cascade of Sanswitch 8/2 EL to Sanswitch 8/2V ?

[George Quist]

We are trying to get a Ma8000 and secound MA8000 tied to an existing Sun Solaris configuration...
Working configuration:
Sun V480 / Solaris 8
Secure Path 3.0C
talking to a MA800 via a San Switch 8/2 EL

We ordered another Sanswitch 8/2 EL.. but apparently the Sanswitch 8/2 V is the current product that replaces the 8/2 EL

Can not get the new 8/2 V to pass the new MA8000 through to the fabric..

We are tryin to cascade off the existing 8/2 EL from ports 3 and 7..

code version:
8/2 EL = v3.2.0
8/2 v = V4.2.0b

Are there any "tricks" to get a Sanswitch 8/2 EL cascaded to an 8/2 V ???

Feel free to injet your questons here.. I can supply more info / history..

later, thanks

George Quist

[Stephen Kebbell · Accepted solution]

Hi George,

you can connect the 2/8V and the 2/8-EL, as long as there are no other switches connected. The 2/8V has a limit of 2 switches per fabric. You just need to watch out for the pid-format (this was mentioned in a previous thread of yours). Switches with version 4.x.x firmware have the pid set to 1, and can't be changed.
Does the new switch merge into the fabric? If not, what error messages are you getting, and what's the output of the switchshow command?

Regards,
Stephen

[George Quist]

Stephen..

how does one check / verify the "PID" on the
Sanswitch 8/2 EL ?
Sanswitch 8/2 V ?

back to you.. thanks

[Stephen Kebbell]

Hi George,

run a configshow from a telnet session on your 2/8-EL switch. There should be a parameter in the list called fabric.ops.mode.pidformat. If it's set to 0, you won't be able to connect the 2 switches until you change it. The problem is, you need to disable the 2/8 EL switch to change this value => downtime needed for MA8000. It cannot be changed on the 2/8V.
But it could be another parameter set incorrectly. If you could attach (in a text file), the output of configshow and switchshow from both switches it would help.
Could also be a zoning problem - the new switch should not have any zoning defined.

Regards,
Stephen