Symptom
**Cosmetic change request, no functional impact. Applicable to all Cat9K running IOS-XE***
Requesting to change the description of the keyword from "ASIC No" to "ASIC Instance No" in the following CLI.
This is leading to confusion in field.
Switch#sh pl hard fed active fwd-asic drops exceptions asic ?
ASIC No <<<<<<<<<< should read as ASIC instance No. (ASIC + CORE combination)
!
This ASIC # is actually the ASIC instance (0=ASIC 0 /CORE 0, 1= ASIC 0 /CORE 1, 2=ASIC 1/CORE 0 etc)
and not really the ASIC# as it states in "show platform hardware fed active ifm mapping"
Example below-
Switch#sh pl soft fed active ifm mappings
Interface IF_ID Inst Asic Core Port SubPort Mac Cntx LPN GPN Type Active
GigabitEthernet1/0/1 0x8 2 1 0 0 0 4 4 1 101 NIF Y
GigabitEthernet1/0/2 0x9 2 1 0 1 1 4 4 2 102 NIF Y <<< Inst 2, ASIC 1, CORE 0
!
To get fwd-asic exception stats from respective instanced, we should put "2" in below CLI.
However, the CLI description says "ASIC no" and hence engineers/customers ending up using wrong values (for example, they are using the value 1 here in this context, as indicated by IFM mapping output) .
If the description is read as "ASIC instance no." as opposed to "ASIC no.", it would be helpful.
Switch#sh pl hard fed active fwd-asic drops exceptions asic ?
ASIC No <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Switch#sh pl hard fed active fwd-asic drops exceptions asic 2
****EXCEPTION STATS ASIC INSTANCE 2 (asic/core 1/0)**** <<<<<
Further Problem Description
Cosmetic change request, no functional impact
