Double-clicking a device icon in the main view, domain view or SAN view displays a view showing Fibre Channel port details such as the access paths, physical lines, HBAs, and CAs of devices logically related to the selected device. This view can be used to manage access paths and check the statuses of HBAs and CAs.
Information
For VMware Infrastructure 3 Version 3.5 (or later) or VMware ESXi 3.5 (or later) environment:
When a VM host is specified, its VM host and all VM guests on its VM host are displayed.
When a VM guest is specified, its VM guest and a VM host including its VM guest are displayed.
Note
Note that double-clicking a switch icon disables the display and setting of an access path.
In the virtual storage environment, this view screen shows no device that is logically related to each device.
Icon state | Color | Description | Action to be taken |
|---|---|---|---|
normal | Green | The server node has the HBA. | None |
warning or error | Yellow (*1) or red | All access paths of the HBA are blocked, the FC cable is loose, or one other such error has occurred in the HBA. | Replace the faulty part, and perform recovery processing. -> "8.1 Windows Displayed in the Event of a Fault and Troubleshooting" |
timeout | Gray | The previously recognized HBA is not recognized. | If the HBA is in a state other than the timeout state, check if the HBA is correctly installed in the device. If the HBA has already been removed from the device, select the HBA, and click [Delete HBA]. |
The access path must be inherited. | Yellow (*2) | This software detected replacement of the HBA. (An HBA with a different WWPN is mounted in the same slot of the server node.) | Reconstruct access paths according to the WWPN of the new HBA. |
*1: Be sure to check the status because this icon color is the same as that indicating "This access path must be inherited".
*2: Be sure to check the status because this icon color is the same as that indicating "Warning".
Icon state | Color | Description | Action to be taken |
|---|---|---|---|
normal | Green | The CA is properly mounted. | None |
error | Red | CA operation has degraded. | Replace the faulty part, and execute recovery processing. -> "8.1 Windows Displayed in the Event of a Fault and Troubleshooting" |
timeout | Gray | The previously recognized CA cannot be recognized. | The power supply of the device may be off or Agent may not be operating; also, a LAN error may have occurred. |
The port numbers of ETERNUS SN200 model 320 (Brocade Corporation Brocade 12000) and ETERNUS SN200 model 340 (Brocade Corporation Brocade 24000) are displayed as numbers 0 to 15 to agree with real machine indications.
However, if an error occurs in a port, the port serial number is displayed as indicated below. It is, therefore, difficult to determine which port failed. To solve this problem, port numbers in the switch port information to be list-displayed are displayed using serial numbers to make it easy to determine real machine port locations from the event information.
The operation is explained below.
Information that indicates a port error is displayed in the event log display.
In the event log, the information is displayed by using the serial number of the port.
Using the event information, open the side view for the switch of the port where the error occurred.
Select [View] - [Change] - [Map/List View] from the menu.
[Map/List View] does not need to be selected if it is already selected.
The switch port information is displayed in the list view.
From the port number list in the switch port information, find the port number that is reported by the event.
Select the row of the port number that is reported by the event.
The port in the map that corresponds to the port number is selected to be displayed.
From the slot location and port number of the port that is selected in the map, the real machine port location where the error occurred can be recognized.
