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Frequent disconnections observed in management network of Brocade switch

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Applies to

Brocade G630

Issue

  • Errors are observed on RX packets in eth0 interface

IxBD012xx2:FID1x8:admin> ethif --show eth0
eth0 interface:
Link mode: negotiated 1000baseT-FD, link ok
MAC Address: xx:1F:xx:81:6C:xx
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:1F:xx:81:xx:16
          inet addr:1x.xxx.x0.xx1  Bcast:1x.x0x.x1.x55  Mask:x5x.x5x.x5x.0
          inet6 addr: fx80::xx1f:xxff:fe81:6xx6/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:16205124 errors:3100 dropped:90798 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1652543 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:1648529407 (1572.1 Mb)  TX bytes:274786603 (262.0 Mb)
          Memory:fe4e2000-fe4e2fff

  • Taken the current cable out of the management port and connected to other device network port, observed connectivity issues
  • Taken the cable from good working device and connected to the management port of Brocade switch, observed similar connectivity issues

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