Questions for common symptoms – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide

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Questions for common symptoms

1

License issues

Licensing

Chapter 2, “General”

LSAN is slow or times-out

LSAN tagging

Chapter 2, “General”

Marginal link

Links

Chapter 3, “Connectivity”

No connectivity between host and storage

Cables
SCSI timeout errors
SCSI retry errors
Zoning

Chapter 3, “Connectivity”
Chapter 8, “ISL Trunking”
Chapter 9, “Zoning”

Fibre Channel over IP Administrator’s
Guide

No connectivity between switches

Licensing
Fabric parameters
Segmentation
Virtual Fabrics
Zoning, if applicable

Chapter 2, “General”
Chapter 3, “Connectivity”

Chapter 7, “Virtual Fabrics”
Chapter 9, “Zoning”

No light on LEDs

Links

Chapter 3, “Connectivity”

Performance problems

Links
FCR LSAN tags
FCIP tunnels

Chapter 3, “Connectivity”
Chapter 2, “General”

Fibre Channel over IP Administrator’s
Guide

Port cannot be moved

Virtual Fabrics

Chapter 7, “Virtual Fabrics”

SCSI retry errors

Buffer credits
FCIP tunnel bandwidth

Fibre Channel over IP Administrator’s
Guide

SCSI timeout errors

Links
HBA
Buffer credits
FCIP tunnel bandwidth

Chapter 3, “Connectivity”
Chapter 8, “ISL Trunking”

Fibre Channel over IP Administrator’s
Guide

Switch constantly reboots

Rolling reboot detection
FIPS

Chapter 6, “Security”

Switch is unable to join fabric

Security policies
Zoning
Fabric parameters

Chapter 3, “Connectivity”
Chapter 7, “Virtual Fabrics”
Chapter 9, “Zoning”

Switch reboots during configup/download

Configuration file discrepancy

Chapter 4, “Configuration”

Syslog messages

Hardware
SNMP management station

Chapter 2, “General”
Chapter 6, “Security”

Trunk bounces

Cables are on same port group
SFPs
Trunked ports

Chapter 8, “ISL Trunking”

Trunk failed to form

Licensing
Cables are on same port group
SFPs
Trunked ports
Zoning
E_Port QoS configuration mismatch

Chapter 2, “General”
Chapter 3, “Connectivity”

Chapter 8, “ISL Trunking”
Chapter 9, “Zoning”

User forgot password

Password recovery

Chapter 6, “Security”

TABLE 2

Common symptoms (Continued)

Symptom

Areas to check

Chapter or Document

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