HP AE370A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch 4/12, Administrator'S Manual

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298 Troubleshooting
3. Skip point-to-point initialization.
The switch changes to point-to-point initialization after the Loop Initialization Soft Assigned (LISA) phase
of the loop initialization. This behavior sometimes causes trouble with old HBAs. If this is the case, then:
Skip point-to-point initialization by using the
portCfgLport
Command.
To check for a point-to-point initialization failure
1. Enter the
switchShow
command to confirm that the port is active and has a module that is
synchronized.
If a fabric device or another switch is connected to the switch, the switch port must be online.
2. Enter the
portLogShow
or
portLogDump
commands.
3. Verify that the event area for the port state entry is
pstate
. The command entry
AC
indicates that the
port has completed point-to-point initialization.
4. Skip over the loop initialization phase.
After becoming an active port, the port becomes an F_Port or an E_Port depending on the device on
the opposite side. If the opposite device is a fabric device, the port becomes an F_Port. If the opposite
device is another switch, the port becomes an E_Port.
Some fabric devices have problems with loop initialization. If this is evident, enter the
portCfgLPort
port # , 1
command; this will force the port to try and come up as a public L-Port.
To correct a port that has come up in the wrong mode
1. Enter the
switchShow
command.
2. Refer to the comment fields (refer to Table 62 ) and follow the suggested actions.
switch:admin> portlogdumpport 4
time task event port cmd args
-------------------------------------------------
11:38:21.726 INTR pstate 4 AC
Table 62
SwitchShow
output and suggested action
Output Suggested action
Disabled Check the output from the
switchShow
command to determine whether or not
the switch is disabled. If the port is disabled (for example, due to persistent disable
or security reasons), attempt to resolve the issue and then enter the
portEnable
command.
Bypassed Check the output from the
switchShow
command to determine whether or not
the port is testing.
Loopback Check the output from the
switchShow
command to determine whether or not
the port is testing.
E_Port If the opposite side is not another switch, the link has come up in a wrong mode.
Check the output from the
portLogShow
or
PortLogDump
commands and
identify the link initialization stage where the initialization procedure went wrong.
F_Port If the opposite side of the link is a fabric device, the link has come up in a wrong
mode. Check the output from
portLogShow
or
PortLogDump
commands.
G_Port The port has not come up as an E_Port or F_Port. Check the output from
portLogShow
or
PortLogDump
commands and identify the link initialization
stage where the initialization procedure went wrong.
L_Port If the opposite side is not a loop device, the link has come up in a wrong mode.
Check the output from
portLogShow
or
PortLogDump
commands and identify
the link initialization stage where the initialization procedure went wrong.