Fabric_Analysis - Qlogic Fast Fabric User Manual

5 – Detailed Descriptions of Command LineTools
Health Check and Baselining Tools
previous baseline which is to be compared to (except when -e option is used).
The FF_ANALYSIS_DIR option in fastfabric.conf can be changed to
provide a customer specific alternate directory which will be used whenever the
-d option is not specified. Under FF_ANALYSIS_DIR subdirectories will be
created as follows:
baseline - baseline snapshot from each analysis tool.
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latest - latest snapshot from each analysis tool.
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YYYY-MM-DD-HH:MM:SS - failed analysis from analysis run with -s. Actual
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directory name will have actual date/time as the name.
5.6.3

fabric_analysis

(All): The fabric_analysis command has the following usage:
fabric_analysis [-b|-e] [-s] [-d dir] [-c file] [-t portsfile]
[-p ports]
-b - baseline mode, default is compare/check mode.
-e - evaluate health only, default is compare/check mode.
-s - save history of failures (errors/differences).
-d dir - top level directory for saving baseline and history of failed checks.
The default is /var/opt/iba/analysis.
-c file - error thresholds config file. The default is
/etc/sysconfig/iba/iba_mon.conf.
-t portsfile - file with list of local HCA ports used to access fabric(s) for
analysis. The default is /etc/sysconfig/iba/ports.
-p ports - list of local HCA ports used to access fabric(s) for analysis. The
default is the first active port.
This is specified as HCA:port:
for example:
The fabric analysis tool checks the following:
fabric links (both internal to switch chassis and external cables)
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0:0 = 1st active port in system
0:y = port y within system
x:0 = 1st active port on HCA x
x:y = HCA x, port y
fabric_analysis
fabric_analysis -p '1:1 1:2 2:1 2:2'
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