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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 on page 1212

• System health checks on page 1212

• Runtime dataplane loopback check on page 1212

• Disable RPM-SFM walk on page 1214

• RPM-SFM bring down on page 1215

• Manual loopback test on page 1215

• SFM channel monitoring on page 1218

• Respond to PCDFO events on page 1219

• Inter-CPU timeouts on page 1220

• Debug commands on page 1222

• Hardware watchdog timer on page 1222

• Show hardware commands on page 1223

• Offline diagnostics on page 1223

• Important points to remember on page 1224

• Offline configuration task list on page 1224

• Parity error detection and correction on page 1225

• Enable parity error correction on page 1225

• Recognize a transient parity error on page 1226

• Recognize a non-recoverable parity error on page 1227

• Trace logs on page 1228

• Buffer full condition on page 1228

• Manual reload condition on page 1229

• CP software exceptions on page 1229

• View trace buffer content on page 1229