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November 19th, 2020 15:00

Brocade 6520 new ISLs not coming up

Between 2 buildings 5KM apart, we have 2 ISLs.  We need to replace them as we have new network equipment.

The older ISLs are multimode, 8gb, ports 48 and 52.  The new are single mode, 16gb, ports 49 and 53.

licenseshow  says second ports on demand license and full ports on demand license.  

Here are the settings using the portcfgshow command for both ports on the same switch:

portcfgshow 48
Area Number: 48
Octet Speed Combo: 1(16G|8G|4G|2G)
FC Speed Level: SOFT
AL_PA Offset 13: OFF
Trunk Port ON
Long Distance OFF
VC Link Init OFF
Locked L_Port OFF
Locked G_Port ON
Disabled E_Port OFF
Locked E_Port OFF
ISL R_RDY Mode OFF
RSCN Suppressed OFF
Persistent Disable OFF
LOS TOV mode 0(OFF)
NPIV capability ON
QOS Port AE
Port Auto Disable: OFF
Rate Limit OFF
EX Port OFF
Mirror Port OFF
SIM Port OFF
Credit Recovery ON
F_Port Buffers OFF
E_Port Credits 40
Fault Delay: 0(R_A_TOV)
NPIV PP Limit: 126
NPIV FLOGI Logout: OFF
CSCTL mode: OFF
TDZ mode: OFF
D-Port mode: OFF
D-Port over DWDM: OFF
Compression: OFF
Encryption: OFF
10G/16G FEC: ON
16G FEC via TTS: OFF
8G Non-DFE: OFF(Auto)

portcfgshow 49
Area Number: 49
Octet Speed Combo: 1(16G|8G|4G|2G)
FC Speed Level: 8G
AL_PA Offset 13: OFF
Trunk Port ON
Long Distance LE
VC Link Init OFF
Locked L_Port OFF
Locked G_Port OFF
Disabled E_Port OFF
Locked E_Port ON
ISL R_RDY Mode OFF
RSCN Suppressed OFF
Persistent Disable OFF
LOS TOV mode 0(OFF)
NPIV capability ON
QOS Port OFF
Port Auto Disable: OFF
Rate Limit OFF
EX Port OFF
Mirror Port OFF
SIM Port OFF
Credit Recovery ON
F_Port Buffers OFF
E_Port Credits OFF
Fault Delay: 0(R_A_TOV)
NPIV PP Limit: 126
NPIV FLOGI Logout: OFF
CSCTL mode: OFF
TDZ mode: OFF
D-Port mode: OFF
D-Port over DWDM: OFF
Compression: OFF
Encryption: OFF
10G/16G FEC: ON
16G FEC via TTS: OFF
8G Non-DFE: OFF(Auto)

I see some discrepancies, especially with enabling QOS (although I do not know if the ports would not come up without it), however when I try to enable QOS, I get the following error:  "Error when performing specified action for port 49 - Port 49 can not be configured as QOS link.  ISL R_RDY mode and QOS mode are mutually exclusive."

Also, according to the datacenter team, all the connections to the new hardware have been tested.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

 

 

  • DELL-Josh Cr

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    Posted November 20th, 2020 09:00

    Hi svillardi2,

    So the old ports show long distance off and isl r_rdy off, new ones have long distance LE and isl r_rdy off. Try setting the port to not long distance and see if you can enable QoS.

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    Posted November 20th, 2020 12:00

    Hi Josh, and thank you for the assist!

    No success yet.

    The ports are almost the same now with a couple exceptions:

    Port 48                                      Port 49
    FC Speed Level: SOFT            FC Speed Level: 8G
    Trunk Port ON                          Trunk Port OFF
    E_Port Credits 40                     E_Port Credits OFF

    The speed is set to 8G because I saw somewhere that all ISLs must match speed.
    I can manually change the E_Port Credits to 40, however, I do not believe that they matter when bringing up the ISL, only the performance.

    I do not know how to check for trunk port licenses.

    licenseshow
    X----------------------------------:
    Second Ports on Demand license - additional 24 port upgrade license
    Y----------------------------------:
    Full Ports on Demand license - additional 48 port upgrade license

    Here are the port configs (matched on all 4 ports -- 2 local, 2 remote)

    Port 48 is old
    Port 49 is new

    portcfgshow 48
    Area Number: 48
    Octet Speed Combo: 1(16G|8G|4G|2G)
    FC Speed Level: SOFT
    AL_PA Offset 13: OFF
    Trunk Port ON
    Long Distance OFF
    VC Link Init OFF
    Locked L_Port OFF
    Locked G_Port OFF
    Disabled E_Port OFF
    Locked E_Port ON
    ISL R_RDY Mode OFF
    RSCN Suppressed OFF
    Persistent Disable OFF
    LOS TOV mode 0(OFF)
    NPIV capability ON
    QOS Port AE
    Port Auto Disable: OFF
    Rate Limit OFF
    EX Port OFF
    Mirror Port OFF
    SIM Port OFF
    Credit Recovery ON
    F_Port Buffers OFF
    E_Port Credits 40
    Fault Delay: 0(R_A_TOV)
    NPIV PP Limit: 126
    NPIV FLOGI Logout: OFF
    CSCTL mode: OFF
    TDZ mode: OFF
    D-Port mode: OFF
    D-Port over DWDM: OFF
    Compression: OFF
    Encryption: OFF
    10G/16G FEC: ON
    16G FEC via TTS: OFF
    8G Non-DFE: OFF(Auto)

    portcfgshow 49
    Area Number: 49
    Octet Speed Combo: 1(16G|8G|4G|2G)
    FC Speed Level: 8G
    AL_PA Offset 13: OFF
    Trunk Port OFF
    Long Distance OFF
    VC Link Init OFF
    Locked L_Port OFF
    Locked G_Port OFF
    Disabled E_Port OFF
    Locked E_Port ON
    ISL R_RDY Mode OFF
    RSCN Suppressed OFF
    Persistent Disable OFF
    LOS TOV mode 0(OFF)
    NPIV capability ON
    QOS Port AE
    Port Auto Disable: OFF
    Rate Limit OFF
    EX Port OFF
    Mirror Port OFF
    SIM Port OFF
    Credit Recovery ON
    F_Port Buffers OFF
    E_Port Credits OFF
    Fault Delay: 0(R_A_TOV)
    NPIV PP Limit: 126
    NPIV FLOGI Logout: OFF
    CSCTL mode: OFF
    TDZ mode: OFF
    D-Port mode: OFF
    D-Port over DWDM: OFF
    Compression: OFF
    Encryption: OFF
    10G/16G FEC: ON
    16G FEC via TTS: OFF
    8G Non-DFE: OFF(Auto)

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    Posted November 20th, 2020 13:00

    showswitch - command not found

    switchshow does not show anything related to port licensing.

    Perhaps a different command?

  • DELL-Josh Cr

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    Posted November 20th, 2020 13:00

    Try switchshow. Page 1143 https://dell.to/35No95V

    Page 516 https://dell.to/2UMjvPC may also help.

  • DELL-Josh Cr

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    Posted November 20th, 2020 13:00

    Does showswitch show which ports are licensed?

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    Posted November 20th, 2020 13:00

    Confirming switchshow starts on 1113, not 1143.

     

  • DELL-Josh Cr

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    Posted November 20th, 2020 14:00

    yes, you are correct

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    Posted November 24th, 2020 10:00

    Hi,

    This is what fixed it:

    Portcfglongdistance 53 LE 1

    Portcfgislmode 53 1

    Portcfgspeed 53 0

     

    Thanks for your help.  We needed a vendor to figure it out.