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 IP Connections
A sample output of the sh ips arp command follows.
switch# sh ips arp int giga 4/7
Protocol Address Age (min) Hardware Addr Type Interface
Internet 172.18.185.97 0 00:d0:01:3b:38:0a ARPA GigabitEthernet4/7
Internet 172.18.189.129 0 00:d0:01:3b:38:0a ARPA GigabitEthernet4/7
Internet 172.18.189.153 0 00:08:02:24:e0:8b ARPA GigabitEthernet4/7
Internet 172.18.189.155 0 00:08:02:df:93:77 ARPA GigabitEthernet4/7
Internet 172.18.189.156 9 00:08:02:b3:45:1b ARPA GigabitEthernet4/7
A sample output of the clear ips arp command follows. You clear the arp cache to verify that the activity
you are viewing is the most current.
switch# clear ips arp int gig4/7
arp clear successful
A sample output of the sh ips arp command follows.
switch# sh ips arp int giga 4/7
Protocol Address Age (min) Hardware Addr Type Interface
Internet 172.18.185.97 0 00:d0:01:3b:38:0a ARPA GigabitEthernet4/7
Internet 172.18.189.156 0 00:08:02:b3:45:1b ARPA GigabitEthernet4/7
A sample output of the sh ips arp command follows.
switch# sh ips arp int giga 4/7
Protocol Address Age (min) Hardware Addr Type Interface
Internet 172.18.185.97 0 00:d0:01:3b:38:0a ARPA GigabitEthernet4/7
Internet 172.18.189.129 0 00:d0:01:3b:38:0a ARPA GigabitEthernet4/7
Internet 172.18.189.156 0 00:08:02:b3:45:1b ARPA GigabitEthernet4/7
A sample output of the sh arp command follows.
switch# sh arp
Protocol Address Age (min) Hardware Addr Type Interface
Internet 172.18.185.97 0 00d0.013b.380a ARPA mgmt0
Step 3 Use the show interface command to verify that the Gigabit Ethernet interface is up. A sample output of
the show interface command follows.
GigabitEthernet4/7 is up
Hardware is GigabitEthernet, address is 0005.3000.9f58
Internet address is 172.18.189.137/26
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1000000 Kbit
Port mode is IPS
Speed is 1 Gbps
Beacon is turned off
5 minutes input rate 688 bits/sec, 86 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec
5 minutes output rate 312 bits/sec, 39 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec
156643 packets input, 16859832 bytes
0 multicast frames, 0 compressed

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