Reference Guide

Field Description
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.
• 2 = Records FC warning messages.
• 3 = Records FC informational messages.
• 4 = Records all messages generated for FC operation on the switch.
The default is 4.
show fc-trace-
level
Displays the currently configured FC trace level.
show file
fcmfs:/
TRACE_LOG_FC/
Displays the trace log that contains trace messages of FC software and hardware
events, state, and errors. The FC trace log is stored in internal flash at the file path
fcmfs:/TRACE_LOG_FC/qstack_trace.log.
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