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August 2nd, 2019 06:00

MEM 1.5 and ESXI 6.5 Path Status "not used"

Hello,

I am administering a network consisting of 14 hosts and 10 EqualLogics. One of our hosts is unable to connect to our SAN. The host is a Dell r710 with ESXI 6.5 U2 and MEM 1.5 installed. The host is assigned to a distributed switch for isci traffic. The uplinks are assigned to the port groups and are compliant but the Path Status under Network Port Binding is appearing as Not Used. The 6 datastores that are available are not showing up. What can be done to correct the multipathing? 

I am able to ping the group master from each vmkernel adapter. ping -I vmk1 10.10.90.x. Below is some configurtion of the host, if anything else is needed please let me know and I can certinly add it. 

[root@esx113:~] esxcfg-route -l
VMkernel Routes:
Network          Netmask          Gateway          Interface
10.10.0.0        255.255.255.0    Local Subnet     vmk5
10.10.5.0        255.255.255.0    Local Subnet     vmk0
10.10.90.0       255.255.255.0    Local Subnet     vmk1
default          0.0.0.0          10.10.5.1        vmk0
[root@esx113:~] esxcli software vib list | grep -i eql
dell-eql-host-connection-mgr   1.5.0-437336                           Dell         VMwareAccepted    2019-01-29
dell-eql-hostprofile           1.5.0-437336                           Dell         VMwareAccepted    2019-01-29
dell-eql-routed-psp            1.5.0-437336                           Dell         VMwareAccepted    2019-01-29

 

rescan of storage, output from /var/log/vmkernel.log

2019-08-02T13:38:11.853Z cpu0:68676)<6>megasas_service_aen[0]: aen received
2019-08-02T13:38:11.853Z cpu11:66085)<6>megasas_hotplug_work[0]: event code 0x0071
2019-08-02T13:38:11.875Z cpu11:66085)<6>megasas_hotplug_work[0]: aen registered
2019-08-02T13:38:11.877Z cpu11:68681 opID=e3404d57)World: 12235: VC opID jxo8c0bf-xc0f-h5:70039254-49-8c-1fca maps to vmkernel opID e3404d57
2019-08-02T13:38:11.877Z cpu11:68681 opID=e3404d57)megasas_slave_configure: do not export physical disk devices to upper layer.
2019-08-02T13:38:11.877Z cpu11:68681 opID=e3404d57)WARNING: ScsiScan: 1565: Failed to add path vmhba0:C0:T0:L0 : Not found
2019-08-02T13:38:11.880Z cpu0:68676)<6>megasas_service_aen[0]: aen received
2019-08-02T13:38:11.880Z cpu21:66065)<6>megasas_hotplug_work[0]: event code 0x0071
2019-08-02T13:38:11.902Z cpu21:66065)<6>megasas_hotplug_work[0]: aen registered
2019-08-02T13:38:11.905Z cpu11:68681 opID=e3404d57)megasas_slave_configure: do not export physical disk devices to upper layer.
2019-08-02T13:38:11.905Z cpu11:68681 opID=e3404d57)WARNING: ScsiScan: 1565: Failed to add path vmhba0:C0:T1:L0 : Not found
2019-08-02T13:38:12.463Z cpu4:65560)ScsiDeviceIO: 2954: Cmd(0x439500de2240) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x438a from world 0 to dev "naa.6842b2b045c065001ccaafae08de83f1" failed H:0x0 D
2019-08-02T13:38:12.499Z cpu4:65560)ScsiDeviceIO: 2954: Cmd(0x43950c0f8600) 0x1a, CmdSN 0x43ee from world 0 to dev "naa.6842b2b045c065001ccaafae08de83f1" failed H:0x0 D
2019-08-02T13:38:12.517Z cpu0:68676 opID=5c5364c5)World: 12235: VC opID jxo8c0bf-xc0h-h5:70039254-e2-ae-1fd8 maps to vmkernel opID 5c5364c5
2019-08-02T13:38:12.517Z cpu0:68676 opID=5c5364c5)VC: 4511: Device rescan time 11 msec (total number of devices 5)
2019-08-02T13:38:12.517Z cpu0:68676 opID=5c5364c5)VC: 4514: Filesystem probe time 43 msec (devices probed 4 of 5)
2019-08-02T13:38:12.517Z cpu0:68676 opID=5c5364c5)VC: 4516: Refresh open volume time 0 msec

Thanks!

Seth

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August 2nd, 2019 09:00

Hello Seth, In order to do MPIO with EQL arrays, the VMKernel ports must be bound to the iSCSI adapter. EQL uses a flat IP subnet, so there should be two NICs and two VMKernel ports configured for MPIO to properly function. EQL doesn't support bonding or trunking of ports. MEM does not replace the MPIO or iSCSI initiator in ESXi. It enhances it to work more efficiently with EQL storage. The basic iSCSI setup must be working first before MEM can be used. Also the errors you included aren't related to ISCSI Wrong adapter. vmhba0:C0:T1:L0 Regards, Don
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