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

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• Link traffic
• Latency measurement
• Measure link distance
If any of the tests fail, the Management application does not rollback to already executed
operations.
When the test successfully completes, the Management application performs the following
operations to change the port type back to E-port:
1. Disable the source port.
2. Disable the destination port.
3. Disable the diagnostic mode on source D-port.
4. Disable the diagnostic mode on destination D-port.
5. Enable the source port.
6. Enable the destination port.
The Progress column shows whether the test is not started, in progress, or completed.
The Status column shows the overall status (Success or Failed) of the test.
6. Select a port row in the Selected Ports table to display the detailed status in the Status Details
of the Selected Row table.
The Status Details of the Selected Row table displays with the details of the port selected for
diagnosis, the details of the tests performed, the results of the test, as well as short
description of the test results. The following table details the messages that display depending
on the success or failure of the operations and tests.
TABLE 78 Supported link distance measurements
SFP speed Accuracy Precision
10 Gbps 124 meters + or - 50meters
16 Gbps 5 meters + or - 5 meters
TABLE 79 Status Detail messages
Operation/Test Possible message
Disable the source or destination
port
Disabled the port slot_number/port_number of the switch
switch_IP_address.
Failed to disable the port slot_number/port_number of the switch
switch_IP_address.
Reason: CAL_error_message
Enable the diagnostic mode on
source or destination E ports
Enabled diagnostic mode on port slot_number/port_number of the
switch switch_IP_address.
Failed to enable diagnostic mode on port slot_number/port_number of
the switch switch_IP_address.
Reason: CAL_error_message
Enable the source or destination
port
Enabled the port slot_number/port_number of the switch
switch_IP_address.