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 Cisco (IBM c-type) SAN Switch to perform a health check
Environment
Cisco
Steps
List of commands:
show module: Provides you with information about all inserted modules and their status.
show hardware: Displays more detailed information about each component.
show logging log: This should be checked for recently logged errors indicating hardware failure of some switch components.
show redundancy status (for Director type of switches): You can check the output to verify if both Supervisors are synchronized.
show interface brief: Verify no ports/port groups have faulted or have bad status. Look for any ports that may have a status such as hwfaliure, initialing, etc.
show module internal exceptionlog: Determine if there are any recently posted exceptions to operation.
show environment: Check to see if all Modules are Powered-Up, power is running properly, and temperature sensors are all within spec.
show interface transceiver details: To verify the Tx and Rx power levels of any SFP in the switch.
show interface counter / show interface detail-counter / show interface counters detail: Shows numbers of occurrences since the last time the statistics were cleared.
If you find anything abnormal in the outputs of the above commands, contact IBM support.
Document Location
Worldwide
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Modified date:
13 September 2024
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