LP9000 and HP StorageWorks 16/2

[David York_1]

I've got an HP StorageWorks 16/2 SAM Switch with one port plugged into a Dell (sorry) 1750 that has an Emulex LP9000. Has anyone had any experience with this HBA?

The switch says no_light, and the HBA says link down. I'm fairly new at fibre channel, but I can't figure this out. I've tried two different HBA's, three different strands of fiber... Anyone have any ideas?

TIA!

[JonL]

David

What's the OS?
Ensure that you're running the HP driver for the emulex cards (and the firmware) as it sounds like you might be using a native emulex card. HP use the LP952 but I've had success with the LP9000 in the past

[Fraser MacIntosh]

I'm working on something similar at the moment... I've got a DL380G3 (w2k) with Emulex LP8000, this is connected to a Compaq SAN Switch 16 (fabric OS 2.1.7)...

Initially the SAN switch was reporting NO_LIGHT and the HBA said link down, I have done a bit of research and found that the Win2k driver that comes on the CD does not support fabric login and can only do Arbitrated loop. Fair enough, I got a new driver from Emulex which did support FC login (this required a firmware flash of the LP8k), now the switch reports the following errors when the HBA tries to attach:

Oct 14 10:40:52.049 port 9: FLOGI 0x021900 cos=0xc bb_credit=64 df_size=2048 cf=0x8000
Oct 14 10:40:52.116 port 9: PLOGI s_id=0x21900 d_id=0xfffffc cos=0xc df_size=2048

I have no idea what these mean (failed login, port login maybe? I'm trying to find a manual)

If anyone else can help from this point I really need to get this going...

[Uwe Zessin]

FLOGI = Fabric LOGIn. It means, for example, that the node port has received a fibre channel address (0x021900). You put the device on port 9, right?

[Fraser MacIntosh]

Yep, the device is on port 9... The thing is that the zoneing is correctly setup etc. but I still don't see anything on the fc -hbanywhere reports:

Port FC ID: 21900
Port type: Fabric
Port State: Link Down

Any ideas what may be causing this?