Brocade Fibre Channel (FC) Switch in "Marginal" state due to Flash Module Storage Space Usage Exceeding Threshold

Asset ID:	1-72-1552202.1
Update Date:	2013-08-14
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Solution 1552202.1 : Brocade Fibre Channel (FC) Switch in "Marginal" state due to Flash Module Storage Space Usage Exceeding Threshold

Applies to:

Brocade SAN Switch Hardware - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Brocade 48000 Director - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Brocade 24000 Director - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

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Brocade Fibre Channel (FC) Switch in marginal state due to flash module condition.

Log onto switch and run "switchstatusshow" command to check switch status.

Example:

...

Power supplies monitor HEALTHY
Temperatures monitor HEALTHY
Fans monitor HEALTHY
WWN servers monitor HEALTHY
Standby CP monitor HEALTHY
Blades monitor HEALTHY
Core Blades monitor HEALTHY
Flash monitor MARGINAL <<<<<<
Marginal ports monitor HEALTHY
Faulty ports monitor HEALTHY
Missing SFPs monitor HEALTHY

...

Changes

None.

Cause

Storage space use in flash module exceeding threshold.

Log onto the switch and run df command to get an idea of space usage.

Solution

Run the 'supportsave -R' cmd.

It will get rid of all core files and FFDC files.

Additionally you can run cleanup (as root) to get rid of stale files.

SYNOPSIS: cleanup [-n] [-p | -s]

Notes: This utility will check for any obsoleted files that are in the file system that don't belong to any package, and will then remove them. These files may be resulted from firmwareCommit command. The list of directories it checks is in /etc/cleanup.conf.

  -n Do not physically remove the obsoleted files but just report them.

  -p Doing cleanup on primary partition only.

  -s Doing cleanup on secondary partition only.

  By default, this utility will remove obsoleted files on both partitions.

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