Testing The Switch Fabric - Avaya 8800 Troubleshooting Manual

config diag pcap capture-filter 7 enable true
Method 4
If the amount of traffic flowing between client 1 and client 2 is still too large for analysis, start
packet capture when the first TCP/FTP packet arrives at the port, which also enables PCAP
automatically. This is done by setting the trigger-on parameter. Prior to setting the trigger-on
filter, disable PCAP. PCAP is disabled after the first 1000 packets are captured by setting the
packet-count parameter. Do this procedure after you perform the steps in methods 1 and 2.
Procedure steps
1. Disable PCAP:
2. Configure the filter:

Testing the switch fabric

You can test the switch fabric for consistency. The fabric test causes the CPU to generate
traffic and send it through the switch fabric. The CPU generates little traffic.
Procedure steps
1. Test the switch fabric by entering the following command:
2. Stop the test after a few seconds:
3. View the results of the test:
Troubleshooting
config diag pcap enable false
config diag pcap capture-filter 10 create
config diag pcap capture-filter 10 action trigger-on
config diag pcap capture-filter 10 protocol-type 6
config diag pcap capture-filter 10 tcp-port 20 to 21
config diag pcap capture-filter 10 packet-count 1000
config diag pcap capture-filter 10 enable true
test fabric
test stop fabric
show test fabric
Currently no test is running.
Testing the switch fabric
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