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ONTAP FLI

Configure FC adapters for initiator mode for ONTAP Foreign LUN Import (FLI) migration

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ONTAP FLI over FC requires an FC adapter in initiator mode on the ONTAP side. If free initiator ports don’t exist, you might need to convert an FC target adapter port to initiator mode. And if the FC adapter has active FC LIFs, then the active FC LIFs must be moved to different adapter ports within the same fabric.

Steps

  1. View the available FC adapters:

    fcp adapter show -status-oper online

    Example output

      (network fcp adapter show)
                      Connection  Port    Admin    Operational
Node         Adapter  Established Address Status   Status          Topology
------------ -------- ----------- ------- -------- --------------- --------
ssan-a50-06a 3a       true        640a00  up       online          fabric
ssan-a50-06b 3b       true        640a00  up       online          fabric
ssan-a50-07a 3a       true        640e00  up       online          fabric
ssan-a50-07b 3b       true        640d00  up       online          fabric

  2. Take the target FC adapter port offline:

    fcp adapter modify -node <node_name> -adapter <adapter>> -status-admin down;

    Example output

    fcp adapter modify -node ssan-a50-06a -adapter 3a -status-admin down;

  3. Verify that the status of the adapter is down:

    fcp adapter show -node <node_name> -adapter <adapter>> -fields status-admin

    Example output

    ssan-a50-06-07::*> fcp adapter show -node ssan-a50-06a -adapter 3a -fields status-admin

node         adapter status-admin
------------ ------- ------------
ssan-a50-06a 3a      down

  4. Convert the FC adapter port from target mode to initiator mode:

    system node hardware unified-connect modify -node <node_name> -adapter <adapter> -type initiator

    Example

    ssan-a50-06-07::*> system node hardware unified-connect modify -node ssan-a50-06a -adapter 3a -type initiator

Any changes will take effect after rebooting the system. Use the "system node reboot" command to reboot.

  5. Bring the adapter back online:

    fcp adapter modify -node <node_name> -adapter <adapter> -status-admin up;

    Example

    ssan-a50-06-07::*> fcp adapter modify -node ssan-a50-06a -adapter 3a -status-admin up;

  6. Verify that the adapter is back online and in initiator mode:

    system node hardware unified-connect show

    Example

    ssan-a50-06-07::*> system node hardware unified-connect show
                       Current  Current    Pending  Pending    Admin
Node          Adapter  Mode     Type       Mode     Type       Status
------------  -------  -------  ---------  -------  ---------  -----------
ssan-a50-06a  3a       fc       target     -        initiator  offline << pending node reboot
ssan-a50-06b  3b       fc       target     -        -          online
ssan-a50-07a  3c       fc       target     -        -          online
ssan-a50-07a  3d       fc       initiator  -        -          online <<< already converted
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