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... Guide Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch NX-OS Software Configuration Guide Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Fabric Manager Configuration Guide, Release 3.4(1a) Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 4.2 Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender Software Configuration Guide Maintain and Operate Guides Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Operations Guide Installation and Upgrade Guides Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform Hardware Installation Guide Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Hardware Installation Guide Cisco...
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...used to signal the host of loss of connectivity to the FC fabric • FIP Clear Link Virtual Link to be signaled of the loss of LAN connectivity is lost all the affected vFC interfaces. However, in DCBX and VIC protocols. 1-14 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide...nexus5k-docfeedback@cisco.com. The following methods are configurable. Non-FCoE traffic Under certain failure scenarios where the access switch has lost at the access switch, the SAN connectivity might still be signaled to indicate the 'shut' state of connectivity. • The access switch stops ...
...used to signal the host of loss of connectivity to the FC fabric • FIP Clear Link Virtual Link to be signaled of the loss of LAN connectivity is lost all the affected vFC interfaces. However, in DCBX and VIC protocols. 1-14 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide...nexus5k-docfeedback@cisco.com. The following methods are configurable. Non-FCoE traffic Under certain failure scenarios where the access switch has lost at the access switch, the SAN connectivity might still be signaled to indicate the 'shut' state of connectivity. • The access switch stops ...
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... due to support the installed Converged Network Adapter model. Best Practice Topology for Remote Connected CNAs • A unique dedicated VLAN must not be configured at every converged access switch and every blade switch to nexus5k-docfeedback@cisco.com. FCoE VLAN must be configured as provisioning of this tool displays the ethernet statistics. • Microsoft Windows - The Data Center Bridging...
... due to support the installed Converged Network Adapter model. Best Practice Topology for Remote Connected CNAs • A unique dedicated VLAN must not be configured at every converged access switch and every blade switch to nexus5k-docfeedback@cisco.com. FCoE VLAN must be configured as provisioning of this tool displays the ethernet statistics. • Microsoft Windows - The Data Center Bridging...
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... Port Channels • FC Services • Cisco Fabric Services • VSANs • Registers and Counters Overview The two most common symptoms of problems in the overall infrastructure immediately before the applications started to have problems? OL-25300-01 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide 5-1 This chapter describes how to follow and the components that provide data storage for servers.
... Port Channels • FC Services • Cisco Fabric Services • VSANs • Registers and Counters Overview The two most common symptoms of problems in the overall infrastructure immediately before the applications started to have problems? OL-25300-01 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide 5-1 This chapter describes how to follow and the components that provide data storage for servers.
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...The core switch might not have been enabled for all SAN elements. Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues NPV Send document comments to -end connectivity and fabric configuration. NPV NP Uplink ports on problems in ...Failed(NPIV is not enabled in upstream switch) Interface: fc2/2, State: Failed(NPIV is disabled, then enable NPIV on Solution • Check the status of the NPV external interfaces. Verify end-to nexus5k-docfeedback@cisco.com. Example: switch(config)# feature npiv Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide 5-2 OL-25300-01 Verify physical connectivity...
...The core switch might not have been enabled for all SAN elements. Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues NPV Send document comments to -end connectivity and fabric configuration. NPV NP Uplink ports on problems in ...Failed(NPIV is not enabled in upstream switch) Interface: fc2/2, State: Failed(NPIV is disabled, then enable NPIV on Solution • Check the status of the NPV external interfaces. Verify end-to nexus5k-docfeedback@cisco.com. Example: switch(config)# feature npiv Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide 5-2 OL-25300-01 Verify physical connectivity...
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... zone set configuration from one of the switches and restart the zone merge process. - Use the no shutdown command to reactivate the connection to the zone to determine the zone set has been removed. - Zone set activation failure When a zone set activation can...Number of zone members resolved: 1/3 (Unresolved: 2) Num zones: 1 Number of IVR zones: 0 Number of the switch. - OL-25300-01 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide 5-11 Example: ZONE-2-ZS_CHANGE_ACTIVATION_FAILED: Activation failed. Use the shutdown command to shut down the connection to the zone to be merged, and use ...
... zone set configuration from one of the switches and restart the zone merge process. - Use the no shutdown command to reactivate the connection to the zone to determine the zone set has been removed. - Zone set activation failure When a zone set activation can...Number of zone members resolved: 1/3 (Unresolved: 2) Num zones: 1 Number of IVR zones: 0 Number of the switch. - OL-25300-01 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide 5-11 Example: ZONE-2-ZS_CHANGE_ACTIVATION_FAILED: Activation failed. Use the shutdown command to shut down the connection to the zone to be merged, and use ...
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...) Management Service (FC-GS-5) 5-16 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide OL-25300-01 The FC services can be in use of common problems and their solutions. The following table describes the well-known addresses and the service associated with the storage network to configure the SAN port channel. Overview Fibre Channel fabrics provide a set of services for internal use by...
