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Tools for Collecting Data

In this chapter

For detailed information

This chapter provides basic instruction on tools useful for gathering information to isolate adapter
problems. For more detailed information on using these tools, refer to the following publications:
Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide
53-1001582-01
For detailed information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Data to provide support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Data collection using host system commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Data collection using BCU commands and HCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Adapter event messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Collecting BIOS data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Collecting LLDP data (CNAs only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Collecting SFP data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Collecting port data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Collecting teaming information (CNAs only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Authentication settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
QoS settings (HBAs only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Target rate limiting settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Persistent binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Brocade Adapters Administrator's Guide.
The following chapters in this guide cover adapter HCM and BCU monitoring and diagnostics
tools:
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Monitoring
-
Diagnostics
-
Brocade Command Utility (BCU)
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