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тАО01-22-2009 06:33 AM
тАО01-22-2009 06:33 AM
C7000, BL465c G1 x4, Cisco 3020 x5, Brocade 4/24 x2 & VMware
We have a new C7000 chassis fitted with 6 Cisco 3020 (slots 1,2,5,6 7 & *) and a pair of Brocade 4/24 san switches in slots 3 & 4.
We have 4 BL465c G1 blades fitted with the QLogic Mez card in slot1 and a NC325m Quad NIC card in Mez 2. The OA does not report any issues and the mapping of ports looks correct. The status display is all Green.
I have installed VMware ESX 3.5 on the blade servers with no issues.
The Problem
ESX can see all 6 NIC's and from the Cisco 3020's I can enable/disable the matching NIC interface (intGI0/1 for the first server etc) and ESX can see the port change state from up to down etc.
This only works on the first 4 NIC ports/Cisco 3020's and no matter what I do on the last two Cisco 3020 switches I can't get the ESX server to see the ports become active.
Any suggestion welcome as I've run out of ideas and I can't think I the first person to try this.
Steve
;-)
We have 4 BL465c G1 blades fitted with the QLogic Mez card in slot1 and a NC325m Quad NIC card in Mez 2. The OA does not report any issues and the mapping of ports looks correct. The status display is all Green.
I have installed VMware ESX 3.5 on the blade servers with no issues.
The Problem
ESX can see all 6 NIC's and from the Cisco 3020's I can enable/disable the matching NIC interface (intGI0/1 for the first server etc) and ESX can see the port change state from up to down etc.
This only works on the first 4 NIC ports/Cisco 3020's and no matter what I do on the last two Cisco 3020 switches I can't get the ESX server to see the ports become active.
Any suggestion welcome as I've run out of ideas and I can't think I the first person to try this.
Steve
;-)
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тАО01-22-2009 11:46 AM
тАО01-22-2009 11:46 AM
Re: C7000, BL465c G1 x4, Cisco 3020 x5, Brocade 4/24 x2 & VMware
Steve, this config is pretty standard so I cant think of even what to try.
Try moving the Cisco's from 5,6 to 7,8
Reseating the nc325m
Or I think its a call to HP.
Try moving the Cisco's from 5,6 to 7,8
Reseating the nc325m
Or I think its a call to HP.
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тАО01-26-2009 12:51 AM
тАО01-26-2009 12:51 AM
Re: C7000, BL465c G1 x4, Cisco 3020 x5, Brocade 4/24 x2 & VMware
Well here is a strange one.
After pulling on of the server blades to verify the Mez cards were installed correctly, and swapping arround two of the Cisco switches everything started working correctly. I don't have a good awnser as to why, but after putting everything back into it's orginal place I now have all 6 nic's that from the Cisco I can enable/disable. this only thin I can think of is that the removal of the blades and switches and power cycle has fixed the problem.
Thanks for the help.
Steve
After pulling on of the server blades to verify the Mez cards were installed correctly, and swapping arround two of the Cisco switches everything started working correctly. I don't have a good awnser as to why, but after putting everything back into it's orginal place I now have all 6 nic's that from the Cisco I can enable/disable. this only thin I can think of is that the removal of the blades and switches and power cycle has fixed the problem.
Thanks for the help.
Steve
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тАО01-26-2009 11:50 AM
тАО01-26-2009 11:50 AM
Re: C7000, BL465c G1 x4, Cisco 3020 x5, Brocade 4/24 x2 & VMware
Steve,
dont know why, but reseating components and swapping IC Bays often solves these problems on the c7000.
I am not a VMWare person, or even a Windows person, however I do have c7000 enclosures under my care.
All that aside, the main reason I posted this response is because I used to have a buddy called Steve Pitt when I was in the RN (many years ago), so I couldn't resist it.
Good luck.
Dave Baxter.
dont know why, but reseating components and swapping IC Bays often solves these problems on the c7000.
I am not a VMWare person, or even a Windows person, however I do have c7000 enclosures under my care.
All that aside, the main reason I posted this response is because I used to have a buddy called Steve Pitt when I was in the RN (many years ago), so I couldn't resist it.
Good luck.
Dave Baxter.
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