About this Document
In this chapter
How this document is organized
This manual provides troubleshooting information on Brocade host bus adapters (HBAs),
converged network adapters (CNAs), and Fabric Adapters. It is organized to help you find the
information that you want as quickly and easily as possible.
The document contains the following components:
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Chapter 1, "Introduction to Troubleshooting"
troubleshooting adapter problems, as well as tips for gathering problem information. A
checklist is also provided to verify that required procedures have been followed during
installation.
Chapter 2, "Isolating Problems"
procedures to diagnose and recover from these problems.
Chapter 3, "Tools for Collecting Data"
available through the Host Connectivity Manager (HCM), Brocade Command Line Utility (BCU),
Fabric OS commands, and host system to help you isolate and resolve adapter-related
problems.
Chapter 4, "Performance Optimization"
performance on your host system.
Appendix A, "Adapter BIOS and Event Message Reference"
messages generated by adapter drivers.
Appendix B, "HCM and Installer Message Reference"
during operation of HCM and the Brocade Adapter Software Installer application. Causes of
each message and actions to perform to resolve problems are also included.
provides an introduction and approach to
provides information on common adapter problems and
provides a summary of diagnostic and monitoring tools
contains guidelines for optimizing adapter
lists all error messages that may display
contains details on all event
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