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E-Series TeraScale Debugging and Diagnostics

This chapter addresses E-Series TeraScale Debugging and Diagnostics TeraScale platforms. Refer to

Chapter 63, E-Series ExaScale Debugging and Diagnostics for information relating to that platform.

In addition to the FTOS high availability features, E-Series and FTOS support several diagnostics and

debug features that are integral components to delivering maximum uptime. These features consist of the

following:

• Overview

• System health checks

• Runtime dataplane loopback check

• Disable RPM-SFM walk

• RPM-SFM bring down

• Manual loopback test

• SFM channel monitoring

• Respond to PCDFO events

• Inter-CPU timeouts

• Debug commands

• Hardware watchdog timer

• Show hardware commands

• Offline diagnostics

• Important points to remember

• Offline configuration task list

• Parity error detection and correction

• Enable parity error correction

• Recognize a transient parity error

• Recognize a non-recoverable parity error

• Trace logs

• Buffer full condition

• Manual reload condition

• CP software exceptions

• View trace buffer content

• Write the contents of the trace buffer

• Recognize a high CPU condition

• Configure an action upon a hardware error

• Core dumps