INFINIBAND: "getportcounters" Command to check if there are any Symbol Errors, Link Issues on Switch Ports of IB Switch.

Below "getportcounters" Command can be used to check if there are any Symbol Errors, Link Issues on Switch Ports of IB Switch.

getportcounters <Switch Port>

For example if you want to check the counters on port 6 above command looks as follows:

getportcounters 6

Below is sample output of above command. If we see SymbolErrors increasing then that indicates there is an issue with the Switch port (loose cable, bad cable, bad switch port or something else)

SymbolErrors.....................0 
LinkRecovers.....................0 
LinkDowned.......................0 
RcvErrors........................0 
RcvRemotePhysErrors..............0 
RcvSwRelayErrors.................297 
XmtDiscards......................6 
XmtConstraintErrors..............0 
RcvConstraintErrors..............0 
LinkIntegrityErrors..............0 
ExcBufOverrunErrors..............0 
VL15Dropped......................0 
XmtData..........................4294967295 
RcvData..........................4294967295 
XmtPkts..........................717430186 
RcvPkts..........................634187063 
XmtWait..........................1338332 

Products to which Article Applies
Infiniband Switches

Article Author: Tarun Boyella