Brocade Communications Systems 815 Manual De Usuario

Beaconing

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The Ethernet Test options are described in 

Beaconing

Beaconing is a continuous signaling of error conditions on a LAN. Beaconing can occur either on 
the port or on one or both sides of the link (known as end-to-end beaconing). Link end-to-end 
beaconing provides a mechanism to start beaconing on both the adapter side and the switch side.

Configuring beaconing using the GUI

You can configure beaconing from an HBA port, an FCoE port, or an Ethernet port.

1. Select an HBA port, an FCoE port, or an Ethernet port from the device tree.

2. Select Configure > Beacon from the Host Connectivity Manager.

3. Click either the Beacon Port check box or the Beacon Link check box to enable the feature.

Configuring beaconing using the BCU

Enter the following command to blink the appropriate port LED for physical identification.

bcu diag - -beacon <port_id> {on | off} [-t <secs>] 

where:

duration

Blinks the local port for the specified number of seconds. The default is 0, 
which means infinite blinking.

Refer to 

 on page 165 for details about this command.

Enter the following command to blink the appropriate link for physical identification.

bcu fcdiag - -linkbeacon <port_id> {on|off}

Refer to 

 on page 175 for details about this command.

TABLE 17

Ethernet Test parameters

Ethernet loopback test

NOTE: For an External 
Loopback test, you must plug 
in the loopback connector.

Subtest ID

•

External

•

Serdes

Link Speed

10 Gbps

Frame Count

Integer from 1-131072 (128K). The 
default value is 65536 (64K).

Test Cycle

The number of times the test runs. The 
default value is 10.

Data Pattern (hexadecimal)

Default value is A5A5A5A5.