Setup a diskarray

[Featy]

I have a problem with the HP StorageWorks P2000 G3 MSA FC.

The diskarray is connected with FC to a HP StorageWorks SAN Switch / Brocade 200E.

The diskarray has one vdisk and RAID 6.

Finally the diskarray should be mount on a HP ProLiant DL580 G5 Server with Ubuntu.

My problem is:

I have setup the diskarray with the wizard and set all Host Ports to auto.

The Switch shows all port as F-Ports.

And the Switch dont allow to create a zone other this ports.

Then I tried to set all Host Ports to loop.

The Switch shows one port as F-Port and the other as L-Port.

But the Switch dont allow to create the zone, too.

P.S. This thread has been moevd from General to Storage Area Networks (SAN) (Small and Medium Business). - Hp Forum Moderator

[Torsten.]

>> And the Switch dont allow to create a zone other this ports


What exactly does this mean??? (error messages, etc)

[Johan Guldmyr]

Exactly.

If you can see "ONLINE  F_Port WWN" on the ports where the p2000 and the server connects, you do not need to change to loop mode etc. Loop mode you'd use if you connect the server directly to the P2000 (in which case you'd have to change it on the server hba too).

What are you trying to do and how?

[Featy]

Thanks,

now I have all the ports changed to loop.

But I cant set a zone in the FC switch for this diskarray.

If I want to connect the HBA-Port and the Loop-Ports of the diskarray in one zone in the FC switch,

the switch is ignoring this. 

Setting of the HP StorageWorks SAN Switch / Brocade 200E:

1. I login to the Administration of the Switch

2. I edit the zones

3. I set the zones for the diskarry in the Wizard like this:

4. I save the changes of the wizard

5. There comes a MessageBox with "Zone changes successful"

6. The Switch shows the following zones:

So the switch has reset all my settings of the HBA-Port 4.

Without give any error message or something else.

[Torsten.]

Set the ports back to fabric mode - loop doesn't make sense.

Telnet to the switch and do

> switchshow

> zoneshow

and post.

[Featy]

> switchshow

switchName:     SANSwitch_2

switchType:     34.0

switchState:    Online

switchMode:     Native

switchRole:     Principal

switchDomain:   1

switchId:       fffc01

switchWwn:      10:00:00:05:1e:07:c9:0e

zoning:         ON (cfg)

switchBeacon:   OFF

Area Port Media Speed State     Proto

=====================================

  0   0   id    N4   Online           F-Port  50:01:43:80:01:34:7a:e6

  1   1   id    N4   Online           L-Port  1 public

  2   2   id    N4   Online           L-Port  1 public

  3   3   id    N4   No_Light

  4   4   id    N4   Online           F-Port  50:01:43:80:04:c4:cf:b4

  5   5   id    N4   Online           L-Port  1 public

  6   6   id    N4   Online           L-Port  1 public

  7   7   id    N4   No_Light

  8   8   --    N4   No_Module        (No POD License) Disabled

  9   9   --    N4   No_Module        (No POD License) Disabled

 10  10   --    N4   No_Module        (No POD License) Disabled

 11  11   --    N4   No_Module        (No POD License) Disabled

 12  12   --    N4   No_Module        (No POD License) Disabled

 13  13   --    N4   No_Module        (No POD License) Disabled

 14  14   --    N4   No_Module        (No POD License) Disabled

 15  15   --    N4   No_Module        (No POD License) Disabled

> zoneshow

Defined configuration:

 cfg:   cfg     zone_0_1; zone_0_2; zone_0_4; zone_3_1; zone_3_2; zone_3_4;

                zone_5_1; zone_5_2; zone_5_4; zone_6_1; zone_6_2; zone_6_4;

                zone_7_1; zone_7_2; zone_7_4

 zone:  zone_0_1

                1,0; 1,1

 zone:  zone_0_2

                1,0; 1,2

 zone:  zone_0_4

                1,0; 1,4

 zone:  zone_3_1

                1,3; 1,1

 zone:  zone_3_2

                1,3; 1,2

 zone:  zone_3_4

                1,3; 1,4

 zone:  zone_5_1

                1,5; 1,1

 zone:  zone_5_2

                1,5; 1,2

 zone:  zone_5_4

                1,5; 1,4

 zone:  zone_6_1

                1,6; 1,1

 zone:  zone_6_2

                1,6; 1,2

 zone:  zone_6_4

                1,6; 1,4

 zone:  zone_7_1

                1,7; 1,1

 zone:  zone_7_2

                1,7; 1,2

 zone:  zone_7_4

                1,7; 1,4

Effective configuration:

 cfg:   cfg

 zone:  zone_0_1

                1,0

                1,1

 zone:  zone_0_2

                1,0

                1,2

 zone:  zone_0_4

                1,0

                1,4

 zone:  zone_3_1

                1,3

                1,1

 zone:  zone_3_2

                1,3

                1,2

 zone:  zone_3_4

                1,3

                1,4

 zone:  zone_5_1

                1,5

                1,1

 zone:  zone_5_2

                1,5

                1,2

 zone:  zone_5_4

                1,5

                1,4

 zone:  zone_6_1

                1,6

                1,1

 zone:  zone_6_2

                1,6

                1,2

 zone:  zone_6_4

                1,6

                1,4

 zone:  zone_7_1

                1,7

                1,1

 zone:  zone_7_2

                1,7

                1,2

 zone:  zone_7_4

                1,7

                1,4