Brocade Fabric OS Troubleshooting and Diagnostics Guide v6.2.0 (53-1001187-01, April 2009)

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Chapter

FCIP Issues

In this chapter

•FCIP tunnel issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

•FCIP links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

•Port mirroring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

•FTRACE concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

FCIP tunnel issues

Commands described in this chapter require Admin or root user access. See the Fabric OS

Command Reference for detailed information on command syntax.

The following are the most common FCIP tunnel issues and provide recommended actions for you

to follow to fix the issue.

Symptom FCIP tunnel does not come Online.

Probable cause and recommended action

Confirm the following steps.

1. Confirm GE port is online.

portshow ge1

Eth Mac Address: 00.05.1e.37.93.06

Port State: 1 Online

Port Phys: 6 In_Sync

Port Flags: 0x3 PRESENT ACTIVE

Port Speed: 1G

2. Confirm IP configuration is correct on both tunnel endpoints.

portshow ipif ge1

Port: ge1

Interface IP Address NetMask MTU

----------------------------------------------------------

0 11.1.1.1 255.255.255.0 1500

3. Enter the portCmd --ping command to the remote tunnel endpoint from both endpoints.

The -s value is the source IP address; the –d value is the destination IP address.

portcmd --ping ge1 -s 11.1.1.1 -d 11.1.1.2

Pinging 11.1.1.2 from ip interface 11.1.1.1 on 0/ge1 with 64 bytes of data

Reply from 11.1.1.2: bytes=64 rtt=0ms ttl=64