Confirming Fabric Device Sharing; Troubleshooting Port Diagnostics - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c User Manual

Confirming Fabric Device Sharing

NOTE
Fabric device sharing is only available with Trial or Licensed version.
NOTE
Fabric device sharing is only available on pure Fabric OS fabrics.
To confirm that two or more fabrics have been configured to share devices, complete the following
steps.
1. Select Configure > FC Troubleshooting > Fabric Device Sharing.
2. Select the fabrics (two or more) for which you want to confirm device sharing from the Available
3. Click the right arrow button.
4. Click OK.
5. Click Close on the Fabric Device Sharing Diagnosis Results dialog box.
6. Click Cancel on the Fabric Device Sharing Diagnosis dialog box.

Troubleshooting port diagnostics

This dialog box allows you to run a diagnostic port test on the selected ports.
NOTE
You can only run this test on devices with 16 Gbps capable E ports running Fabric OS 7.0 or later.
NOTE
Both the source and destination ports must be managed by the Management application.
To run a diagnostic port test, complete the following steps.
1. Select Configure > FC Troubleshooting > Diagnostic Port Test.
2. Select the ports for which you want to run a diagnostic port test from the Available Ports table.
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The Fabric Device Sharing Diagnosis dialog box displays.
Fabrics table.
The following checks are performed on the selected fabrics:
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Are the selected fabrics configured with an FC Router?
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Are the selected fabrics connected to the same backbone fabric?
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Is sharing of devices between backbone and edge fabric supported?
The Fabric Device Sharing Diagnosis Results dialog box displays with the details of the fabrics
selected for diagnosis, the details of the tests performed, the results of the test, as well as
short description of the test results.
The Diagnostic Port Test dialog box displays.
You can only run 10 diagnostic port tests at a time. If you select more than 10 ports, the
Management application runs the first 10 diagnostic port tests and queues the rest. When the
first test is completed, the next test in the queue begins and so on until all tests are completed.
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