I have an AIX server running 6.1. My SAN switch is reporting that it is only receiving 5.9 uWatts (micro watts) and it should be well over 100 uWatts. How can I see the transmit strength of my fiber card from within AIX? I have Emulex fiber cards.
IBM support provided a efc_power program to measure the transmit (TX) and RX (receive) strength. They stated it works with most Emulex fiber cards. If a server reports the TX less than -10, then the card is probably bad. If the RX is less than -10, then cabling or the SAN port is probably bad.
I'll attempt to attach the program.
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