Users Guide

Table Of Contents

4–Using the vCenter Server Plug-in

Managing Fibre Channel Adapters

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 Controller Errors: Quantity of controller errors

 Device Errors: Quantity of device errors

 Invalid Transmission Words: Total quantity of invalid words transmitted by

this adapter port

 Sequence Protocol Errors: Sequence protocol error count

Diagnostic Tests—Fibre Channel Port

If the Diagnostics button is selected, the content pane appears as shown in

Figure 4-16.

Figure 4-16. Fibre Channel Port—Diagnostics

In the content pane, select the type of diagnostic test to perform: Loopback Test

or Read-Write Buffer Test. Then, under Test Configuration, specify the

following test parameters:

 Data Pattern: Select the type of data pattern (jitter pattern) to use in the test.

Or, type the pattern to use into the boxes provided.

Data pattern sequences are the bit sequences that are transmitted by a

serializer onto a link or bit sequences received by a deserializer from a link.

The data pattern sets the test pattern for evaluating the jitter compliance of a

Fibre Channel link. Test bit sequences have a significant impact on

stressing the link’s jitter characteristics.

For more information see American National Standards Institute (ANSI),

Fibre Channel – Methodologies for Jitter and Signal Quality Specification –

MJSQ, Annex A - Test bit sequences.