# Introduction

Platform9 SMCP is a distributed system and, like any distributed system, can quickly get complicated. This section provides in-depth information on some tools and techniques you can use to troubleshoot.

Please read the [auto$](https://github.com/platform9/pcd-docs-gitbook/blob/main/PEC/architecture-overview/README.md#Architecture) for more details on the overall layout before reading this section. This section is also organized into sections corresponding to the various components/services.

* [auto$](https://github.com/platform9/pcd-docs-gitbook/blob/main/PEC/troubleshooting-the-management-plane/README.md) covers Troubleshooting for Platform9 Management Plane workstation
* [auto$](https://github.com/platform9/pcd-docs-gitbook/blob/main/PEC/troubleshooting-a-cluster/README.md) covers the same for the In cluster components.
* [auto$](https://github.com/platform9/pcd-docs-gitbook/blob/main/PEC/support-bundles/README.md) covers what to collect before you call our support


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