S-Series Debugging And Diagnostics; Offline Diagnostics - Dell Force10 C150 Configuration Manual

S-Series Debugging and Diagnostics

The chapter contains the following major sections:
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Offline diagnostics

• Trace logs on page 1225
• Hardware watchdog timer on page 1226
• Buffer tuning on page 1226
• Troubleshooting packet loss on page 1232
• Application core dumps on page 1237
• Mini core dumps on page 1237
Offline diagnostics
The offline diagnostics test suite is useful for isolating faults and debugging hardware.The diagnostics tests
are grouped into three levels:
• Level 0—Level 0 diagnostics check for the presence of various components and perform essential path
verifications. In addition, they verify the identification registers of the components on the board.
• Level 1—A smaller set of diagnostic tests. Level 1 diagnostics perform status/self-test for all the
components on the board and test their registers for appropriate values. In addition, they perform
extensive tests on memory devices (e.g., SDRAM, flash, NVRAM, EEPROM, and CPLD) wherever
possible.
• Level 2—The full set of diagnostic tests. Level 2 diagnostics are used primarily for on-board loopback
tests and more extensive component diagnostics. Various components on the board are put into
loopback mode, and test packets are transmitted through those components. These diagnostics also
perform snake tests using VLAN configurations.
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