Troubleshooting Switch Level Issues And Interswitch Connectivity; Troubleshooting E Port Connectivity - Isl Isolation - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Troubleshooting Manual

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Troubleshooting Switch Level Issues and
Interswitch Connectivity
This chapter describes how to identify and resolve problems that affect basic connectivity between
switches, hosts, and storage in the network fabric.
The most common problems a system administrator can face may be categorized by two different
scenarios:
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This section will present some of the most common scenarios, in which either switch-to-switch basic
connectivity problems or fabric to end-devices problems can be found.
These scenario are grouped in three different sections:
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Troubleshooting E Port Connectivity - ISL Isolation

This section describes how to troubleshoot Inter-Switch Link (ISL) isolation, which may occur when you
try to merge two separate fabrics or add a new domain to an existing fabric. It includes the following
topics:
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OL-5183-02, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.3
Switch-to-switch basic interconnectivity problems, which can result in the isolation of a port or
VSAN due to incorrect parameters or settings on an ISL or VSAN
Fabric to Server/Storage connectivity problems: identified by a Fx port not coming up or caused by
zone or VSAN configuration errors
Troubleshooting E Port Connectivity - ISL Isolation, page 3-1
Troubleshooting TE Port Connectivity - VSAN Isolation, page 3-10
Troubleshooting Fx Port Connectivity, page 3-13
Troubleshooting Hardware Problems, page 3-25
Overview, page 3-2
Troubleshoot Switch and Port Parameters, page 3-3
Troubleshooting a ZONE Merge Failures, page 3-5
Troubleshooting a VSAN Configuration Conflict, page 3-6
Troubleshooting a Domain ID Conflict, page 3-7
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