Fcip Troubleshooting; Configuring Ip Ping - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c User Manual

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FCIP troubleshooting

FCIP troubleshooting
NOTE
FCIP troubleshooting is only available for Fabric OS devices.
You can perform the following operations using FCIP troubleshooting:
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Configuring IP ping

NOTE
IP Ping only supported on Fabric OS devices running Fabric OS 5.2 or later.
NOTE
IP Ping is not supported on the Fabric OS 8 Gbps Extension Switch or Blade.
You can also verify IP connectivity when configuring an FCIP circuit. For more information, refer to
"Adding an FCIP
To configure IP ping, complete the following steps.
1. Select Configure > FCIP Troubleshooting > Ping.
2. Select a switch from the Available Switches table.
3. Select a port from the GigE Port list.
4. Select an IP address switch from the IP Interface list.
5. Enter the remote IP address in the Remote IP Address field.
6. Click OK.
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Ping. Use to confirm that the configured FCIP tunnels are working correctly.
Trace Route. Use to view the route information from a source port on the local device to a
destination port on another device and determine where connectivity is broken.
Performance. Select to view FCIP tunnel performance between two devices.
circuit".
The IP Ping dialog box displays.
Ping sends four Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Ping packets to the destination
address and records the time until a response.
The IP Ping Result dialog box displays with two tables.
The top table (FCIP IP Ping Response Details) contains the following statistics:
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FCIP IP Ping Response Details
Field or Component
Status
Packets Sent
Packets Received
Packets Lost
Description
Always displays 'Completed'. If there is a failure, an error message
displays instead of the IP Ping Result dialog box.
Always displays '4. This is not configurable.
The number of received responses.
Equal to the number of packets sent minus the number of packets
received.
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