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Brocade switch port flaps due to faulty end device sfp

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Applies to

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

Issue

  • Link resets reported under Fabriclog output as shown below:

Switch 0; Mon Dec 12 23:02:33 2022 IST (GMT+5:30)
23:02:33.251899 SCN Port Offline;rsn=0x3,g=0x4574           A2,P0  A2,P0  141   NA
23:02:33.251907 *Removing all nodes from port               A2,P0  A2,P0  141   NA

23:02:34.716692 SCN LR_PORT(0);g=0x4574                     A2,P0  A2,P0  141   NA
23:02:34.776188 SCN Port Online; g=0x4574,isolated=0        A2,P0  A2,P1  141   NA
23:02:34.777511 Port Elp engaged                            A2,P1  A2,P0  141   NA
23:02:34.777531 *Removing all nodes from port               A2,P0  A2,P0  141   NA
23:02:34.777762 SCN Port F_PORT                             A2,P1  A2,P0  141   NA
23:02:37.875677 SCN Port Offline;rsn=0x3,g=0x4576           A2,P0  A2,P0  141   NA
23:02:37.875685 *Removing all nodes from port               A2,P0  A2,P0  141   NA
23:02:39.656807 SCN LR_PORT(0);g=0x4576                     A2,P0  A2,P0  141   NA
23:02:39.731303 SCN Port Online; g=0x4576,isolated=0        A2,P0  A2,P1  141   NA
23:02:39.733589 Port Elp engaged                            A2,P1  A2,P0  141   NA
23:02:39.733610 *Removing all nodes from port               A2,P0  A2,P0  141   NA
23:02:39.733843 SCN Port F_PORT                             A2,P1  A2,P0  141   NA

 

  • Switch port status shows as "online" under switchshow:
/fabos/bin/switchshow :
switchName:  XXXX
switchType:  166.0
switchState: Online
LS Attributes:      [FID: 128, Base Switch: No, Default Switch: Yes, Ficon Switch: No, Address Mode 0]
Index Slot Port Address Media  Speed        State    Proto
============================================================
141    3   29   668d40   id    N8        Online      FC  F-Port  21:00:00:24:ff:yy:xx:xx
  • Link reset seen under Fabriclog on switch-

15:38:51.649933 SCN LR_PORT(0);g=0x9fe LR_IN                A2,P0  A2,P0  118   NA
16:16:45.053105 SCN LR_PORT(0);g=0x9fe LR_IN                A2,P0  A2,P0  118   NA
16:34:18.013690 SCN LR_PORT(0);g=0x9fe LR_IN                A2,P0  A2,P0  118   NA

 

  • Errdump reports link reset and frame timeout on the port-

2024/07/11-09:09:57 (IST), [C4-1014], 2442642, SLOT 1 | CHASSIS | PORT 12/6, WARNING, switch,  Link Reset on Port S12,P118(63) vc_no=0 crd(s)lost=0 auto trigger.
2024/07/11-09:09:57 (IST), [C4-1014], 2442642, SLOT 1 | CHASSIS | PORT 12/6, WARNING, switch,  Link Reset on Port S12,P118(63) vc_no=0 crd(s)lost=0 auto trigger.
2024/07/11-09:38:43 (IST), [AN-1014], 2443024, SLOT 1 | FID 128, INFO, switch, Frame timeout detected, tx port 12/6 rx port 12/29, sid 6b52xx, did 6b76xx, timestamp

 

  • Enc_out errors are reported under porterrshow:

/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
141:  168     929       0       0       0       0       0       0       6.9k    0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0       0

 

  • crc err and crc g_eof along with c3 tx discards reported under 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
118:    5.2g    5.8g    0      5.2k    4.8k   14       0     408       0       2.2k    0       0       0       0       0       2.2k    0     559.2k    0

 

