Sun Microsystems 6900 Troubleshooting the A2 or B2 FC Link, 6 A2 or B2 FC Link Host-Side Event

Troubleshooting the A2 or B2 FC Link

The A2 or B2 link is the FC link from the first switch to the virtualization engine. This link exists in the Sun StorEdge 6900 Series only. An error with the FC link can cause a path to go offline.

FIGURE 5-6and FIGURE 5-7are examples of A2 or B2 Link Notification Events.

From root Tue Jan 8 18:39:48 2002

Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 18:39:47 -0700 (MST)

Message-Id: <200201090139.g091dlg07015@diag.xxxxx.xxx.com>

From: Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment.Agent

Subject: Message from ’diag.xxxxx.xxx.com’ (2.0.B2.002)

Content-Length: 2742

You requested the following events be forwarded to you from ’diag.xxxxx.xxx.com’.

Site	:	FSDE LAB Broomfield CO
Source	:	diag226.xxxxx.xxx.com
Severity :		Normal
Category :		Message	Key: message:diag.xxxxx.xxx.com
EventType:		LogEvent.driver.Fabric_Warning
EventTime:		01/08/2002 17:34:47

Found 1 ’driver.Fabric_Warning’ warning(s) in logfile: /var/adm/messages on diag.xxxxx.xxx.com (id=80fee746):

Info: Fabric warning

Jan 8 17:34:36 WWN:2b000060220041f4 diag.xxxxx.xxx.com fp: [ID 517869

kern.warning] WARNING: fp(0): N_x Port with D_ID=108000, PWWN=2b000060220041f4 disappeared from fabric

<snip>

multipath status: degraded, path /pci@6,4000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0 (fp0) to

target address: 2b000060220041f4,1 is offline

Jan 8 17:34:55 WWN:2b000060220041f4 diag.xxxxx.xxx.com

mpxio: [ID 779286 kern.info] /scsi_vhci/ ssd@g29000060220041f96257354230303052 (ssd18)

multipath status: degraded, path /pci@6,4000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0 (fp0) to

target address: 2b000060220041f4,0 is offline

FIGURE 5-6A2 or B2 FC Link Host-Side Event

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting the Fibre Channel (FC) Links 49

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