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:
lot 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 Gbit
Link 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
