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Basil
Asked: 2012-08-04 09:11:17 +0800 CST

Switch Netapp expansion FC port from target to initiator

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I have a v3200 with a 4 port FC expansion card. I am trying to switch one (or all, doesn't matter) of those ports from target to initiator. When I execute fcadmin config, I get:

                  Local
Adapter Type      State                  Status
---------------------------------------------------
0c   target     CONFIGURED             online
0d   target     CONFIGURED             online

Those are only the onboard ports, and I can't find a way to make it show me the ports on the card (4a, 4b, 4c, and 4d). I'm running 8.0 in 7 mode, and the manual claims (page 22) to support a combination of initiator and target ports on my card.

edit: here is what happens when I try.

nas> fcadmin config -t initiator 4b
Error: adapter 4b is not configurable
storage

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    According to THIS, "If you are installing target expansion adapters, or if you exceed the allowed number of adapter ports, you must set the onboard adapters to unconfigured before installing the expansion adapters". I know this is for targets but I'm slightly worried it may apply for initiators too.

    EDIT - this is cheating a bit but never mind.

    If you do a 'sysconfig -ca' it'll list the cards inside the machine, in your case we get 'sysconfig: slot 4 OK: X2054A: QLogic ISP 2432; PCI-E quad-port Fibre Channel (QLE2464)' and that particular card cannot be 'switched' from one mode to another. It's a bit poor from a NetApp perspective if you ask me, it's just an FC port after all, but they do make quite a lot of profit from this sort of thing so there you go.

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