.
Debugging spinFab errors
Link errors and tx/rx errors are seen when the spinFab test fails.
Link Errors
Once the frame is sent out of the port, the spinFab command monitors the link errors in the ASIC.
If any of the error counters are non-zero, spinFab reports ERROR and the test fails on the port.
ERROR: DIAG ERRSTAT spinfab, pass 6,
Pt0/17(7) Ch0/7 CRC_err Error Counter is 109738997 sb 0,
ERROR: DIAG ERRSTAT spinfab, pass 1,
Pt0/3(33) Ch0/33 Enc_in Error Counter is 32 sb 0,
ERROR: DIAG ERRSTAT spinfab, pass 1,
TABLE 15
Port type support
Port type
Supported in v6.2.0
Supported in v6.3.0
Supported in v6.4.0
Loopback
Yes
Yes
Yes
E_Ports
Yes
Yes
Yes
Trunk Master ports
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ports beyond index 255
No
Yes
Yes
Ports with swapped areas
No
Yes
Yes
Shared-area ports
No
Yes
Yes
Ports in logical switches
No
Yes
Yes
Ports in base switches
No
Yes
Yes
Trunk slave ports
No
No
Yes
Long distance ports
No
No
Yes
F_Ports connected to Brocade HBAs
No
No
Yes
1
1.
If you use the spinFab command to test F_Ports connected to Brocade HBAs it is required that the
firmware version on the HBA is v2.1.1 or later.
ICL ports
No
No
No
F_Ports connected to Access Gateway
No
No
No
EX_Ports
No
No
No
Ports in an Access Gateway switch
No
No
No