Storage Switch Add command using SNMPv3 fails on Brocade switch

Applies to

• MetroCluster
• Brocade storage switch

Issue

• The system health of Fabric metrocluster shows degraded.

CLUSTER::> system health subsystem show
Subsystem         Health
----------------- ------------------
SAS-connect       ok
Environment       ok
Memory ok
Service-Processor ok
Switch-Health     ok
CIFS-NDO          ok
Motherboard       ok
IO                ok
MetroCluster ok
MetroCluster_Node ok
FHM-Switch        degraded
FHM-Bridge        ok
SAS-connect_Cluster
                  ok
13 entries were displayed.

• The "storage switch show" output as below

CLUSTER01:: > storage switch show 
switch   - symbolic name - vendor   - modle       - switch WWN      - is monitored - monitor status
Brocade  - FRFXXXXX      - Brocade  - BrocadeG720 - 1000d81fxxxxxxx - true         - ok
Brocade  - FRFXXXXX      - Brocade  - BrocadeG720 - 1000d81fxxxxxxx - true         - ok
Brocade  - FRFXXXXX      - Brocade  - BrocadeG720 - 1000d81fxxxxxxx - true         - ok
FRFXXXXX - FRFXXXXX      - Brocade  - false       - unknown

• EMS

System Notification (Health Monitor process schm: FabricSwitchUnreachable_Alert[1000d81fccc5ff68]) ALERT

• The storage switch add command fails on the NetApp cluster when trying to add a Brocade switch:

CLUSTER01::*> storage switch add -address 192.168.0.24 -snmp-version SNMPv3 -snmp-community-or-username snmpv3user

Error: command failed: Internal error. Failed to add switch for monitoring on node "NODE01" in cluster "CLUSTER01". Reason: Failed to check if device located at "192.168.0.24" is from supported vendor. For further assistance, contact technical support.