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Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide 59
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Data collection using host system commands
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Data collection using host system commands
Table 5 describes commands common to each supported operating system that you can use to
gather information for troubleshooting problems. For details on these commands, refer to your
system’s online help and documentation.
NOTE
Output from all of these commands is captured using the Support Save feature.
1 TABLE 5 Host system data collection commands
Task Linux Windows VMware Solaris 1
Listing PCI devices lspci -vv In Windows registry
location
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\SYSTEM\CurrentContro
lSet\Enum\PCI devcon
find pci\* lspci -vv, esxcfg-info -w prtdiag -v, prtconf -pv
Listing installed HW details lsdev msinfo32.exe
Click the plus sign(+)
next to Components to
view hardware details. esxcfg-info -a prtdiag -v, prtconf -pv
Displaying process
information ps -efl, top Windows Task Manager,
tasklist.exe ps -efl, top ps -efl, top
Displaying memory usage top, vmstat -m Windows Task Manager,
tasklist.exe top, vmstat -m vmstat -s
Monitoring performance iostat, vmstat, sar Windows Task Manager,
perfmon.exe vmstat, VM Performance:
esxtop [first type 'v', 'e' then
enter vm# in the list down],
Disk Performance: esxtop
[type 'v' then 'd']. iostat -nx 1 5, vmstat,
mpstat, sar
Listing driver modules lsmod driverquery esxcfg-module -l modinfo
Checking for Brocade Fibre
Channel adapter (BFA)
driver module lsmod | grep bfa driverquery /v | findstr
bfad esxcfg-module -l | grep bfa modinfo | grep bfa
Checking for Brocade
network (BNA) driver
module lsmod | grep bna driverquery /v | findstr
bnad esxcfg-module -l | grep bfa NA
Displaying driver
information
•
Use lsmod
command for
general driver
information.
•
Use ethtool
options to query
network driver
information and
settings.
On Device Manager
Right-click storage
controller or network
adapter instances,
select Properties, then
select Driver tab.
•
For general driver
information use
esxcfg-module.
•
For network driver
information, use
esxcfg-nics.
Use modinfo options for
bna or bfa driver.