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VMWare hosts have only 1 path to storage out of 4 previously

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9.x
  • VMware
  • Brocade

Issue

  • Path redundancy lost for multiple host types
  • Negative performance impact
  • Receive errors in EMS/Event log
  • Admin down/up ports can temporarily get paths back
  • Shutdown specific ports can resolve issues
Example:
fcp.io.status:debug]: STIO Adapter:0c AEN 0x8048 (RECV_ERROR) MboxStatus1 0xfffe MboxStatus2 0x1
fcp.io.status:debug]: STIO Adapter:0c AEN 0x8048 (RECV_ERROR) MboxStatus1 0x1008 MboxStatus2 0xc1
fcp.io.status:debug]: STIO Adapter:0c AEN 0x8048 (RECV_ERROR) MboxStatus1 0xfffe MboxStatus2 0x1

 

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