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Field Description
TxLinkResets Number of link resets on transmitted frames.
TotalLinkResets Total number of link resets.
TotalRxFrames Total number of frames received.
TotalTxFrames Total number of frames transmitted.
RxOfflineSequen
ces
Number of offline sequences received.
TxOfflineSequen
ces
Number of offline sequences transmitted.
TotalOfflineSequ
ences
Total number of offline sequences.
Rate Information:
Input bytes/sec,
frames/sec, % of
line-rate
Incoming rate of FC traffic in bytes per second, frames per second, and percentage of the total line rate.
Output bytes/
sec, frames/sec,
% of line-rate
Outgoing rate of FC traffic in bytes per second, frames per second, and percentage of the total line rate.
Time since last
interface status
change
Elapsed time since the operational status of the interface last changed.
Example of the show fc switch Command
Dell# show fc switch
Switch Mode : NPG
Switch WWN : 10:00:5c:f9:dd:ef:24:40
Dell#
Field
Description
Switch Mode Operational mode of an S5000 switch. The default is NPG.
Switch WWN Factory-assigned worldwide node (WWN) name. The WWN name is not user-configurable.
Example of the show running-config | grep switch-mode Command
Dell#Show running-config | grep switch-mode
fc switch-mode fabric-services
Dell#
Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Operation
To investigate problems in the FC interface operation, use the following commands.
Examples of the show command follow this table.
Command
Description
create fc-
dump-support
Gather information about the Fibre Channel operation and store the FC dump file in flash/
CORE_DUMP_DIR. Generates Syslog messages at the start and end of the FC dump file creation.
change fc-
trace-level
number
Use for debugging purposes. Change the FC trace level used to record FC information in the FC trace file.
The range is from 0 to 4, where:
0 = Turns FC traces off.
1 = Records FC error messages.
318 Fibre Channel Interface