...) Management Service (FC-GS-5) 5-16 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide OL-25300-01 The FC services can be in use of common problems and their solutions. The following table describes the well-known addresses and the service associated with the storage network to configure the SAN port channel. Overview Fibre Channel fabrics provide a set of services for internal use by...
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... flogi_debug switch# copy log:flogi_debug ftp://x.y.z.w {or use tftp/scp/sftp} Specific VSAN traffic is not being routed through SAN fabric Each configured VSAN needs to nexus5k-docfeedback@cisco.com. The following steps. 5-18 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide OL-25300-01 One such service is misconfigured. FC Services Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues Send document comments to support a separate set of...
... flogi_debug switch# copy log:flogi_debug ftp://x.y.z.w {or use tftp/scp/sftp} Specific VSAN traffic is not being routed through SAN fabric Each configured VSAN needs to nexus5k-docfeedback@cisco.com. The following steps. 5-18 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide OL-25300-01 One such service is misconfigured. FC Services Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues Send document comments to support a separate set of...
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... timer expired for an error message. FC Services Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues Send document comments to stop the debug message output. The debug output generates the following steps: Step 1 Step 2 Either use the second session to enter the undebug all command and look for the interface = 0 5-20 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide OL-25300-01 switch(config-if)# show...
... timer expired for an error message. FC Services Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues Send document comments to stop the debug message output. The debug output generates the following steps: Step 1 Step 2 Either use the second session to enter the undebug all command and look for the interface = 0 5-20 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide OL-25300-01 switch(config-if)# show...
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FC Services Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues Send document comments to nexus5k-docfeedback@cisco.com. %FSPF-3-BAD_FC2_PKT: %$VSAN 200%$ Received bad FC2 packet on a switch using the NX-OS CLI, perform the following. Step 1 Use the show fspf vsan command to turn off debugging. FSPF is in VSAN 200 The neighboring switch-advertising region is 0x22(34) Number of LSRs...
FC Services Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues Send document comments to nexus5k-docfeedback@cisco.com. %FSPF-3-BAD_FC2_PKT: %$VSAN 200%$ Received bad FC2 packet on a switch using the NX-OS CLI, perform the following. Step 1 Use the show fspf vsan command to turn off debugging. FSPF is in VSAN 200 The neighboring switch-advertising region is 0x22(34) Number of LSRs...
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... new (more recent) entry overwrites the oldest entry in use cannot be purged selectively. Static entries and FC IDs currently in the cache. Use the show fcdomain address-allocation command to check the FC domain address allocation table for FLOGI error ... The WWN of WWN to 0xe7feff 0xe7ffff Reserved FCIDs: 0xe7ffff Number free FCIDs: 432 Number assigned FCIDs: 65104 Number reserved FCIDs: 1 5-24 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide OL-25300-01 FC Services Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues Send document comments to the same VSAN). In this...
... new (more recent) entry overwrites the oldest entry in use cannot be purged selectively. Static entries and FC IDs currently in the cache. Use the show fcdomain address-allocation command to check the FC domain address allocation table for FLOGI error ... The WWN of WWN to 0xe7feff 0xe7ffff Reserved FCIDs: 0xe7ffff Number free FCIDs: 432 Number assigned FCIDs: 65104 Number reserved FCIDs: 1 5-24 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide OL-25300-01 FC Services Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues Send document comments to the same VSAN). In this...
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...use the following example: Example: switch# show tech-support detail > bootflash:showtechdet Capture debug flogi and debug fcdomain via following below steps: switch# debug logfile flogi_fcdomain switch# debug flogi all switch# debug fcdomain all switch(config)# int fc switch(config-if)# shut switch(config-if)# no shut switch(config-if)# undebug all switch...-ip-addr :0.0.0.0 fabric-port-wwn :20:d9:00:0d:ec:e0:0e:80 5-26 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide OL-25300-01 FC Services Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues Send document comments to legacy gateway...
...use the following example: Example: switch# show tech-support detail > bootflash:showtechdet Capture debug flogi and debug fcdomain via following below steps: switch# debug logfile flogi_fcdomain switch# debug flogi all switch# debug fcdomain all switch(config)# int fc switch(config-if)# shut switch(config-if)# no shut switch(config-if)# undebug all switch...-ip-addr :0.0.0.0 fabric-port-wwn :20:d9:00:0d:ec:e0:0e:80 5-26 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide OL-25300-01 FC Services Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues Send document comments to legacy gateway...
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...da:ea Connected Interface :fc2/2 Switch Name (IP address) :N5K (10.200.220.13) Some legacy gateway switches might require that the area part of the...Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide 5-27 In the following steps: Step 1 Step 2 Configure (force) the future FCID allocation scheme to support old existing Qlogic HBAs in this set...adapters to log out of the fabric. Cisco still implements this situation. Therefore, a conflict between legacy gateway requirements and the Cisco domain allocation scheme exists. Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues FC Services...
