CX3-20 with HS21 Blade server

has OS been loaded on the blade ? Make sure the cable is ok ? Any patch panels in the middle ?

A few more questions:

• It may use FC pass-through, but does the IBM HS21 chassis have FC switch modules (hopefully Brocade) installed?
  
  
• If so, have these been configured with a compatible version of the Fabric OS, and are they acting as 'normal' FC switches, or as access gateways?
  
  
• Again, if FC switch modules are installed in the chassis, do they and the 200E have fabric licenses loaded?
  
  

Dear Dynamox,

the Blade have Win2008 server installed. its having a Qlogic HBA installed. I need to install the latest HBA drivers and bios on the same and then verify the connectivity. now the connectivity is "insync". i will get you the details soon.

Hi D2Dowling,

find the details of the HBA on the blade machine below.

as i mentioned i will be upgrading the driver and the bios on the machine today or tomorrow. will keep posted.

Hello everyone,

i have upgraded the BIOS & Firmware on the Blade HBA. stil the switch port shows IN-Sync. i have opened a Technical Question with EMC. case No:- 34139846

can anyone help me out on the same. Customer has to put the server on production ASAP now.

help me out to compleate this ASAP, as i dnt know where the problem lies ???

regards

Rohit

Ok - please clarify whether the IBM Blade chassis has FC switch modules (separate from the 200E) or if it uses FC pass-through.

Can you also run the command 'licenseshow' on the 200E switch and post the output?

Hi

output for license show,

licenseshow:
R9zcey9e9bSA0dfE:
    Web license
bRSdyRRRQdcSTezb:
    Zoning license
cQcczydS9zdRdd0k:
    Fabric license
SzySRczde9T03TSk:
    Second Ports on Demand license - additional 4 port upgrade license
SzySRczde9TGzTSw:
    First Ports on Demand license - additional 4 port upgrade license

ITS Having a Pass thru module.....

Is it a Qlogic Intelligent passthru module? This needs the 200E to be NPIV enabled on the ports connecting to it - from the IBM Redbook

REDP-4342-00

"Each port of an external switch which is connected to the QLogic 4 Gb Intelligent Pass-thru

Module has to be NPIV enabled."

Can you also please post the output from the (200E) switch commands 'version', 'switchshow' & 'portcfgshow'

Hi,

The NPIV Option on the switch is enabled. i have tried all the possible ways as yet... find the command output below, i even tried to change the speed from Auto to 4GB and the connect the cable. still no hopes.

Version :-

    
Version:
Kernel:     2.6.14    
Fabric OS:  v5.3.0a
Made on:    Thu Aug 30 21:17:07 2007
Flash:        Tue Mar 11 00:57:35 2008
BootProm:   4.6.4

Switch Show:-

switchshow
switchName:    DS_200B_SW_52
switchType:    34.0
switchState:    Online  
switchMode:    Native
switchRole:    Principal
switchDomain:    1
switchId:    fffc01
switchWwn:    10:00:00:05:1e:08:23:e9
zoning:        ON (Zoneset_SWA)
switchBeacon:    OFF

Area Port Media Speed State     Proto
=====================================
  0   0   id    N4   Online           F-Port  50:06:01:68:41:e0:ce:b0
  1   1   id    N4   Online           F-Port  10:00:00:00:c9:6f:c5:c7
  2   2   id    N2   Online           F-Port  10:00:00:00:c9:72:5c:ae
  3   3   id    N2   Online           F-Port  10:00:00:00:c9:72:5c:46
  4   4   id    N4   Online           F-Port  50:06:01:60:41:e0:ce:b0
  5   5   id    N2   Online           F-Port  10:00:00:00:c9:72:59:58
  6   6   id    N4   Online           F-Port  10:00:00:00:c9:74:19:10
  7   7   id    4G   In_Sync         
  8   8   id    N2   Online           F-Port  50:0e:09:e0:0b:95:17:00
  9   9   id    N4   Online           F-Port  50:0e:09:e0:0b:95:17:40
10  10   id    N4   Online           F-Port  50:0e:09:e0:0b:95:17:10
11  11   id    N4   No_Light        
12  12   id    4G   In_Sync         
13  13   id    N4   No_Light        
14  14   id    N4   No_Light        
15  15   id    N4   No_Light   

portcfgshow:
Ports of Slot 0    0  1  2  3    4  5  6  7    8  9 10 11   12 13 14 15
-----------------+--+--+--+--+----+--+--+--+----+--+--+--+----+--+--+--
Speed             AN AN AN AN   AN AN AN 4G   AN AN AN AN   4G AN AN AN
Trunk Port        ON ON ON ON   ON ON ON ON   ON ON ON ON   ON ON ON ON
Long Distance     .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
VC Link Init      .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Locked L_Port     .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Locked G_Port     ON ON ON ON   ON ON ON ON   ON ON ON ON   ON ON ON ON
Disabled E_Port   .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
ISL R_RDY Mode    .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
RSCN Suppressed   .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
Persistent Disable.. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..   .. .. .. ..
NPIV capability   ON ON ON ON   ON ON ON ON   ON ON ON ON   ON ON ON ON

                  where AN:AutoNegotiate, ..:OFF, ??:INVALID,
                  SN:Software controlled AutoNegotiation.

It would be worth reviewing the IBM Redbook (REDP-4342-00) for the passthru module to make sure that it is configured & mapped correctly, but from my reading of the Interoperability Navigator output it looks like a 200E switch at 5.3.0a is not supported with the Qlogic passthru module - if it is a 43W6723.

Supported versions are 5.2.2 or 5.2.1b for the Brocade 200E (i.e. below your current level) & v6.5.0.17 for the Qlogic. More recent Brocades are supported with newer fw levels but none are supported at 5.3.0a.

Hello Everyone,

now i am able to see the switch ports online with the HBA from the Blade center. there was a configuration mis match on the Blade chasis. i have zoned the switches with the clariion ports.

i do have another issue which came up after the configuration.

i have windows 2008 64bit server installed on the machine. when i install Powerpath 5.3.0 64bit on the machine , it is not detecting the Arrays, Luns or the HBA on the server. i have tried uninstalling and re intalling on the server but that didnt help me out. can you please let me know which powerpath version to be installed on this blade sever and why that issue occurs.

i can see the LUNS on the HBA and the Disk Management on the machine. but unable to see it on the Powerpath monitor.

Did anyone came across such a situation , when you install powerpath and it wont detect the HBA , Array or the Luns assigned on the machine. i have installed Powerpath 5.3 for 64bit ms signed from powerlink.

any suggetions??

regards

Rohit Nambiar

is this Windows 2008 R2 ? I had the same issue , make sure to install the latest PowerPath 5.3 SP1.

Hi Dynamox,

no it is not the windows 2008 R2, i have windows 2008 server standard edition. so i have installed powerpath 5.3.0.

on device manager, the Powerpath LAM drivers are showing exclamation marks(Yellow bangs). so i removed powerpath compleately from the server and verified even in the registry for any keys and made sure everything is cleared.

then i have re installed powerpath 5.3.0 but still the result is the same.

any suggetions.

regards

Rohit Nambiar

Hi Rp,

Install PowerPath 5.3 SP1 on Windows 2008 server.

regards,

samir

There's a Primus opened for this issue now.

regards,

Samir