Running Port Extender Offline Diagnostics On The Switch - Dell C9000 Series Networking Configuration Manual

Running Port Extender Offline Diagnostics on
the Switch
To run port extender offline diagnostics on the switch:
1 Start the diagnostics on the unit.
EXEC Privilege Mode
diag pe pe-id stack-unit unit-number
Specify the port extender ID and stack unit ID.
• where pe-id is a port-extender group ID number from 0 to 255
• stack-unitunit-number is a PE stack-unit number from 0 to 7
Dell#diag pe 0 stack-unit 0
A warning is displayed with a CLI prompt asking you to click Yes or No.
Dell#diag pe 0 stack-unit 0 level0 ?
Warning - PE-Unit 0 at PEID 0 will go offline to run the diagnostics.
Offline of system will bring down all the protocols and the system
will be operationally down, except for running Diagnostics.
PE unit will be automatically reloaded once the diagnostics tests are
completed.
Warning - The diagnostic execution will cause multiple link flaps on
the peer side
- advisable to shut directly connected ports
Proceed with PE diag [confirm yes/no]:yes
After completing the diagnostics on the PE, the PE reboots automatically reboots and then the switch
and PE connection is established. The switch copies the diagnostic report file into the PE master flash.
2 Upload the diagnostics report file into the switch.
EXEC Privilege mode
show diag pe pe-id stack-unit unit-number
This command copies the diagnostics report from the PE to the switch's flash. The name of the file that
is copied is printed as part of the CLI output.
For example:
Dell#show diag pe 0 stack-unit 0
% Diag Report fileflash:/DEFAULT_DIAG_REPORT_DIR/TestReport-SU-0-
PE-0-20150312_045748.txt
copied successfully.
3 View the results of the diagnostics test from the console.
EXEC Privilege Mode
show file file-name
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