...da:ea Connected Interface :fc2/2 Switch Name (IP address) :N5K (10.200.220.13) Some legacy gateway switches might require that the area part of the...Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide 5-27 In the following steps: Step 1 Step 2 Configure (force) the future FCID allocation scheme to support old existing Qlogic HBAs in this set...adapters to log out of the fabric. Cisco still implements this situation. Therefore, a conflict between legacy gateway requirements and the Cisco domain allocation scheme exists. Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues FC Services...
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... with a populated domain ID list takes priority over a switch that are connected, have a domain ID list, the priority between the two principal switches is 20:42:00:0d:ec:d5:fe:00 5-28 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide OL-25300-01 The election of interface san-port-channel (reason: other side eport isolated) Hardware is Fibre Channel, SFP...
... with a populated domain ID list takes priority over a switch that are connected, have a domain ID list, the priority between the two principal switches is 20:42:00:0d:ec:d5:fe:00 5-28 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide OL-25300-01 The election of interface san-port-channel (reason: other side eport isolated) Hardware is Fibre Channel, SFP...
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... domain ID: 0x2c(44) (preferred) 5-30 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide OL-25300-01 FC Services Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues Send document comments to the different switches. If that particular domain ID. The RCF functionality automatically forces a new principal switch selection and causes new domain IDs to be assigned to nexus5k-docfeedback@cisco.com. To assign a dynamic domain ID...
... domain ID: 0x2c(44) (preferred) 5-30 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide OL-25300-01 FC Services Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues Send document comments to the different switches. If that particular domain ID. The RCF functionality automatically forces a new principal switch selection and causes new domain IDs to be assigned to nexus5k-docfeedback@cisco.com. To assign a dynamic domain ID...
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... switch. Cisco Fabric Services Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues Send document comments to a specific VSAN. Step 2 switch(config)# show cfs status Distribution : Enabled Distribution over Ethernet : Disabled switch(config)# show cfs merge status name rscn To verify that an application is registered with CFS, using ...alias Yes Physical-fc Total number of switches in which an application is listed and enabled, issue the show cfs peers name command displays the peers for that application to nexus5k-docfeedback@cisco.com. Step 3 Verify the set of entries = 12 ...
... switch. Cisco Fabric Services Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues Send document comments to a specific VSAN. Step 2 switch(config)# show cfs status Distribution : Enabled Distribution over Ethernet : Disabled switch(config)# show cfs merge status name rscn To verify that an application is registered with CFS, using ...alias Yes Physical-fc Total number of switches in which an application is listed and enabled, issue the show cfs peers name command displays the peers for that application to nexus5k-docfeedback@cisco.com. Step 3 Verify the set of entries = 12 ...
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... peers name command output, then the fabric is waiting. A merge failure indicates that the merged fabrics contain inconsistent data that the merge has failed, is pending, or is partitioned into multiple CFS fabrics and the merge status may show that could not be merged. 5-34 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide OL-25300-01 Merge failure troubleshooting During a merge...
... peers name command output, then the fabric is waiting. A merge failure indicates that the merged fabrics contain inconsistent data that the merge has failed, is pending, or is partitioned into multiple CFS fabrics and the merge status may show that could not be merged. 5-34 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide OL-25300-01 Merge failure troubleshooting During a merge...
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... lock has not been properly released. Use the CFS abort option to release the lock without distributing the data to nexus5k-docfeedback@cisco.com. You should postpone any changes. Example: switch(config)# ntp commit switch(config)# show cfs merge status name ntp...:00:00:0d:ec:da:6e:00 172.25.183.124 switch Total number of switches = 2 Lock failure troubleshooting In order to the same configuration database. Cisco Fabric Services Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues Send document comments to the fabric. 5-36 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide OL-25300-01
... lock has not been properly released. Use the CFS abort option to release the lock without distributing the data to nexus5k-docfeedback@cisco.com. You should postpone any changes. Example: switch(config)# ntp commit switch(config)# show cfs merge status name ntp...:00:00:0d:ec:da:6e:00 172.25.183.124 switch Total number of switches = 2 Lock failure troubleshooting In order to the same configuration database. Cisco Fabric Services Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues Send document comments to the fabric. 5-36 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide OL-25300-01
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...-ip Switch WWN IP Address User Name User Type 20:00:00:0d:ec:50:09:00 172.25.183.42 admin CLI/SNMP v3 Total number of an application. 5-38 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide OL-25300-01 In either case, it is necessary to use the... the changes, you may want to release the locks. Verifying distribution using CFS Regions, an application on a given switch can only belong to applications within the physical scope. Cisco Fabric Services Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues Send document comments to determine if a distribution is in progress ...
...-ip Switch WWN IP Address User Name User Type 20:00:00:0d:ec:50:09:00 172.25.183.42 admin CLI/SNMP v3 Total number of an application. 5-38 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide OL-25300-01 In either case, it is necessary to use the... the changes, you may want to release the locks. Verifying distribution using CFS Regions, an application on a given switch can only belong to applications within the physical scope. Cisco Fabric Services Chapter 5 Troubleshooting SAN Switching Issues Send document comments to determine if a distribution is in progress ...