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FastIron Ethernet Switch Administration Guide 233

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Chapter

Hardware Component Monitoring

Table 17 lists the individual Brocade FastIron switches and the hardware monitoring features they

support. These features are supported in the Layer 2 and Layer 3 software images.

This chapter contains the following sections:

•Virtual cable testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

•Digital optical monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

NOTE

VCT is not supported on SX-FI48GPP, SX-FI-24GPP, SX-FI-24HF, SX-FI-2XG, and SX-FI-8XG.

The procedures in this chapter describe how to configure the software to monitor hardware

components.

Virtual cable testing

FastIron devices support Virtual Cable Test (VCT) technology. VCT technology enables the diagnosis

of a conductor (wire or cable) by sending a pulsed signal into the conductor, then examining the

reflection of that pulse. This method of cable analysis is referred to as Time Domain Reflectometry

(TDR). By examining the reflection, the Brocade device can detect and report cable statistics such

as local and remote link pair, cable length, and link status.

Virtual cable testing configuration notes

• This feature is supported on copper ports only. It is not supported on fiber ports.

• This feature is not supported on the SX-FI48GPP module running software release 07.2.02 or

later.

• This feature is not supported on SX-FI2XG, SX-FI8XG, SX-FI24HF, SX-FI24GPP, and SX-F!48GPP

modules running software release 07.3.00 or later.

• The port to which the cable is connected must be enabled when you issue the command to

diagnose the cable. If the port is disabled, the command is rejected.

• If the port is operating at 100 Mbps half-duplex, the TDR test on one pair will fail.

TABLE 17 Supported hardware monitoring features

Feature FSX 800

FSX 1600

FCX ICX 6610 ICX 6430 ICX 6450

Virtual cable testing (VCT) Yes Yes No No No

Digital optical monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes