Figure 19: Report Device menu item
Table 4: Device information
Menu Item
Data
Enabled
Reports whether advanced path failover is enabled for the SSC device server (i.e.,
for the tape drive data path), and for the SMC device server (i.e., for the media
changer controller path)
Session Status
Expected FSC: A command indicator used for management of commands that
require synchronization following a link failure.
PFSE:
1: The device server is using failover via this device server.
0: The device server is not using failover via this device server.
Failover Session Key: The key for the path (I_T_L nexus) over which the driver is
communicating with the device.
Session List
Each entry in the session list contains information about one failover session:
Failover Session Key
Initiator Worldwide Name
Local SMC device server information
If a changer has been selected in the Devices pane, the
Actions
>
Report Local SMC
menu is available
and has three sub-menu items (see Device information table above) which provide an interface to read
state information from the selected library. The information is read directly from the library and should
match the information retained by the driver. The data is displayed in the
Devices Information
pane.
Figure 20: Report Local SMC menu items
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Troubleshooting failover operation
