Users Guide

A–Troubleshooting
Fibre Channel Diagnostics
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To run the beacon on/off test:
1. In the QConvergeConsole GUI main window, click an adapter port in the
system tree pane on the left.
2. In the content pane on the right, click the Port Info tab.
3. On the Port Info page, click Beacon On to run the test. To end the test, click
Beacon Off.
For more information, refer to the topic about performing diagnostics in the
QConvergeConsole Help.
Fibre Channel Diagnostics Using Interactive
QConvergeConsole CLI
To run the loopback test, read/write buffer test, or beacon test:
1. On the Main Menu, select 4: Adapter Diagnostics.
2. On the Fibre Channel Diagnostics menu, select the test type to run:
1: Loopback Test to run the loopback test.
2: Read Write Buffer Test to run the read/write buffer test.
3: Beacon Test to run the beacon test.
4: Transceiver Diagnostics Monitoring Interface (DMI) to view the
transceiver diagnostics information.
For more information, refer to the section about the Fibre Channel interactive
commands in the User’s Guide—QConvergeConsole CLI (part number
SN0054667-00).
Fibre Channel Diagnostics Using Noninteractive
QConvergeConsole CLI
For information, refer to the section about the Fibre Channel noninteractive
commands in the User’s Guide—QConvergeConsole CLI (part number
SN0054667-00).