  • Portshow reports high Invalid Transmitted Words (ITW) counter s reported

portshow 141
portDisableReason: None
portCFlags: 0x1
portFlags: 0x20b03  PRESENT ACTIVE F_PORT G_PORT U_PORT LOGICAL_ONLINE LOGIN NOELP ACCEPT FLOGI
LocalSwcFlags: 0x0
portType:  26.0
portState: 1 Online
Protocol: FC
portPhys:  6 In_Sync      portScn:   32 F_Port
port generation number:    17782
state transition count:    24

portId:    668d40
portIfId:    43320035
portWwn:   XX:8d:88:94:71:a2:XX.XX
portWwn of device(s) connected:
       XX:00:00:24:ff:1d:xy:xx
Distance:  normal
portSpeed: N8Gbps


Interrupts:        0       Link_failure: 0     Frjt:         0
Unknown:           0       Loss_of_sync: 0     Fbsy:         0
Lli:               0       Loss_of_sig:  0
Proc_rqrd:         0       Protocol_err: 0
Timed_out:         0       Invalid_word: 7186
Tx_unavail:        0       Invalid_crc:  0
Delim_err:         0       Address_err:  0
Lr_in:             0       Ols_in:       0
Lr_out:            0       Ols_out:      0
Cong_Prim_in:       0

 

  • Errdump reports RuleName=defALL_HOST_PORTSITW_21 getting trggered due to these ITW errors reporte din huge number.

    Errdump:
    2022/12/12-19:20:16, [MAPS-1003], 769558, SLOT 2 | FID 128, WARNING, switchXX, slot3 port29-Host.LINUX:CBXPR_APP02.ALIAS:HBCBXPRDAP02_HBA2:VSP5, F-Port 3/29, Condition=ALL_HOST_PORTS(ITW/min>21), Current Value:[ITW, 521 ITWs], RuleName=defALL_HOST_PORTSITW_21, Dashboard Category=Port Health.
     2022/12/12-19:21:16, [MAPS-1003], 769561, SLOT 2 | FID 128, WARNING, switchXX, slot3 port29-Host.LINUX:CBXPR_APP02.ALIAS:HBCBXPRDAP02_HBA2:VSP5, F-Port 3/29, Condition=ALL_HOST_PORTS(ITW/min>21), Current Value:[ITW, 824 ITWs], RuleName=defALL_HOST_PORTSITW_21, Dashboard Category=Port Health.
     2022/12/12-19:22:16, [MAPS-1003], 769562, SLOT 2 | FID 128, WARNING, switchXX, slot3 port29-Host.LINUX:CBXPR_APP02.ALIAS:HBCBXPRDAP02_HBA2:VSP5, F-Port 3/29, Condition=ALL_HOST_PORTS(ITW/min>21), Current Value:[ITW, 1422 ITWs], RuleName=defALL_HOST_PORTSITW_21, Dashboard Category=Port Health.

 

  • Sfpshow reports low Rx power

sfpshow:
=============
Slot  3/Port 29:
=============
Identifier:  3    SFP
Connector:   7    LC
Transceiver: 6804406000000000 8,16,32_Gbps M5 sw Inter,Short_dist
Encoding:    6    64B66B
Baud Rate:   280  (units 100 megabaud)
Length 9u:   0    (units km)
Length 9u:   0    (units 100 meters)
Length 50u (OM2):  2    (units 10 meters)
Length 50u (OM3):  7    (units 10 meters)
Length 62.5u:0    (units 10 meters)
Length 50u (OM4):  10   (units 10 meters)
Vendor Name: BROCADE
Vendor OUI:  00:05:1e
Vendor PN:   57-1000333-01
Alarm flags[0,1] = 0x0, 0x0
Warn Flags[0,1] = 0x0, 0x0
Temperature: 52      Centigrade
Current:     5.832   mAmps
Voltage:     3322.6  mVolts
RX Power:    -8.8    dBm (130.5uW)
TX Power:    -1.3    dBm (743.3 uW)

 

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