StorageGRID Appliance reports Storage appliance storage connectivity degraded and Fibre channel link errors detected
Applies to
NetApp StorageGRID Appliances
Issue
- StorageGRID reports Alert:
Storage appliance storage connectivity degraded
There is a problem with one or more connections between the compute controller and storage controller
.APMS - Storage Connectivity
Major Event Log
on E-Series controller may reports the following errors:Fibre channel link errors continue
(Event type 1206)Fibre channel link errors - threshold exceeded
(Event type 1207)
Examples:
Event type: 1206 / 1207
Event category: Error
Priority: Informational
Event needs attention: false
Description: Fibre channel link errors continue Fibre channel link errors - threshold exceeded
Component location: Host-side: controller in bay B, port 4
Logged by: Controller in bay B
STORAGE-ARRAY-PROFILE
may report a portDown
Host interface: Fibre
Host Interface Card(HIC): Baseboard
Channel: 2
Port: 0b
Current ID: 126/0x0
Preferred ID: 1/0xE8
NL-Port ID: 0x000000
Maximum data rate: 16 Gbps
Current data rate: 4 Gbps
Data rate control: Auto
Link status: Down
fcDump
inSTATE-CAPTURE-DATA
may report an increase in error rate:
2806-B Our Num ::...Exchange Counts...:: Num ..Link Up.. Chip LinkStat Port Port :: :: Link Bad Bad ID Logi ::Open Total Errors:: Down Char Frame 2-Src Up-Ptp 2 2 :: 2 106083407 0:: 0 0 0 3-Src Up-Ptp 2 2 :: 0 0 2969:: 0 0 0