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
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Troubleshooting the Fabric
There are several things you can do to use Fabric Manager to troubleshoot your fabric.
This chapter contains the following topics:
• Analyzing Switch Device Health, page 6-55
• Analyzing End-to-End Connectivity, page 6-56
• Analyzing Switch Fabric Configuration, page 6-56
• Analyzing the Results of Merging Zones, page 6-57
• Issuing the Show Tech Support Command, page 6-58
• Using Traceroute and Other Troubleshooting Tools, page 6-59
• Locating Other Switches, page 6-59
• Configuring an OUI, page 6-60
Analyzing Switch Device Health
The Switch Health option lets you determine the status of the components of a specific switch.
To use the Switch Health option, follow these steps:
Step 1 Click Switch Health... from the Fabric Manager Tools menu.
The Switch Health Analysis window is displayed.
Step 2 Click Start to identify any problems that may currently be affecting the selected switch.
The Switch Health Analysis window displays any problems affecting the selected switches.
Step 3 Click Clear to remove the contents of the Switch Health Analysis window.
Step 4 Click Close to close the window.

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