480 xt connecting to hpe brocade 8/24

Question

Hi

I have a Unity XT 480 and want to connect it to an HPE 8/24 switch (Max speed is 8Gbps) In Unisphere I can see 8GB selection option for FC ports but the port doesn't power up in SAN switch. Saw somewhere that I/O ports on 480 XT only works with 16/32 so this connection will not be established after all.

Any idea?

Thanks

DELL-Sam L · Answer

Hello mhd.ganji,

A Unity480XT should allow to connect to a 8gb switch. As long as you SFP is 8gb in you switch there should be no issue in connection. What is your current OE release on your unity system?

mhd.ganji · Answer

Hello

It is

5.4.0.0.5.094

Switch is HPE AM868 and works flawlessly with HBA 8/16 on ESXi hosts.

Those 8/16 HBA's also work directly when connected to Unity

But Unity to SAN Switch doesn't work. Even, As you see it is set to work in 8GB

mhd.ganji · Answer

Idk what is the problem with photo upload but anyway I mean this address: Settings Access Fibre Channel Port Speed : 8Gbps

DELL-Sam L · Answer

Hello mhd.ganji, If you set it to auto does it work or do you get real slow performance?

mhd.ganji · Answer

Hello The port stays down on switch and unity sides. It doesn't even comes up

DELL-Josh Cr · Answer

Are you using the same cables when connecting to the switch vs direct connect? What model are the transceivers?

mhd.ganji · Answer

About the cables I will double check with the same and also other ones

about the transceiver : seems there are two models

associatedSp : 1, slotNumOnBlade : 1, portNumOnModule : 3
isLocalFru : 1, deviceType: 32, present : 1
protocol: 1, powerStatus: 0, supportedSpeeds: 51208
ioPortLED: 0, ioPortLEDColor: 0
SFPcapable : 1, pciDataBus: 180, pciDataDevice: 0, pciDataFunction: 3
SFPInserted : 1, SFPType: 1, SFPConnectorType: 2, SFPSupportedSpeeds: 0x400c
SFPPartNumber 019-078-045, SFPSerialNumber 000000000000000, SFPMode:2

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associatedSp : 1, slotNumOnBlade : 0, portNumOnModule : 2
isLocalFru : 1, deviceType: 8589934592, present : 1
protocol: 3, powerStatus: 0, supportedSpeeds: 33248
ioPortLED: 0, ioPortLEDColor: 0
SFPcapable : 1, pciDataBus: 9, pciDataDevice: 0, pciDataFunction: 0
SFPInserted : 1, SFPType: 2, SFPConnectorType: 5, SFPSupportedSpeeds: 0xc0
SFPPartNumber 03800437801 , SFPSerialNumber APF37215181AEW , SFPMode:0

DELL-Josh Cr · Answer

Transciever seems fine. SFPPartNumber 019-078-045 isn't a dell part but seems to meet the specs for FC.

mhd.ganji · Answer

The problem is now solved  It was the patch panel cabling (send receive side was made wrong 😑)

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480 xt connecting to hpe brocade 8/24

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