Fcip Tunnel Issues - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Administrator's Manual

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FCIP tunnel issues

FCIP tunnel issues
The following are common FCIP tunnel issues and recommended actions for you to follow to fix the
issue.
NOTE
The portshow -perf and - params options can be applied only to the 7500 switch and FR4-18i blade.
Symptom FCIP tunnel does not come Online.
Probable cause and recommended action
Confirm the following steps.
1. Confirm GE port is online.
2. Confirm IP configuration is correct on both tunnel endpoints.
3. Enter the portCmd
4. Enter the portCmd
5. The tunnel or route lookup may fail to come online because of a missing but required IP route.
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portshow ge1
Eth Mac Address: 00.05.1e.37.93.06
Port State: 1 Online
Port Phys: 6 In_Sync
Port Flags: 0x3 PRESENT ACTIVE
Port Speed: 1G
portshow ipif ge1
Port: ge1
Interface IP Address
----------------------------------------------------------
0 11.1.1.1
ping command to the remote tunnel endpoint from both endpoints.
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The -s value is the source IP address; the –d value is the destination IP address.
portcmd --ping ge1 -s 11.1.1.1 -d 11.1.1.2
Pinging 11.1.1.2 from ip interface 11.1.1.1 on 0/ge1 with 64 bytes of data
Reply from 11.1.1.2: bytes=64 rtt=0ms ttl=64
Reply from 11.1.1.2: bytes=64 rtt=0ms ttl=64
Reply from 11.1.1.2: bytes=64 rtt=0ms ttl=64
Reply from 11.1.1.2: bytes=64 rtt=0ms ttl=64
Ping Statistics for 11.1.1.2:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Loss = 0 ( 0 percent loss)
Min RTT = 0ms, Max RTT = 0ms Average = 0ms
If the command is successful, then you have IP connectivity and your tunnel should come up. If
not continue to the next step.
traceroute command to the remote tunnel endpoint from both endpoints.
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portcmd --traceroute ge1 -s 11.1.1.1 -d 11.1.1.2
Traceroute to 11.1.1.2 from IP interface 11.1.1.1 on 0/1, 64 hops max
1 11.1.1.2 0 ms 0 ms
Traceroute complete.
If there are routed IP connections that provide for the FCIP tunnel, then both ends of the tunnel
must have defined ipRoute entries.
NetMask
255.255.255.0
0 ms
MTU
1500
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