Solutions Enabler: How to Bring VMAX3, PowerMax, or PowerMax 2500, 8500 Directors Online

Summary: How to bring directors online using Solutions Enabler?

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Instructions

How to bring FA, EF, or RDF directors online using Solutions Enabler.

To bring RAs online:  symcfg -sid xxx -RA online
To bring FAs online:  symcfg -sid xxx -SA xx -p x online

Example:
Online: symcfg -<RA or FA or EF> <#> [-p <#>] -sid <SymmID> [-noprompt] [-v] online
Offline: symcfg -<RA or FA or EF> <#> [-p <#>] -sid <SymmID> [-noprompt] [-v] offline

Additional Information

The Solutions Enabler command line to view the state of the directors on the array.

symcfg [-sid SymmID]
[-SA  <#|ALL>] [-P #] [-v [-ALL]] list

sun450-1# symcfg -sid XXX list -sa 3a -p 0 |more

Symmetrix ID: 000187xxxxxx

           S Y M M E T R I X    D I R E C T O R S

    Ident  Symbolic  Numeric  Slot  Type          Status

    FA-3A     03A       3       3   FibreChannel  Online


symcfg [-sid SymmID]
[-RA  <#|ALL>] [-v] [-switched] list

sun450-1# symcfg -sid xxx  list -ra all |more

Symmetrix ID: 000187400xxx

                 S Y M M E T R I X    R D F    D I R E C T O R S


                                            Remote       Local   Remote
  Ident  Symb   Num  Slot  Type       Attr  SymmID       RA Grp  RA Grp  Status

  RF-3D   03D    51     3  RDF-BI-DIR   -   000185501xxx 13 (0C)  3 (C)  Online
  RF-3D   03D    51     3  RDF-BI-DIR   -   000185501xxx 13 (0C)  3 (C)  Online





symcfg [-sid SymmID]
[-DIR <#|ALL>] [-v [-ALL]] list
 
sun450-1# symcfg -sid xxx list -dir all |more

Symmetrix ID: 000187400xxx
           S Y M M E T R I X    D I R E C T O R S
    Ident  Symbolic  Numeric  Slot  Type          Status
    DF-1A     01A       1       1   DISK          Online
    FA-3A     03A       3       3   FibreChannel  Online
    FA-4A     04A       4       4   FibreChannel  Online

Affected Products

PowerMax, VMAX, Solutions Enabler, Symmetrix
Article Properties
Article Number: 000008488
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 20 مايو 2026
Version:  7
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