HP B-series 8/24c BladeSystem SAN Switch

[Pramod Unni]

Hi,

We are in the process of installing the new SAN Switch- [C2-1001], 11, CHASSIS, ERROR, SW5480, Port 20 port faulted due to SFP validation failure. Please check if the SFP is valid for the configuration.

Can somebody throw light to this issue

Regards,
Pram

[Torsten.]

You should check the SFP - wrong part or broken?

[Pramod Unni]

This is a brand new switch, and the SFPs have came factory integrated,still is there a chance that SFPs can be faulty!!
I have tried resetting the switch to factory defaults also.

[Torsten.]

Try to reseat the SFP or swap it to another slot. If still faulty, you need an replacement.

[Terri Harris]

Port 20 is one of the 8 external ports on a Brocade 8/24 c-class interconnect switch. So it does use a removable sfp.

So as already advised, physically reseat the sfp. If you still have the error contact the HP SAN Switch team and have the Brocade SupportShow output available.

Thanks!

[Pramod Unni]

Thanks for your response,

We have isolated this issue out, it's a SFP compatibility issue with 8GB SAN Switch, the 4GB SFPs are the ones which are giving the port validation errors, but if i install the 8GB SFPs there is no issue.