How to prevent unnecessary HBA replacement for LP11000

Asset ID:	1-71-2019067.1
Update Date:	2018-03-07
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Solution 2019067.1 : How to prevent unnecessary HBA replacement for LP11000

Applies to:

Sun Fire T2000 Server - Version All Versions and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

Prevent unnessesary HBA replacement for LP11000 - for Oracle Branded and Non Oracle branded HBA

Solution

Before replacing an HBA , check the Status Leds from:

example Oracle branded HBA

======== ====================== ======== ======= ==== === === ===== ===========
FC HBAs
CODENAME OPTION# / PART# FRU MODEL SSID BUS xGb PORTS FCODE PATCH
======== ====================== ======== ======= ==== === === ===== ===========
Pyramid-E1 SG-XPCI1FC-EM4-Z 375-3398 LP11000-S fc11 PCI-X 4Gb 1 124816

If you find the following Led Pattern of a suspected LP11000 HBA:

Green(blinking) <==> Yellowr(off) <==> indicates <Normal - Link Down>

This is most likely NOT an HBA problem.

Check the corresponding FC Cable.

Check the corresponding SFP.

Check the corresponding Switch port.

References

<NOTE:1282491.1> - How to Identify Oracle[TM] Branded Fibre Channel (FC) HBA, CNA/FCoE and Universal 16GB HBA Cards and Their Slot Locations

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