How do I check my port status on my Brocade switch?

How do I check my port status on my Brocade switch?

From the Main Menu, select:

  1. Status and Counters.
  2. Port Status.

What is CRC error in Brocade switch?

Brocade switches will detect if a frame has a CRC and then respond based the end of frame (EOF) field of the frame. When a frame with a CRC is detected, the Brocade switch will change the EOF field to denote that the frame contains a CRC error.

What are enc out errors on Brocade?

enc out = Encoding error outside of frames: The number of 8b/10b encoding errors that have occurred outside frames boundaries.

How do you troubleshoot a Brocade switch?

Troubleshooting Brocade SAN Switch Module issues

  1. To begin troubleshooting, check the following top issues.
  2. Check the Hardware Status and Port Status LEDs.
  3. Download the latest Brocade firmware and software code updates for your system:
  4. Consult the available product documentation:

How do I test a switch port?

To do this:

  1. Leave the device unplugged for at least one minute then power ON the device again.
  2. Unplug the power adapter from the device.
  3. Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to another numbered port.
  4. Connect the first end of the Ethernet cable to any of the device’s numbered ports.

What is CRC errors in SAN Switch?

If the receiver gets a different answer then what’s recorded in the frame, then the frame was changed in flight. This is a CRC error. The only time these happen is if the physical plant – cabling, SFPs is somehow defective. It is much less common, but still possible to have a bad component in the switch.

How do I enable ports on my Brocade switch?

To enable a port:

  1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin as described in Connect to the Command Line Interface.
  2. Issue the portenable portnumber command, where portnumber is the number of the port you want to enable.

How do you troubleshoot a SAN switch?

What are the error counters on the brocade Switch port?

The error counters are CRC and CRC G_EOF. The CRC error counter will be incremented for any and all frames which have a detected CRC error. When the EOF field is modified by the Brocade switch port when first detected, the CRC G_EOF error counter will also be incremented.

Do I need to clear the port stats on a brocade switch?

Before you start working with a brocade switch or when trouble shooting it can be useful to clear the port stats. We will look at how to clear individual ports stats and clear all the stats from the brocade switch.

How does a brocade switch detect a CRC error?

Brocade switches will detect if a frame has a CRC and then respond based the end of frame (EOF) field of the frame. When a frame with a CRC is detected, the Brocade switch will change the EOF field to denote that the frame contains a CRC error.

How do I check the link status on my brocade switch?

Use the ‘portshow’ command to check the link status on your Brocade switch. This command is helpful is pin-pointing link failures & FC loop issues. [ By: Nicholas Lee ]