How To
Summary
Commands a client can run on their SAN Switch to perform a health check
Objective
Commands a client can run on their Brocade (IBM b-type) SAN Switch to perform a health check
Environment
Brocade (IBM b-type) switch.
Steps
The commands listed below will help you perform a general health check on your Brocade (IBM b-type) SAN switch:
List of commands:
slotshow -m: Provides information about the inserted blades within the chassis.
slotshow -d576: Lists the occupied slots, adding the power supplies, fans, and information about the failure codes.
Sensorshow: Shows the temperature of each hardware component.
firmwareshow -v: Shows both CPs/core blades/partition state and if they run the same firmware version.
Hadump (for Director type of switches): You can verify if both CPs are in sync state for redundancy. (HA State synchronized).
errdump -a: Check if there are recently logged error messages indicating hardware failure of switch components.
haShow: Use this command to display the control processor status.
If you find any thing abnormal in the outputs of the above commands, contact IBM support.
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Modified date:
13 September 2024
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