When troubleshooting FC and FCoE, consider the following:
- Verify that the firmware and drivers are up to date on the CNAs.
- Check the support matrix to confirm that the CNAs are supported by the storage that is used in the deployment. For the support matrix for Dell storage platforms, see the following:
- Verify that port group breakout mode is configured correctly.
- Ensure that the FC port-groups that are broken out on the unified ports in the MX9116n switches are set administratively up after the ports are changed from Ethernet to FC.
- MX9116n switches operating in SmartFabric mode support various commands to verify the configuration. Use the following commands to verify FC configurations from MX9116n CLI:
OS10# show fc
alias Show FC alias
ns Show FC NS Switch parameters
statistics Show FC Switch parameters
switch Show FC Switch parameters
zone Show FC Zone
zoneset Show fc zoneset - Use the following commands to verify FCoE configurations from MX9116n CLI:
OS10# show fcoe
enode Show FCOE enode information
fcf Show FCOE fcf information
sessions Show FCOE session information
statistics Show FCOE statistics information
system Show FCOE system information
vlan Show FCOE vlan information - Verify that the FC ports are up, for example:
OS10# show interface status | grep 1/43
Fc 1/1/43:1 up 16G auto -
Fc 1/1/43:2 up 16G auto -
Fc 1/1/43:3 down 0 auto –
Fc 1/1/43:4 down 0 auto –
The show vfabric command
output provides various information including the default zone mode, the active zone set, and interfaces that are members of the vfabric.
OS10# show vfabric
Fabric Name New vfabric
Fabric Type FPORT
Fabric Id 1
Vlan Id 30
FC-MAP 0xEFC00
Vlan priority 3
FCF Priority 128
FKA-Adv-Period Enabled,8
Config-State ACTIVE
Oper-State UP
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Switch Config Parameters
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Domain ID 1
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Switch Zoning Parameters
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Default Zone Mode: Allow
Active ZoneSet: None
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Members
fibrechannel1/1/44:1
ethernet1/1/1
ethernet1/71/1
ethernet1/71/2
The show fcoe sessions
command shows active FCoE sessions. The output includes MAC addresses, Ethernet interfaces, the FCoE VLAN ID, FC IDs, and WWPNs of logged-in CNAs.
OS10# show fcoe sessions
Enode MAC Enode Interface FCF MAC FCF interface VLAN FCoE MAC FC-ID PORT WWPN PORT WWNN
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06:c3:f9:a4:cd:03 Eth 1/71/1 20:04:0f:00:ce:1d ~ 30 0e:fc:00:01:01:00 01:01:00 20:01:06:c3:f9:a4:cd:03 20:00:06:c3:f9:a4:cd:03
f4:e9:d4:73:d0:0c Eth 1/1/1 20:04:0f:00:ce:1d ~ 30 0e:fc:00:01:02:00 01:02:00 20:01:f4:e9:d4:73:d0:0c 20:00:f4:e9:d4:73:d0:00