Brocade Adapters Troubleshooting Guide
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Data collection using host system commands
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Displaying memory usage
top, vmstat -m
Windows Task Manager,
tasklist.exe
top, vmstat -m
vmstat -s
Monitoring performance
iostat, vmstat, sar
Windows Task Manager,
perfmon.exe
vmstat, VM Performance:
esxtop [first type 'v', 'e' then
enter vm# in the list down],
Disk Performance: esxtop
[type 'v' then 'd'].
iostat -nx 1 5, vmstat,
mpstat, sar
Listing driver modules
lsmod
driverquery
vmkload_mod -l
modinfo
Checking for Brocade Fibre
Channel adapter (BFA)
driver module
lsmod | grep bfa
driverquery /v | findstr
bfad
vmkload_mod -l | grep bfa
modinfo | grep bfa
Checking for Brocade
network (BNA) driver
module
lsmod | grep bna
driverquery /v | findstr
bnad
vmkload_mod -l | grep bfa
NA
Displaying driver
information
•
Use lsmod
command for
general driver
information.
•
Use ethtool
options to query
network driver
information and
settings.
On Device Manager
Right-click storage
controller or network
adapter instances,
select Properties, then
select Driver tab.
•
For general driver
information use
vmkload_mod.
•
For network driver
information, use
esxcfg-nics.
Use modinfo options for
bna or bfa driver.
Locating system log
messages
NOTE: For more
information, refer to
dmesg,
/var/log/message*
System Category in
Windows Event Viewer
(eventvwr.exe)
/var/log/vmkernel*
/var/log/vmkwarning*/proc
/vmware/log
/var/log/message*
dmesg,
/var/adm/message*
Showing operating system
distribution info
(SuSE) cat
/etc/SuSE-release,
(RedHat) cat
/etc/redhat-release
systeminfo.exe
cat /etc/vmware-release
uname -a, cat
/etc/release
Locating BFA configuration
file
/etc/bfa.conf
Windows Registry
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\SYSTEM\CurrentContro
lSet\Services\bfad\Para
meters\Device), adapter
Flash
/etc/bfa.conf
/kernel/drv/bfa.conf
Locating BFA device file
/dev/bfa*
Windows Registry
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\HARDWARE\DEVICEMA
P\Scsi\Scsi Port x)
/opt/brocade/adapter/bfa/
bfa.conf
•
(Release 1.0) -
/devices/pci*/pci*/
fibre-channel@0:dev
ctl,
•
(Release 1.1 and
later) -
/devices/pci*/pci*/
bfa@0:devctl
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Host system data collection commands (continued)
Task
Linux
Windows
VMware
Solaris
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