segmented,incompatible,(Op Mode incompatible)

[CA1219063]

Hi,

I am having cascaded SAN switch envionment, containting two Brocade 3800 switches connected to each other. On the ISL ports I am getting following error:

segmented,incompatible,(Op Mode incompatible)

Both the switches are running on same firmware version v3.1.2a. The only difference in the configuration on both the switches is, that one of the switch is having trunking enabled.

Please let me know what could be done to remove the issue. I have tried to remove all the zoning on both the switches. I tried to disable the ISL port on one of the switch. When I enabled the same port On the second switch I got the following message:

0x101d93b0 (tFabric): Dec 1 22:06:14
WARNING FABRIC-SEGMENTED, 3, port 9, ELP rejected


Thanks and Regards

Sushil Rai

[meloni]

cascading Switches will propagate the configuration. If you have different configuration you will have this warning: Fabric Segmented.
the following parameters must be the same on all switches:
BB Credit
R_A_TOV
E_D_TOV
Data Field Size
Op Mode
Non-SCSI Tachyon Mode
Disable Device Probing
VC Encoded Address Mode
Disable Translative Mode
Per-frame Route Priority

some are for 2800/2400 only

[Steven Clementi]

Also, make sure your Domain ID is different.


Steven

[BR820489]

Also, dont forget your Core PID settings should be the same as well (preferably = 1).

Regards

Fernando

[CA1219063]

Thanks to all,
I am new to Brocade Switch envirnment. Please let me know what should be the value provided to both the switches, to all the parameters listed.

Thanks and regards
Sushil

[Steven Clementi]

Usually, the only value that needs to be changed is the DomainID.

Your existing switch is probably set to 1, just set the second switch to something different... "2" or "11".. up to 239.



Steven

[CA1219063]

Hi Stevan,

Both the switches have different domain id, the domain ids of the switches are 9 and 11 respectively. My host is connected on the switch with domain id 11 and target is on the other switch.

Thanks and Regards
Sushil

[Steven Clementi]

which switch generated that message? is it both?

"0x101d93b0 (tFabric): Dec 1 22:06:14
WARNING FABRIC-SEGMENTED, 3, port 9, ELP rejected
"

Also, since you mentioned trunking, you should check to make sure that trunking for the port you want to ISL is not active, perhaps hard set the port to non-trunk (if there is such a thing, I don't recall)

Steven

[CA1219063]

Hi Stevan,

Thanks for your suggestions, I have following concerns,

I tried all the possible ways but I still see the messages (segmented,zone conflict)

How could I make sure trunking is enabled on the switch. Here are outputs of portshow on both the culprit ports on both the switches:

3800_D9:admin> portcfgshow 9
Ports 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
-------------------+--+--+--+--+----+--+--+--+----+--+--+--+----+--+--+--
Speed AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN
Locked L_Port .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Locked G_Port .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Disabled E_Port .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Persistent Disable .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
ISL R_RDY Mode .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
where AN:AutoNegotiate, ..:OFF, ??:INVALID.



3800_D7:admin> portcfgshow 7
Ports 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
-------------------+--+--+--+--+----+--+--+--+----+--+--+--+----+--+--+--
Speed AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN
Trunk Port .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Long Distance .. LD .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
VC link init .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Locked L_Port .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Locked G_Port .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Disabled E_Port .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Persistent Disable .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
ISL R_RDY Mode ON ON .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
where AN:AutoNegotiate, ..:OFF, ??:INVALID.
LM:L0.5



Please let me know your thoughts. Please let me know how could I make sure trunking is enabled on the switch. For now I tried to upgrade both the switches to v3.1.2a, without any luck.

Please let me know your thoughts

Thanks and Regards
Sushil

[Steven Clementi]

It looks like your D9 switch might not have a Trunking license. Can you show som more data from the switch?

switchshow
version
licenseshow (i think this might not be a command)

Or if you can post the detailed report from the web gui, that should be good enough.



Steven

[CA1219063]

Hi Stevan,
I dont have the access to the Web GUI, as I am working remotely on the Lab Equipments. Here are the outputs of few commands:

Switch1:
3800_D7:admin> switchshow
switchName: 3800_D7
switchType: 9.1
switchState: Online
switchMode: Native
switchRole: Principal
switchDomain: 7
switchId: fffc07
switchWwn: 10:00:00:60:69:50:04:27
switchBeacon: OFF
Zoning: ON (zoneSet16449)
port 0: id N2 Online E-Port (segmented,incompatible,(Flow ctl mode incompat))
port 1: id AN No_Sync LD
port 2: id AN No_Sync
port 3: id AN No_Sync
port 4: id AN No_Sync
port 5: id AN No_Sync
port 6: id AN No_Sync
port 7: id N2 No_Light
port 8: id AN No_Sync
port 9: id AN No_Sync
port 10: -- N2 No_Module
port 11: -- N2 No_Module
port 12: -- N2 No_Module
port 13: -- N2 No_Module
port 14: -- N2 No_Module
port 15: -- N2 No_Module


3800_D7:admin> portshow 0
portName:
portFlags: 0x202a0d7 portLbMod: 0x0 PRESENT ACTIVE E_PORT ISL_RRDY G_PORT U_PORT SEGMENTED LOGIN LED WAS_EPORT
portType: 4.1
portState: 1 Online
portPhys: 6 In_Sync
portScn: 7 Segmented Flow control mode 0
portRegs: 0x81000000
portData: 0x102def00
portId: 070000
portWwn: 20:00:00:60:69:50:04:27
portWwn of device(s) connected: 6e:6b:6e:75:00:6e:77:6f
Distance: normal
Speed: N2Gbps

