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Applies to

  • SAN
  • ONTAP 9
  • Brocade

Issue

  • Virtual machines cannot log in. 
  • When verifying if the switch configuration is correct we can see that we are missing FC4s (disabled):

switch1:admin> nsshow
Type Pid    COS     PortName                NodeName                 TTL(sec)
N    010000; 3;50:0a:09:81:12:34:56:78;50:0a:09:80:12:34:56:78; na
    PortSymb: [46] "NetApp FC Target Adapter (8324) cluster1:0e"
    NodeSymb: [40] "NetApp FAS8080 (cluster1-01/cluster1-02)"
    Fabric Port Name: 20:00:50:eb:1a:2b:3c:4d
    Permanent Port Name: 50:0a:09:81:12:34:56:78
    Port Index: 0
    Share Area: No
    Device Shared in Other AD: No
    Redirect: No
    Partial: No
N  010001;      3;20:00:00:a0:98:12:34:56;20:04:00:a0:98:12:34:56; na
    PortSymb: [64] "NetApp FC Target Port (8324) fcp-svm:fcp-lif-01-0e"
    NodeSymb: [29] "NetApp Vserver fcp-svm"
    Fabric Port Name: 20:00:50:eb:1a:2b:3c:ed
    Permanent Port Name: 50:0a:09:81:12:34:56:78
    Port Index: 0
    Share Area: No
    Device Shared in Other AD: No
    Redirect: No
    Partial: No

  • In the example above, the LIF and port have logged into the fabric, but FC4 is not enabled. The entry for the LIF should show FC4s:FCP .

Example:

N  010001;      3;20:00:00:a0:98:12:34:56;20:04:00:a0:98:12:34:56; na
    FC4s:FCP
    PortSymb: [64] "NetApp FC Target Port (8324) fcp-svm:fcp-lif-01-0e"
    NodeSymb: [29] "NetApp Vserver fcp-svm"
    Fabric Port Name: 20:00:50:eb:1a:2b:3c:ed
    Permanent Port Name: 50:0a:09:81:12:34:56:78
    Port Index: 0
    Share Area: No
    Device Shared in Other AD: No
    Redirect: No
    Partial: No

 

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