Table 32 Mapping Path Statuses and Required Actions (continued)
Status | Description |
External device setting changed | The setting of the external storage |
| system has been changed. For |
| example, the path definition was |
| deleted, or the external storage system |
| itself was replaced by another device. |
LDEV size reduced | The setting of the volume capacity of |
| the external storage system has been |
| changed (the volume capacity was |
| reduced). |
Not ready | The reply of the external storage |
| system was NOTREADY. The drive of |
| the external storage system is spinning |
| up, or the device of the external |
| storage system is being formatted. |
Illegal request | The reply of the external storage |
| system was ILLEGALREQUEST. The |
| command cannot be executed to the |
| device of the external storage system. |
| The data protection may be set on the |
| device of the external storage system. |
Command aborted | The reply of the external storage |
| system was ABORTEDCOMMAND. |
| An error may have occurred on the |
| external storage system side. |
Action
The port of the external storage system is recognized. See the documents for your external storage system, and check if the operation that changes the setting information about the mapped device has not been performed.
Check the volume capacity of the volume of the external storage system. Execute the Delete Volume operation, and then retry the Add Volume operation.
The path cannot be used to access the external storage system. Check the status of the external storage system. If you cannot restore the path, call HP technical support.
The port of the external storage system is recognized. Check the setting of the external storage system. If you cannot restore the path, call HP technical support.
The port of the external storage system is recognized. Check the setting of the external storage system and the condition of the connection (for example, cables, switches) to the external storage system. If you cannot restore the path, call HP technical support.
Busy | The external storage system is in the |
| BUSY status. |
The port of the external storage system is recognized. Check the setting of the external storage system and the load on the external storage system (for example, check if the configuration gives too much load on the external storage system or not). If you cannot restore the path, call HP technical support.
LDEV reserved | The external storage system is in the |
| Reserve status. You are not allowed to |
| access the device of the external |
| storage system from the local storage |
| system. |
Response error | The external storage system is in the |
| blocked status caused by the abnormal |
| reply (Response). You may not be able |
| to access the device of the external |
| storage system. Or data protection |
| may be set on the device of the |
| external storage system. |
Remove the Reserve status on the device of the external storage system.
The port of the external storage system is recognized. Check the setting and status of the external storage system. If you cannot restore the path, call HP technical support.
Initiator port | The port attribute of the external |
| storage system has been changed to |
| the initiator port. |
Set the port attribute of the external storage system to the target port. If you cannot restore the path, call HP technical support.
