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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide, Release 3.x
OL-9285-05
Preface
This document is intended to provide guidance for troubleshooting issues that may appear when
deploying a storage area network (SAN) using the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of switches. This document
introduces tools and methodologies to recognize a problem, determine its cause, and find possible
solutions.
Document Organization
This document is organized into the following chapters:
Chapter Title Description
Chapter 1 Troubleshooting Overview Describes basic concepts, methodology, and
tools to use for troubleshooting.
Chapter 2 Troubleshooting Installs,
Upgrades, and Reboots
Describes how to identify and resolve problems
that might occur when installing, upgrading, or
rebooting Cisco MDS 9000 Family hardware.
Chapter 3 Managing Storage Services
Modules
Describes how to identify and resolve problems
that might occur when installing, replacing, or
upgrading storage services modules (SSMs).
Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Hardware Describes how to identify and resolve problems
that might occur when replacing modules, fans,
chassis, power supplies or other hardware.
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Mixed
Generation Hardware
Describes procedures used to troubleshoot
mixed generation hardware.
Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Licensing Describes procedures used to troubleshoot
licensing issues.
Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Cisco Fabric
Services
Describes procedures used to troubleshoot
Cisco Fabric Services (CFS) problems.
Chapter 8 Troubleshooting Ports Describes how to identify and resolve problems
that might occur when using port interfaces.
Chapter 9 Troubleshooting N-Port
Virtualization
Describes how to identify and resolve problems
that might occur when using NPV.