MSA 1500 cant remove connections from SSP

[andy steven]

hi i have removed a server from connecting to the MSA controllers. reading the manual it states the msa needs to be rebooted to clear the connections, i have done this and they are still showing,i have also tried deleting the connection name (this does not work as it states the new name is not valid, it defaults to "Unknown".

any ideas ???

[Greg Carlson]

Andy,

Establish a CLI terminal session to the msa1500 controller. Run show connections and then delete the appropriate connection.

hth,
Greg

[John Kufrovich]

There is another way and may depend on ACU version.

Under SSP,
Change host mode back to "default", then rename the connection name back to "Unknown". It will prompt to save information. Connection is removed.

[andy steven]

thanks will give this a go

[Derek_31]

I still find it amazing HP can't add a red 'x' in ACU to delete offline connections. How hard can that be?

[andy steven]

I agree

i have the latest ACU and the only way i can delete a connection is using the CLI... it cant be too hard to provide this functionality in the ACU

[andy steven]

this is getting strange

i have a connection i no longer want. if i name it "BOB" and then go to the cli and type "delete connection BOB" it deletes it.

i go back into SSP and the HBA in question is still there but is named to "Unknown" i see the connection is "Online" i dont know how because it is not in a zone that can see this controller... to make sure i open up the ACU on the server in question and it can not see the controller that i am trying to remove the connection from.

I have now removed the fibre out of the HBA but the connection is still showing as "Online" in SPP.

any ideas??

[John Kufrovich]

Does that particular HBA have a host profile set in ACU, SSP.

On that HBA, set Host Profile to default, -> Set Connection name -> Unknow. It should prompt you to save.