The "scsitarget.fct.portLogin:notice"event triggered in ONTAP 9
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- FCP
Issue
- The ONTAP
EMS
shows that the initiators are logging in frequently :
[Node-1: fct_tpd_work_thread_0: scsitarget.fct.portLogin:notice]: Login at target FC port: '9a' by initiator port: 'xx:xx:00:xx:00:00:xx:56' address 0x1x00xx. The target virtual port is: 'NetApp FC Target Port (LPe16000) SVM1:Node-1-2x'.
- Below steps need to be followed to isolate the issue further-
- Check the FC port state from the Server-side and switch port error statistics. vserver fcp ping-initiator show can be used on storage end to check connectivity check (ping) between FCP initiators and FCP LIFs.
- Verify all physical components of the connection end to end are healthy.
- Identify the reason and remedy factor causing FC adapter aborts/reset resulting in the ONTAP
EMS
log.