Creating diagnostic dumps, Figure 13-6 – Dell Emulex Family of Adapters User Manual

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OneCommand™ Manager Application

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13. Diagnostics

LightPulse FC HBA Diagnostics

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Close - Click to close the window (disabled while tests are running).

Note: If the SFP does not support running D_Port diagnostics, clicking the Start Tests

button causes an error message to be displayed indicating this and the tests will

not be executed.

Note: If the adapter firmware does not support running D_Port diagnostics, clicking

the Start Tests button causes an error message to be displayed indicating this

and the tests will not be executed.

Creating Diagnostic Dumps

The diagnostic dump capability enables you to create a “dump” file for a selected

adapter. Dump files contain various information such as firmware version, driver

version, and so on, that is particularly useful when troubleshooting an adapter. You can

also retrieve dump files from remote hosts. (Not available in read-only mode.) For

16Gb/s HBAs refer to the OneConnect section “Creating Diagnostic Dumps” on

page 282.

Caution:

Disruption of service can occur if a diagnostic dump is run during I/O

activity.

Note: Diagnostic dump is not supported on LPe16000 series adapters.

To start a diagnostic dump:
1. From the discovery-tree, select an adapter port whose diagnostic information you

want to dump.

2. Select the Diagnostics tab and click Diagnostic Dump. The Diagnostic Dump

dialog box appears. You can specify how many files you want to retain using the

Files Retained counter. Click Delete Existing Dump Files to remove existing dump

files for the selected adapter port from your system.

Figure 13-6 Diagnostic Dump Dialog Box

3. Click Start Dump. A warning message appears about taking the adapter offline.

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