Verifying Necessity Of Replacement - Brocade Communications Systems SilkWorm 12000 Hardware Reference Manual

Verifying Necessity of Replacement

Ensure the current card is firmly seated when performing troubleshooting steps, and contact your support
provider if you have any questions about whether the card should be replaced.
Any of the following events may indicate that the card requires replacement:
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Data Stored on the WWN Card
The following data is stored on the WWN card. Difficulty retrieving or modifying this data may indicate
WWN card failure.
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Data
WWN values
License keys
Data about the chassis and WWN card
Ethernet and fibre channel IP address information for the
CP (control processor) cards
History log information
Names of logical switches
Messages That May Indicate WWN Card Failure
If the error log or serial console display error messages indicating problems with WWN units #1 or #2,
the WWN card may have failed. WWN units #1 and #2 correspond to information specific to the WWN
card, and are displayed by the chassisshow command.
Note:
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Visible mechanical damage to the WWN card
Any of the Status LEDs on the WWN card do not reflect the actual status of the components
Problems viewing or modifying the data stored on the WWN card (see
WWN Card, below)
Error messages regarding WWN units #1 or #2 (see
Failure, below)
Data Stored on the WWN Card
WWN units #1 and #2 do not correspond to the WWNs for logical switches 0 and 1.
For more information about error messages, refer to the Diagnostics and System Error Message
Reference.
Maintaining the SilkWorm 12000
Data Stored on the
Messages That May Indicate WWN Card
Related Commands
wwn, chassisshow
licenseshow, licenseadd, licenseremove
chassisshow
ipaddrshow, ipaddrset
historyshow, historylastshow
switchname
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