Cisco MDS 9000 Series Troubleshooting Guide

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide
OL-5183-02, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.3
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting IP Storage Issues
Troubleshooting FCIP Connections
The following example shows a time stamp acceptable difference failure, or no NTP server connected to
synchronize clocks. When using time stamps, the MDS switch must be a synchronized clock. NTP is
configurable on the MDS 9000 switch.
MDS2(config)# int fcip 21
MDS2(config-if)# time-stamp
module-2# debug ips fcip fsm port 1
Mar 15 00:01:35 port1: 3248:FCIP21: IPS-> Enable timestamp acceptable difference 1000
(Timestamp is enabled under the interface FCIP. The default acceptable difference is 1000.)
Mar 15 00:01:35 port1: 3249:FCIP21: IPS-> acc diff in sec: 0x1 frac: 0x0
Mar 15 00:01:35 port1: 3250:FCIP21: Sending response code: 0
Mar 15 00:01:48 port1: 3251:FCIP21: Time stamp tolerance check failed local time:
0x3e726d6c2db994b7 tolerance: 0x100000000 recv time: 0x3e7251ace20db73a
(The timestamp difference failed the acceptable difference.)
Mar 15 00:01:48 port1: 3252:FCIP21: Time stamp tolerance check failed local time:
0x3e726d6c2db994b7 tolerance: 0x100000000 recv time: 0x3e7251ace20db73a
Mar 15 00:01:48 port1: 3253:FCIP21: Time stamp tolerance check failed local time:
0x3e726d6c2db994b7 tolerance: 0x100000000 recv time: 0x3e7251ace20db73a
<<< cut >>>
Mar 15 00:01:48 port1: 3290:FCIP21: Time stamp tolerance check failed local time:
0x3e726d6c2db994b7 tolerance: 0x100000000 recv time: 0x3e7251ace20db73a
Mar 15 00:01:48 port1: 3291:FCIP21: (fcip_de_rcv): Previous partial packet -
Concatenating
Mar 15 00:01:48 port1: 3292:FCIP21: Time stamp tolerance check failed local time:
0x3e726d6c2db994b7 tolerance: 0x100000000 recv time: 0x3e7251ace20db73a
Mar 15 00:01:48 port1: 3293:FCIP21: FCIP frame len 0x300 is not within correct range <<<
?? >>>
Mar 15 00:01:48 port1: 3294:FCIP21: Delete the DE [2]0xd802d680
Mar 15 00:01:48 port1: 3295:FCIP21: replace the eport entry at index: 1
Mar 15 00:01:48 port1: 3296:FCIP21: DE [-670902656] 0x00000002 terminate tcp connection
0xd8072800
(The TCP connection is disconnected because the timestamp difference is too large.)
Mar 15 00:01:48 port1: 3297:FCIP21: Delete the DE object [2] 0xd802d680
Mar 15 00:01:48 port1: 3298:FCIP21: Delete the DE [1]0xd802cf00
Mar 15 00:01:48 port1: 3299:FCIP21: Unregister from flamingo port_index: 0x21
Mar 15 00:01:48 port1: 3300:FCIP21: Send Link down to SUP
Mar 15 00:01:48 port1: 3301:FCIP21: Start the bringup tunnel timer, timeout: 18470
Mar 15 00:01:48 port1: 3302:FCIP21: replace the eport entry at index: 0
Mar 15 00:01:48 port1: 3303:FCIP21: Set lep operation state to DOWN
Mar 15 00:01:48 port1: 3304:FCIP21: DE [-670904576] 0x00000001 terminate tcp connection
0xd8072c00
Mar 15 00:01:48 port1: 3305:FCIP21: Delete the DE object [1] 0xd802cf00
Mar 15 00:01:50 port1: 3306:FCIP21: Received new TCP connection from peer:
10.10.10.2:65066
(The TCP connection begins trying to re-establish the connection.)
Mar 15 00:01:50 port1: 3307:FCIP21: Tunnel is not ADMIN UP state, reject new TCP
connection from 10.10.10.2:65066
Mar 15 00:01:50 port1: 3308:FCIP21: Received new TCP connection from peer:
10.10.10.2:65064
Mar 15 00:01:50 port1: 3309:FCIP21: Tunnel is not ADMIN UP state, reject new TCP
connection from 10.10.10.2:65064
Mar 15 00:01:56 port1: 3310:FCIP21: SUP-> Set Port mode 1
Mar 15 00:01:56 port1: 3311:FCIP21: SUP-> Port VSAN (1) already set to same value
Mar 15 00:01:56 port1: 3312:FCIP21: SUP-> Set trunk mode: 1
Mar 15 00:01:56 port1: 3313:FCIP21: SUP-> Enable tunnel ADMIN UP
Mar 15 00:01:56 port1: 3314:FCIP21: Try to Bring UP the Tunnel
Mar 15 00:01:56 port1: 3315:FCIP21: tunnel bring-up debounce timer set, wait for timer to
pop
(Connect the NTP server or synchronized clocks, or increase the acceptable difference.)

Cisco MDS 9000 Series Specifications

General

Category	Switch
Operating System	Cisco NX-OS
Ports	Varies by model
Protocols	Fibre Channel (FC), Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP), iSCSI
Redundancy	Redundant supervisors, power supplies, and fans
Management	Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), CLI, SNMP
Virtualization Support	VSANs (Virtual SANs)
Security Features	Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP)
Hot Swappable Components	power supplies, fans
Power Supply Options	AC and DC options available