Server link to Fabric Interconnect failure and recovery

For blade server and Fabric Interconnect connectivity, there are two connections involved between the server mezzanine card, IOM backplane ports, IOM fabric ports, and Fabric Interconnect server ports. These connections are as follows:

1. The connection between the blade server mezzanine card and IOM backplane port that connects the blade server to the IOM in the chassis.
2. The connection between the IOM fabric port and Fabric Interconnect server port that connects the IOM in the chassis to the Fabric Interconnect.

Connectivity failure can happen due to a mezzanine card, IOM ports, or Fabric Interconnect server ports. We will now look at different port failure scenarios.

Identifying a mezzanine adapter failure

The first requirement is to identify and isolate the source of the issue, which can be the server mezzanine card, IOM card ports, or Fabric Interconnect server port. To determine that the issue is with the server mezzanine card and not...