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May 11th, 2012 08:00

Vmax-host hba question

Hello All,

Need some help on this. We have a server with only one path (one HBA) zoned to VMAX. now the OS group is adding one more HBA to the host. But the question is about at present the configuration is like this.

symaccess -sid xxx list assignment -dev 0D12

Device  Identifier        Type  Dir:P

------  ----------------  -----  ----------------

0D12  10000000c00999  FIBRE  FA-8F:1,FA-7F:1

symaccess -sid xxxx list devinfo -ig IG_name

Sym                                Host      Cap   Dev  Dir:P Physical Device Name    Lun  Attr (MB)  Masking View Name 

----- ----- ----------------------- ---- ---- ------ ------------------------  

0D12  08F:1 Not Visible                1      34526 V_namehost             7F:1 Not Visible                1            V_namehost

suppose if I zone 7F;1 with the new HBA, what are the steps I need to make on VMAX?

Do I need to unmask all the devices from 7F;1 first, or just add the WWN my guess is.

symaccess -sid 1234 remove -login -wwn 10000000c00999 -dirport 7F:1 and then rename? Please elaborate. What can be done?

  • anoopcr

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    Posted May 14th, 2012 07:00

    Hi,

    Since there is no zoning with FA 7F, the wwn wont be login to this hence no need to remove login from 7F;1.Except last step all are fine.

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    Posted May 11th, 2012 08:00

    Hi,

    You can follow these steps

    Once you zone new WWN with 7F:1, Add the new WWN in the existing IG group

    symaccess -sid xxxx -type initiator -name initiator_IG -WWN 1xxxxxxxxx add

    make sure the LUNs are visible through new HBA from server side.

    rename the WWN

    symaccess -sid xxxx rename -wwn XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX -alias HOST/HBAX

    and If you want to remove the masking of old WWN through 7F:1,delete the zone for that and remove the login

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    Posted May 11th, 2012 09:00

    Hi,

    what i understood is you are going to add a new HBA and not going to do

    anything with existing one.

    if you zone new HBA with 7F:1 it will login through only through 7F not

    through 8F.

    suppose current HBA is 0 and which is logged in through 8F:1 and 7F:1 and

    you are adding HBA 1 now.so you will zone it with 7F( assuming you already

    done with physical HBA connectivity to the switch port) and it will login

    in 7F then you can rename it with above command.

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    Posted May 11th, 2012 09:00

    Can  you expand on the below statement if I rename the -wwn will it not effect 8F:1??

    How can I rename only for 7F:1???

    rename the WWN

    symaccess -sid xxxx rename -wwn XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX -alias HOST/HBAX

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    Posted May 14th, 2012 06:00

    Hi,

    Please see the first statment clearly below, 7F;1 and 8F:1 are masked with same WWN, (but zoned only to 8F:1, no zoning for 7F:1)

    in this scenario what are the next steps, is that just unmasking devices using the old WWN and 7F:1 will do right?

    symaccess -sid xxx list assignment -dev 0D12

    Device  Identifier        Type  Dir:P

    ------  ----------------  -----  ----------------

    0D12  10000000c00999  FIBRE  FA-8F:1,FA-7F:1

    My assumption of steps is as below

    Zone the new WWN with 7F:1

    Add the new WWn to the existing IG group using following command

    symaccess -sid xxxx -type initiator -name nameofig add -wwn

    make sure the LUNs are visible through new HBA from server side.

    remove the masking as below.

    symaccess -sid xxxx remove -login -wwn -dirport 7F:1