Superping - HP SN3000B Troubleshooting Manual

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Superping

Superping refers to the fcPing --allpaths command which is a diagnostic tool used to test all least
cost ISLs between a source and destination switch. When you run the command you are provided
with a list of all available least cost paths from a source domain to a destination device. Superping
isolates links with potential failures so that you can investigate these ISLs to determine the exact
links.
ATTENTION
There are some devices that do not support the ELS ECHO request. In these cases, the device either
does not respond to the request or send an ELS reject. When a device does not respond to the ELS
request, further debugging is required; however, do not assume that the device is not connected.
It works by sending ECHO frames to a destination device and outputs the status of each ISL it
traverses whether or not the response from the destination device is received. Each ECHO frame
may choose any path from multiple available paths in the fabric to reach the destination device.
This utility allows you to do the following:
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The number of actual paths covered when using the superping tool depends on two other
parameters that you can optionally specify. When you issue the fcPing --allpaths command
without any other options, superping covers all ISLs in the routes between source to destination, as
shown in
FIGURE 1
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Run a sanity test that exercises all the ISLs and internal links in different paths that route to the
destination device.
Determines the least cost path to aid in designing fabric redundancy.
Determines the specific ISLs and internal links with failures.
Exercises all ISL links in the base fabric for a logical fabric configuration.
Figure 1.
Superping and fcPing paths
Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide
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