Overview - Cisco 9134 - MDS Multilayer Fabric Switch Troubleshooting Manual

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Troubleshooting Cisco Fabric Services
This chapter describes procedures used to troubleshoot Cisco Fabric Services (CFS) problems in the
Cisco MDS 9000 Family multilayer directors and fabric switches. It includes the following sections:
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Overview

Many features in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches require configuration synchronization in all
switches in the fabric. It is important to maintain configuration synchronization across a fabric for
consistency.
As of Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.0(1b), Cisco Fabric Services (CFS) provides a common
infrastructure for automatic configuration synchronization in the fabric. It provides the transport
function as well as a rich set of common services to the applications. CFS can discover CFS-capable
switches in the fabric as well as their application capabilities.
Some of the applications that can be synchronized using CFS include:
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OL-9285-05
Overview, page 7-1
Initial Troubleshooting Checklist, page 7-2
Merge Failure Troubleshooting, page 7-5
Lock Failure Troubleshooting, page 7-7
Distribution Status Verification, page 7-9
CFS Regions Troubleshooting, page 7-10
IVR
NTP
DPVM
user roles
AAA server addresses, Radius and TACACS daemons
SFM
SDV
syslog
port-security
call home
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide, Release 3.x
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