Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual v12.0.0 (53-1002696-01, April 2013)

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Chapter 28 Fibre Channel Troubleshooting
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .881
FC troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .881
Tracing FC routes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .882
Troubleshooting device connectivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .883
Confirming Fabric Device Sharing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .885
Troubleshooting port diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .885
Configuring link traffic test parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .889
FCIP troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .890
Configuring IP ping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .890
Tracing IP routes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .892
Viewing FCIP tunnel performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .893
Chapter 29 Performance Data
SAN performance overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .896
SAN Performance measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .897
SAN Performance management requirements . . . . . . . . . . . .898
SAN real-time performance data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .903
Generating a real-time performance graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . .903
Filtering real-time performance data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .905
Exporting real-time performance data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .906
Clearing port counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .906
SAN Historical performance data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907
Enabling historical performance collection SAN wide. . . . . . .908
Enabling historical performance collection for
selected fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .908
Disabling historical performance collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . .909
Generating and saving a historical performance graph . . . . .909
Exporting historical performance data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .914
Deleting a favorite graph configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .914
SAN End-to-end monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .915
Configuring an end-to-end monitor pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .915
Displaying end-to-end monitor pairs in a real-time graph. . . . 917
Displaying end-to-end monitor pairs in a historical graph. . . . 917
Refreshing end-to-end monitor pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917
Deleting an end-to-end monitor pair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917
SAN Top Talker monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .918
Configuring a fabric mode Top Talker monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . .919
Configuring an F_Port mode Top Talker monitor . . . . . . . . . . .920
Deleting a Top Talker monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .921
Pausing a Top Talker monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .921
Restarting a Top Talker monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .921
Bottleneck detection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .922
Supported configurations for bottleneck detection. . . . . . . . .922
How bottlenecks are reported. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .923
Limitations of bottleneck detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .923
Enabling bottleneck alerts and configuring
alert parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .924