FA/HBA flags

currently my AIX FAs 7E0, have the following flags enabled:

SCSI Flags
{
    Negotiate_Reset(N)           : Disabled
    Soft_Reset(S)                : Disabled
    Environ_Set(E)               : Disabled
    HP3000_Mode(B)               : Disabled
    Common_Serial_Number(C)      : Disabled
    Disable_Q_Reset_on_UA(D)     : Disabled
    Sunapee(SCL)                 : Disabled
    Siemens(S)                   : Disabled
    Sequent(SEQ)                 : Disabled
    Avoid_Reset_Broadcast(ARB)   : Disabled
    Server_On_AS400(A4S)         : Disabled
    SCSI_3(SC3)                  : Enabled
    SPC2_Protocol_Version(SPC2) : Enabled
    SCSI_Support1(OS2007)        : Enabled
}

Fibre Specific Flags
{
    Volume_Set_Addressing(V)     : Disabled
    Non_Participating(NP)        : Disabled
    Init_Point_to_Point(PP)      : Enabled
    Unique_WWN(UWN)              : Enabled
    Access_Logix(ACLX)           : Enabled
    OpenVMS(OVMS)                : Disabled
    AS400(AS4)                   : Disabled
    Auto_Negotiate(EAN)          : Enabled
}

Here if want to use the SAME FA for different OS type, which is for specific purpose as this is not planned, i should be enabling Common_Serial_Number(C) for this purpose, I do not want to change this on FAs as they are already with production AIXs, is there any way to just to do this on for the specifically per ESX/Windows hosts, we are trying connect to this FA 7e0, because windows needs this extra "Common_Serial_Number(C)" should be enabled.

thanks,

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Booyah2

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January 26th, 2011 11:00

See page 134 of the Solutions Enabler Symmetrix array controls product guide version 7.1.

This enables / disables FA port flags on a host initiator basis.

Setting HBA flags

Symmetrix arrays running Solutions Enabler V7.0 and Enginuity 5874, only allow

you to set the HBA port flags on a per initiator basis. This feature allows specific host

flags to be enabled and disabled on the director port.

Note:

Setting HBA port flags replaces setting the heterogeneous host configuration flags. To

switch to setting HBA port flags, the heterogeneous host configuration must be disabled for a

given director/port/HBA and all flags must be reset.

To set (or reset) the HBA flags, use the following form:

symaccess -sid

SymmID -wwn wwn | -iscsi iscsi

set hba_flags <-enable |-disable> |

off [flag,flag,flag...]>

Where:

hba_flags

— Sets the record in the database to hold information on the HBA port

setting that may differ than the current setting on the FA.

on | off

— Turns HBA flags on or off.

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dynamox

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January 26th, 2011 11:00

Look at hba_flags masking parameter

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