Interrupts: 716892 Link_failure: 0 Frjt: 0
Unknown: 1225 Loss_of_sync: 715727 Fbsy: 0
Lli: 716270 Loss_of_sig: 537
Proc_rqrd: 10 Protocol_err: 0
Timed_out: 0 Invalid_word: 0
Rx_flushed: 0 Invalid_crc: 0
Tx_unavail: 0 Delim_err: 0
Free_buffer: 0 Address_err: 0
Overrun: 0 Lr_in: 0
Suspended: 0 Lr_out: 1
Parity_err: 0 Ols_in: 1
Ols_out: 1

3800_D7:admin> version
Kernel: 5.4
Fabric OS: v3.1.2a
Made on: Wed Mar 31 21:16:31 PST 2004
Flash: Wed Mar 31 21:17:22 PST 2004
BootProm: Wed May 23 12:37:30 PDT 2001



Switch2:
3800_D9:admin> switchshow
switchName: 3800_D9
switchType: 9.2
switchState: Online
switchMode: Native
switchRole: Principal
switchDomain: 9
switchId: fffc09
switchWwn: 10:00:00:60:69:51:86:06
switchBeacon: OFF
Zoning: OFF
port 0: id N2 Online E-Port (segmented,incompatible,(Flow ctl mode incompat))
port 1: id N2 No_Light
port 2: id N2 No_Light
port 3: id N2 No_Light
port 4: id N2 No_Light
port 5: id N2 No_Light
port 6: id AN No_Sync
port 7: id N2 No_Light
port 8: id N2 No_Light
port 9: id N2 No_Light
port 10: -- N2 No_Module
port 11: -- N2 No_Module
port 12: id N2 No_Light
port 13: -- N2 No_Module
port 14: -- N2 No_Module
port 15: id N2 No_Light


3800_D9:admin> portshow 0
portName:
portFlags: 0x20280d7 portLbMod: 0x0 PRESENT ACTIVE E_PORT G_PORT U_PORT SEGMENTED LOGIN LED WAS_EPORT
portType: 4.1
portState: 1 Online
portPhys: 6 In_Sync
portScn: 7 Segmented Flow control mode 0
portRegs: 0x81000000
portData: 0x102dfd80
portId: 090000
portWwn: 20:00:00:60:69:51:86:06
portWwn of device(s) connected: 6e:6b:6e:75:00:6e:77:6f
Distance: normal
Speed: N2Gbps

Interrupts: 86 Link_failure: 0 Frjt: 0
Unknown: 4 Loss_of_sync: 73 Fbsy: 0
Lli: 78 Loss_of_sig: 1
Proc_rqrd: 5 Protocol_err: 0
Timed_out: 0 Invalid_word: 0
Rx_flushed: 0 Invalid_crc: 0
Tx_unavail: 0 Delim_err: 0
Free_buffer: 0 Address_err: 0
Overrun: 0 Lr_in: 1
Suspended: 0 Lr_out: 0
Parity_err: 0 Ols_in: 0
Ols_out: 1

3800_D9:admin> version
Kernel: 5.4
Fabric OS: v3.1.2a
Made on: Wed Mar 31 21:16:31 PST 2004
Flash: Wed Mar 31 21:17:22 PST 2004
BootProm: Tue Oct 30 10:24:38 PST 2001


Please let me know.

Thanks and Regards
Sushil

[Stephen Kebbell]

Hi Sushil,

the switchshow output is showing that the flow control mode is incompatible between the 2 switches. Can you post the output of the configshow command from both switches? It seems like there is some parameter(s) not matching on the switches, probably one of the values Marino mentioned earlier. My guess would be something like BB_credit. Firmware and Domain ID are both OK, and you have zoning off on the 2nd switch, so you've got that part setup correctly.

Regards,
Stephen

[Sumit_8]

Hi Sushil

New Yaer Greetings!

I happend to see your quey while I was searching for a solution for the same problem on the web.

Today I got the solution of my query & my switches are working fine.

Tips:
1. Compare the configshow output of both the switches.
2. Goto webadmin->configure->Fabric Parameters-> uncheck Core Switch PID Format.(before that you have to disable the Switch)

Then restart the switch.

It should be done only on that switch which is showing "6e:6b:6e:75:00:6e:77:6f" in postshow output.

I hope it should help you.

Good luck.

Sumit

[CA1240335]

I suggest you use "Core PID = Format 1" on all switches. This makes it much easier to add new switches in future, where this is the default setting.

[satish]

Hi,

      I am having cascaded SAN switch envionment, containting two Brocade 3800 switches connected to each other. On the ISL ports I am getting following error:

segmented,incompatible,(Op Mode incompatible)

Please let me know what could be done to remove the issue.

[satish]

Hi,

I am having cascaded SAN switch envionment, containting two Brocade 3800 switches connected to each other. On the ISL ports I am getting following error:

segmented,incompatible,(Op Mode incompatible)

0x101d93b0 (tFabric): Dec 1 22:06:14
WARNING FABRIC-SEGMENTED, 3, port 9, ELP rejected


Thanks and Regards

Satish