Newly installed FC adapters show as hard OFFLINE
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- Fiber Channel- FC
- Lucent Connector-LC
Issue
Newly installed Fiber Channel adapters are showing up as:
Slot 1: FC Host Adapter 1d (QLogic 2814 rev. 2, L-port, <OFFLINE (hard)>) Board name: (null) Serial Number: (null) Firmware rev: 9.11.0 Host Loop Id: 0 FC Node Name: 5:00a:09800f:6e4649 FC Port Name: 5:00a:09840f:6e4649 SFP Vendor: FINISAR CORP. SFP Part Number: FTLF8532P5BCV SFP Serial Number: NDCARUY SFP Capabilities: 8, 16 or 32 GbitLink Data Rate: N/A- All the SFPs are supported and compatible.
- A valid LC-LC connection.
- Converting the ports to target mode, does not change the status.
- Power cycle/Re-seat of SFPs did not help
