Configuring FC-VI ports on a X1132A-R6 quad-port card on FAS8020 systems
If you are using the X1132A-R6 quad-port card on a FAS8020 system, you can enter Maintenance mode to configure the 1a and 1b ports for FC-VI and initiator usage. This is not required on MetroCluster systems received from the factory, in which the ports are set appropriately for your configuration.
This task must be performed in Maintenance mode.
Converting an FC port to an FC-VI port with the ucadmin command is only supported on the FAS8020 and AFF 8020 systems. Converting FC ports to FCVI ports is not supported on any other platform.
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Disable the ports:
storage disable adapter 1a
storage disable adapter 1b
*> storage disable adapter 1a Jun 03 02:17:57 [controller_B_1:fci.adapter.offlining:info]: Offlining Fibre Channel adapter 1a. Host adapter 1a disable succeeded Jun 03 02:17:57 [controller_B_1:fci.adapter.offline:info]: Fibre Channel adapter 1a is now offline. *> storage disable adapter 1b Jun 03 02:18:43 [controller_B_1:fci.adapter.offlining:info]: Offlining Fibre Channel adapter 1b. Host adapter 1b disable succeeded Jun 03 02:18:43 [controller_B_1:fci.adapter.offline:info]: Fibre Channel adapter 1b is now offline. *>
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Verify that the ports are disabled:
ucadmin show
*> ucadmin show Current Current Pending Pending Admin Adapter Mode Type Mode Type Status ------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ... 1a fc initiator - - offline 1b fc initiator - - offline 1c fc initiator - - online 1d fc initiator - - online
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Set the a and b ports to FC-VI mode:
ucadmin modify -adapter 1a -type fcvi
The command sets the mode on both ports in the port pair, 1a and 1b (even though only 1a is specified in the command).
*> ucadmin modify -t fcvi 1a Jun 03 02:19:13 [controller_B_1:ucm.type.changed:info]: FC-4 type has changed to fcvi on adapter 1a. Reboot the controller for the changes to take effect. Jun 03 02:19:13 [controller_B_1:ucm.type.changed:info]: FC-4 type has changed to fcvi on adapter 1b. Reboot the controller for the changes to take effect.
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Confirm that the change is pending:
ucadmin show
*> ucadmin show Current Current Pending Pending Admin Adapter Mode Type Mode Type Status ------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ------- ... 1a fc initiator - fcvi offline 1b fc initiator - fcvi offline 1c fc initiator - - online 1d fc initiator - - online
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Shut down the controller, and then reboot into Maintenance mode.
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Confirm the configuration change:
ucadmin show local
Node Adapter Mode Type Mode Type Status ------------ ------- ------- --------- ------- --------- ----------- ... controller_B_1 1a fc fcvi - - online controller_B_1 1b fc fcvi - - online controller_B_1 1c fc initiator - - online controller_B_1 1d fc initiator - - online 6 entries were displayed.