Testing L2 Connectivity In A Data Centre/ Naming COnvention Of Line Cards

Dear guys,

I am currently working in a data centre and I am experiencing some trouble.

The switch connectivity for my test bed is haywire. Since they are switches, they are L2 and I cannot ping to test connectivity. What should I do in this case? Visual fault locator are too expensive for me.

Secondly, I understand that the naming convention for my equipment are chasis/slot/module/port. As far as I know, the chasis and module are always zero. Are there any situations where the chasis or module are not zero. If so, pls give example. Thanks.

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Comments

Priston

What model switches are you working with? Are you asking where 0/1/0/1 is physically on the chassis?

asrivastava0202

you cab assign IP address to VLAN 1 on each switch and test the connectivity ...

hitmen

Priston wrote: »

What model switches are you working with? Are you asking where 0/1/0/1 is physically on the chassis?

ASR9000 series. However, the chasis number and the module number is always zero which I never unbderstand why.

oli356

You can cluster the chassis and there is your 1/0/0/0, so two chassis.

Depending on the line card the module will change. For example if you have a MOD80 with 2 MPA's in then the module number will be different.

1/3/1/5
Chassis 1, slot 3 (MOD80), module 1 (MPA), port 5.

hitmen

Hi!
The correct answer I got from my senior is to use the show mac-address dynamic command to see if mac addresses have been learnt. SVI not necessary at L2.

Roguetadhg

Wait.
You're working on an ASR 9000 series switch, on a test bed, and a visual fault locator is too expensive?