NON-Solaris Fibre Channel (FC) HBA Port LED Based Testing When Another Working FC HBA Port Is Available

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Update Date:	2014-04-09
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Solution 1644931.1 : NON-Solaris Fibre Channel (FC) HBA Port LED Based Testing When Another Working FC HBA Port Is Available

Applies to:

Sun Fire X4100 M2 Server - Version All Versions and later
Emulex FC HBA - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Qlogic FC HBA - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

To determine if FC hba port can log onto a FC Switch and/or FC Storage device.

For Solaris systems see following doc:

Using Solaris Fibre Channel (FC) Loopback Plug or Private Loop Cable to Test FC HBA Port That Is In a Offline State(Doc ID 1610207.1)

Solution

Note: This is a disruptive test that should only be done during system idle or maintenance time when no active IO is occuring.

1 - Make note of the fc hba port LED pattern of the working fc hba port.

2 - Make note of the fc hba port LED pattern of the NON-working fc hba port.

3 - Swap the fc hba end of cable between the non-working and working fc hba ports.

If the NON-working fc hba port now shows the working LED pattern then issue is outside the fc hba port. Check components between fc hba port and fc switch/storage, as well as, the fc switch/storage port.

If the NON-working fc hba port still shows the NON-working LED pattern then fc hba card will need to be replaced.

See following doc for info needed by Oracle support when a Oracle Service Request (SR) is opened.

Fibre Channel (FC) Server-Based Connectivity Issues - Basic information and data needed by Oracle support (Doc ID 1449557.1)

References

<NOTE:166650.1> - Working Effectively With Oracle Support - Best Practices

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