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Brocade switch port flapped and went offline due to faulty switch end SFP

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Applies to

  • All Brocade switch hardware platforms
  • All Brocade Fabric Operating System (FOS) firmware levels

Issue

  • Port state is In_sync

 254   12   30   68fe40   id    N32      In_Sync     FC

  • Port show displays the port as offline

portshow 254
portDisableReason: None
portCFlags: 0x1
portFlags: 0x4041     PRESENT U_PORT LED
LocalSwcFlags: 0x0
portType:  26.0
portState: 2    Offline  

  • Fabric log shows port has flapped multiple times

15:16:55.961101 SCN Port Offline;rsn=0x4,g=0x3b7e           A2,P0  A2,P0  254   NA    
15:16:55.961107 *Removing all nodes from port               A2,P0  A2,P0  254   NA    
15:17:40.649127 SCN LR_PORT(0);g=0x3b7e                     A2,P0  A2,P0  254   NA    
15:17:40.695392 SCN Port Online; g=0x3b7e,isolated=0        A2,P0  A2,P1  254   NA    
15:17:40.695851 Port Elp engaged                            A2,P1  A2,P0  254   NA    
15:17:40.695865 *Removing all nodes from port               A2,P0  A2,P0  254   NA    
15:17:40.696094 SCN Port F_PORT                             A2,P1  A2,P0  254   NA    
16:02:58.997554 SCN Port Offline;rsn=0x4,g=0x3b80           A2,P0  A2,P0  254   NA    
16:02:58.997560 *Removing all nodes from port               A2,P0  A2,P0  254   NA    
16:02:59.008547 SCN LR_PORT(0);g=0x3b80                     A2,P0  A2,P0  254   NA 

  • sfpshow displays port has low Tx value

Slot 12/Port 30:
=============
Identifier:  3    SFP
Connector:   7    LC
Transceiver: 6804404000000000 8,16,32_Gbps M5 sw Short_dist
Encoding:    6    64B66B 
Vendor Name: BROCADE         
Vendor OUI:  00:05:1e
Vendor PN:   57-1000333-01  
BR Min:      0   
Serial No:   JAF418510000PG1 
Date Code:   181219  
Temperature: 50      Centigrade 
Current:     6.542   mAmps 
Voltage:     3325.5  mVolts 
RX Power:    -2.9    dBm (518.3uW) 
TX Power:    -40.0   dBm (0.1   uW)

  • Porterr show reports link fail error


/fabos/cliexec/porterrshow :
          frames        enc     crc     crc     too     too     bad     enc    disc    link    loss    loss    frjt    fbsy     c3timeout     pcs      uncor
        tx       rx      in     err     g_eof   shrt    long    eof     out    c3      fail    sync    sig                      tx      rx      err     err
 254:    5.0k    5.0k    0       0       0       0       0       0     156       0       2.0k  234       3       0       0       0       0       0       0

 

 

 

 

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