Emulex LPe1105 and Virtual Connect

[fishmn]

We don't use VC WWID's. We chose to go with factory default WWID's. We are not seeing these WWID's on new blade servers inserted into the enclosure. I did notice the emulex firmware is relatively old. However we're supposed to use HP firmware updates to update these.. I'm pretty sure I updated what could be updated from HP's firmware update CD.

[David Billot]

If you are using factory default WWIDs, then the HBA firmware is moot. If you are unable to see the WWIDs in the SAN fabric, then the issue is more likely that either the VC-FCs have not been able to login to the fabric using NPIV, or that the HBAs themselves haven't logged into the fabric. Simply inserting a blade server into the enclosure and even having them power on will not log the HBA ports into the SAN fabric. You must power up the server and either run the Emulex BIOS utility or load an OS with the appropriate drivers. Thanks, Dave

[fishmn]

We have seen this with windows and ESX boxes. The enclosure I'm having issues with right now has an existing Windows DB server connected to the SAN and is operational so clearly the VCFC is logged in. VCE firmware at 1.24 and VCF 1.11. I'm bringing on line an ESX 3.5 box and having the issue. I just updated all firmware to 8.10 levels. I just booted up ESX and looked at one of the HBA's below. The "Unknown NPIV State 0" is troublesome. I'll check with the SAN guys and see if they can see it, suspect not. "[root@mltssvm01 root]# more /proc/scsi/lpfc/1 Emulex LightPulse FC SCSI elx_7.4.0.13-1 HP BLc Emulex LPe1105-HP FC Mezz Option Kit on PCI bus 44 device 00 irq 161 BoardNum: 0 SerialNum: MY17501K69 Firmware Version: 2.72A2 (Z3F2.72A2) Hdw: 2057706d VendorId: 0xfe0010df Portname: 10:00:00:00:c9:6f:ee:b8 Nodename: 20:00:00:00:c9:6f:ee:b8 SLI Rev: 3 Unknown NPIV State 0 RPIs max 512 RPIs used 1 Vports list on this physical port: Link Down"

[fishmn]

Jeeze.. I've been off doing too much design work and not working with the hardware enough lately.. just found that my SAN ports were disabled in the VC profile!! HBA looks good now.. although the "NPIV Unsupported by Fabric" output looks a bit fishy. [root@mltssvm01 root]# more /proc/scsi/lpfc/1 Emulex LightPulse FC SCSI elx_7.4.0.13-1 HP BLc Emulex LPe1105-HP FC Mezz Option Kit on PCI bus 44 device 00 irq 161 BoardNum: 0 SerialNum: MY17501K69 Firmware Version: 2.72A2 (Z3F2.72A2) Hdw: 2057706d VendorId: 0xfe0010df Portname: 10:00:00:00:c9:6f:ee:b8 Nodename: 20:00:00:00:c9:6f:ee:b8 SLI Rev: 3 NPIV Unsupported by Fabric RPIs max 512 RPIs used 6 Vports list on this physical port: Link Up - Ready: PortID 0x8000f Fabric Current speed 4G Current Mapped Nodes on Physical Port: