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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Software Configuration Guide—Release 8.7
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Chapter 21 Configuring GOLD
Configuring Online Diagnostics
Exhaustive memory tests exist for the supervisor engine and other modules. You should execute the
memory tests on the supervisor engine only after the memory tests have been run on the other modules.
This order is required because after running the supervisor engine memory tests, the system is in an
unusable state and needs to be rebooted to return to a normal operating state.
Note With software release 8.5(1), memory tests are available only for the supervisor engine. Memory tests
for other modules are planned for subsequent releases.
Note No other tests can be run on the supervisor engine or other modules after running the exhaustive memory
tests.
Caution Before running any of the memory tests, you must follow all of the requirements listed in the “User
actions before running the test” bullet.
You can run the exhaustive memory tests on an individual basis. Some of the tests can take several hours
to finish due to the size of the memory. Since each module has several memory tests and they are
interdependent, the order of running these tests on each module is critical.
Note With software release 8.5(1), the TestFibTcamSSRAM test is the only available exhaustive memory test.
The other memory tests (items 2 through 5 below), are planned for subsequent releases.
The order for running these tests is as follows:
1. TestFibTcamSSRAM
2. TestAclQosTcam
3. TestNetflowTcam
4. TestAsicMemory
5. TestLinecardMemory
If a particular test does not exist for a module, it can be skipped.
Additional requirements are as follows:
• Before running the test:
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Turn off all background health-monitoring tests on the supervisor engine and switching modules
using the clear diagnostic monitor module num test all command.
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Isolate network traffic by disabling all connected ports.
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Before the test, make sure you do not send test packets during a memory test.
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Remove all switching modules for testing FIB TCAM and SSRAM on the policy feature card
(PFC) of the supervisor engine.
Reset the system or the module that you are testing before returning the system to normal operating
mode.
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