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Port Troubleshooting Resolution Guide

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Applies to

  • ONTAP Hardware Systems
  • Port issues

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Port Troubleshooting

This article contains a list of most of the ports troubleshooting workflows. However, it is not a comprehensive list. This can be used to narrow your search to the more commonly utilized troubleshooting KBs, broken down to a specific category

Overview:

Port Troubleshooting Resolution Guide

From the picture above, note that this controller head (which is only one example) contains a lot of different ports which can behave differently in different configurations.

These can be divided into three groups:

  • SAS ports (marked with red circles) which are used to access the disk shelves. 
  • Ethernet ports (marked with green circles) used for end users to access data.
  • FC Ports Some of the ports, (half green- half orange), can be configured as FC ports, but are still used for end users to access data.
  • Management ports (wrench port and locked wrench port) are used for monitoring and managing the system.

Depending on port configuration or hardware issue with a particular port, the system can behave differently and the end result might be different.

  • NetApp Hardware Universe provides excellent front and rear views of the vast majority of NetApp hardware, including controller platforms.
Port Specific Troubleshooting guides

 

How to troubleshoot Ethernet ports Resolution guide

This guide describes how to troubleshooting common issues with Ethernet ports on NetApp controllers.

How to troubleshoot SAS ports Resolution guide

This guide describes how to troubleshooting common issues with SAS ports on NetApp controllers.

How to troubleshoot FC ports Resolution guide

This guide describes how to troubleshooting common issues with FC ports on NetApp controllers.

Console Port connections for ONTAP Resolution guide

This guide is a collection of articles to assist you in troubleshooting common issues with Management/Console Ports.

Note:   If you are unsure, contact NetApp Technical Support for assistance.

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