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November 30th, 2011 13:00
Setting up Dell/EMC CX200 with Windows 2008
I'm trying to get an old CX200 box working with a Windows 2008 server w/ Brocade 815HBA. I've created two RAID groups and two Storage Groups on the system. I'm trying to get the host to see the box. But when I try to create a initiator record I keep getting the "The WWN that was entered is formatted incorrectly. The valid format for a WWN is a 16 byte hexadecimal string. Any help/assistance would be greatly appreciated. The box is old and I don't have much docs now.
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kelleg
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December 1st, 2011 13:00
With the switch installed, you should not need to manually register the host on the array - it should just log in. You can also install the Navisphere Host Agent to make auto-registration work. In Navisphere, right click on the array icon (the serial number) and select Connectivity Status - you should see the host logged in.
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November 30th, 2011 13:00
nodeWWN:portWWN
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November 30th, 2011 14:00
windows 2008 requires support for SC3 scsi commands, that CX200 is so old that i don't think it supports it. What is the flare version on it ?
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November 30th, 2011 14:00
did you enable "Arraycompath", set failover mode to 1 ?
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November 30th, 2011 14:00
Base 02.05.1.20.5.008 ...? Not sure if this dictates the flare version. We moved over to NetApp stuff so I'm trying to recall as much as possible.
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November 30th, 2011 14:00
that looks pretty old. Right click on storage group and select properties, Hosts, go into engineering mode (Ctrl+Shift+F12 ..messner), select Advanced. Make sure all paths are checked.
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November 30th, 2011 14:00
Doing the nodeWWN:portWWN gets past the error. However, when rescan Disk Management I am not seeing the LUNs. I've added the LUNs and Hosts to the one of the storage groups.
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November 30th, 2011 15:00
I would think you should see host wwn in connectivity status. Cable is good? HBA drivers loaded?
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November 30th, 2011 15:00
All paths are checked. I'm hooking SPA directly to the HBA. I've just modified to the exact above and see nothing in Computer Management.
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November 30th, 2011 15:00
I'll try another set of cable but HBA driver is installed. On the Brocade HBA's Host Connectivity Manager I can see the fabric name of the SPA. However, I do noticed inthe Connectivity Status that the "Fiber Logged in" is NO...not sure what this means.
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November 30th, 2011 16:00
Do you have a win2k3 box around, just to rule out it's not win2k8 related.
Muas
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November 30th, 2011 16:00
Yes. I can try that....but that would only prove that the box may be useless. Thanks for you help. Will update.
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November 30th, 2011 16:00
Actually got it working. I went ahead and tossed in a switch, instead of direct connection, and Zoned the ports. I'm seeing the two LUNs. Thanks for the nodeWWN:port WWN info.
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November 30th, 2011 17:00
ahh..worked with a switch ? If you still want to try direct connection, try reversing rx/tx on your cable on one side.
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December 1st, 2011 13:00
Ah...forgot about that. Should work...but I'll utilize a switch...got 4 old Silkworm 3200 around. Also, this way I can utilize the redundant head of that CX200 box...even though I only have on HBA on this server. Thanks for help on WNN string.