The Fabric Validation tab displays the fabric validation tests and gives the ability to run the test and receive/view the summary as a job output. Summary of the job contains all errors and warnings that were found during the test execution.
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Test |
Description |
Check Lids |
Checks for bad lids. Possible lid errors are:
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Check Links |
Checks for connectivity issues where all ports connected are not in the same state (active) |
Check Subnet Manager |
Checks for errors related to subnet manager. Possible SM errors are:
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Check Duplicate Nodes |
Checks for duplications in nodes description |
Check Duplicate Guids |
Checks for GUIDs duplications |
Check Routing |
Checks for failures in getting routing MADs |
Check Link Speed |
Checks for errors related to link speed. Possible link speed errors are:
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Check Link Width |
Checks for errors related to link width. Possible link width errors are:
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Check Partition Key |
Checks for errors related to PKey. Possible PKey errors are:
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Check Temperature |
Checks for failure in getting temperature sensing. |
Check Cables |
Checks for errors related to cables. Possible cable errors are:
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Check Effective BER |
Checks that the Effective BER does not exceed the threshold |
Dragonfly Topology Validation |
Validate if the topology is Dragonfly |
SHARP Fabric Validation |
Checks for SHARP Configurations in the fabric |
Tree Topology Validation |
Checks if the fabric is a tree topology |
Socket Direct Mode Reporting |
Presents the inventory of fabric HCAs that are using socket direct |
To run a specific test, click the play button. The job will be displayed once completed.
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The job will also be displayed in the Jobs window.
Some validation tests contain data related to devices or ports like device GUID and port GUID.
Depending on that information a context menu for each related device/port can be shown.
I f the data i s related to a port the context menu will contain both port and device options .
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