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тАО02-28-2011 01:37 PM
тАО02-28-2011 01:37 PM
I would like to have a F port status so I can zone them via aliases (as i have done with my msa 1500's in the past), is this what I should be doing or should I use port zoning for the L ports?
I realize L ports are loop and F ports are fabric but I donтАЩt understand the fundamental difference between the two?
I have updated the firmware on the P2000 but have not yet updated the firmware on the san switches as yet but this is my next step.
Any help/advice greatly appreciated.
Best Regards
Iain
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тАО02-28-2011 10:02 PM
тАО02-28-2011 10:02 PM
Re: MSA P2000fc G3 shows as a L port status.
But maybe you could also check the setting you have on the host port in the P2000 SMU?
One setting is supposed to be for a direct-connected server and the other for a SAN-switch. I believe the one for direct-connect will turn the port in the P2000 into an L_port so that it can have a little loop with the server.
After you set it I would restart P2000 and SAN-switch.
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тАО03-02-2011 03:05 AM
тАО03-02-2011 03:05 AM
Re: MSA P2000fc G3 shows as a L port status.
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тАО03-02-2011 09:11 AM
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Re: MSA P2000fc G3 shows as a L port status.
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тАО03-02-2011 09:26 AM
тАО03-02-2011 09:26 AM
Re: MSA P2000fc G3 shows as a L port status.
maybe there is a portcfgfport command you can use
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тАО03-02-2011 11:19 AM
тАО03-02-2011 11:19 AM
Re: MSA P2000fc G3 shows as a L port status.
I have now zoned and am waiting for a downtime to reboot the cluster nodes attached to the SAN to see if they pickup the MSA200o and I see it in the ACU.
I have x 2 SAN switches so I have set one of the MSA2000 ports to only allow that of a F port status and autonegotiate for the speed and now it shows as a F port and a message of IN_Sync as oposed to ONLINE I think this is a misconfig between the SAN and MSA ports?
I also do everything via SWITCHEXPLORER GUI not via the hyper terminal.
I guess another question is what is the difference between F adfn L ports in there functionality and how will it effect perfomrance?
As I sai im no real expert on this....the MSA1500 just seemed to work ;)
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тАО03-02-2011 11:35 AM
тАО03-02-2011 11:35 AM
Re: MSA P2000fc G3 shows as a L port status.
What is the setting on the host ports in the SMU?
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тАО03-02-2011 11:39 AM
тАО03-02-2011 11:39 AM
Re: MSA P2000fc G3 shows as a L port status.
SMU ? Is this the sys mangemnt utility (web front end) on the MSA 2000 ? If so I had a look but could nto find the settings for the ports, where are they ?
If you need me to run any commands please tell me them ?
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тАО03-02-2011 01:14 PM
тАО03-02-2011 01:14 PM
Re: MSA P2000fc G3 shows as a L port status.
One thing I should have mentioned is I My 2 servers are connected to the SAN's useing 1 FC cable each, now this cable is currently zoned with a MSA 1500cs attached to it and I have zoned the MSA2000 to this also So can I attach another controller to this or does it have to go into its own FC HBA ?
The HBA's I have in the servers are luckly 2 dual port HBA's in each server giving x 4 ports so I can cable each server to both of the SAN switches twice giving redundency ?
Any help massively appreciated!! ;)
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тАО03-02-2011 01:55 PM