https://community.hpe.com/t5/hpe-eva-storage/dynamic-tracking-softwware/m-p/4795186#M49430 <BR />Hi Does anybody no if there is a method of providing Dynamic Tracking of Fibre Channel Devices within HP-UX .Or do you have too unconfigure FC storage device and adapter device instances before making changes on the SAN that might result in an N_Port ID (SCSI ID) change of any remote storage ports ?<BR /><BR />I believe that with AIX if you enable Dynamic Tracking of FC Devices , the FC adapter driver will detect when the Fibre Channel N_Port ID of a device changes and then re-route <BR />traffic destined for that device to the new address while the devices are <BR />still online. Examples of events that can cause an N_Port ID to change are <BR />moving a cable between a switch and storage device from one switch port to <BR />another, connecting two separate switches via an Inter-Switch Link (ISL),and possibly rebooting a switch. Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:23:09 GMT Mick_chair 2011-06-03T09:23:09Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/hpe-eva-storage/dynamic-tracking-softwware/m-p/4795186#M49430 <BR />Hi Does anybody no if there is a method of providing Dynamic Tracking of Fibre Channel Devices within HP-UX .Or do you have too unconfigure FC storage device and adapter device instances before making changes on the SAN that might result in an N_Port ID (SCSI ID) change of any remote storage ports ?<BR /><BR />I believe that with AIX if you enable Dynamic Tracking of FC Devices , the FC adapter driver will detect when the Fibre Channel N_Port ID of a device changes and then re-route <BR />traffic destined for that device to the new address while the devices are <BR />still online. Examples of events that can cause an N_Port ID to change are <BR />moving a cable between a switch and storage device from one switch port to <BR />another, connecting two separate switches via an Inter-Switch Link (ISL),and possibly rebooting a switch. Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:23:09 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/hpe-eva-storage/dynamic-tracking-softwware/m-p/4795186#M49430 Mick_chair 2011-06-03T09:23:09Z