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WWPN not getting logged in to brocade switch

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Applies to

Brocade switch G720

Issue

  • WWPN is not getting detected after the cable is plugged in to brocade switch and port going in to In_Sync state

Index Port Address  Media Speed   State       Proto
==================================================
  35  35   01xx00   id    N32      In_Sync     FC  

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Port 35:
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Identifier:  3    SFP
Connector:   7    LC
Transceiver: 6804406000000000 8,16,32_Gbps M5 sw Inter,Short_dist
....
Vendor Name: BROCADE         
Vendor OUI:  00:05:1e
Vendor PN:   57-1000333-01   
...
Temperature: 59      Centigrade 
Current:     0.000   mAmps 
Voltage:     3291.7  mVolts 
RX Power:    -2.9    dBm (507.2uW) 
TX Power:    -1.5    dBm (715.4 uW) 

  • Rx and Tx of the SFPs are in optimal range
  • When the cable is moved to different  free ports wwpn is still not logged in
  • Replaced the cable on the switch port to the host, wwpn is still not logged in
  • Link fail, loss sync errors were reported on the porterrshow and seemed to be historic

/fabos/cliexec/porterrshow:
          frames      enc    crc    crc    too    too    bad    enc   disc   link   loss   loss   frjt   fbsy  c3timeout    pcs    uncor
       tx     rx      in    err    g_eof  shrt   long   eof     out   c3    fail    sync   sig                  tx    rx     err    err
32:    4.2g   4.2g   0      0      0      0      0      0      0      2     35.7k  17.9k 411      0      0      0      0      0     16.6k
33:    2.9g 668.2m   0      0      0      0      0      0      0      1     35.5k  17.9k 119      0      0      0      0      0      9.4k

2023/07/20-23:34:32, [PORT-1003], 61891, FID 128, WARNING, G620B, Port 33 Faulted because of many Link Failures.
2023/07/20-23:37:54, [PORT-1003], 61897, FID 128, WARNING, G620B, Port 33 Faulted because of many Link Failures.
2023/07/20-23:41:16, [PORT-1003], 61903, FID 128, WARNING, G620B, Port 33 Faulted because of many Link Failures.
2023/07/20-23:44:43, [PORT-1003], 61909, FID 128, WARNING, G620B, Port 33 Faulted because of many Link Failures.

  • When the same cable is moved to different switch wwpn is getting logged in

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