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Sun Microsystems 3900 Series manuel d'utilisation

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    Sun Microsystems, Inc. 4150 Network Circle Santa Clara, CA 95054 U .S.A. 650-960-1300 Send comments about this document to: docfeedback@sun.com Sun StorEdge ™ 3900 and 6900 Ser ies T roub leshooting Guide P ar t No. 816-4290-11 March 2002, Revision A[...]

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    Please Recycle Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Cir cle, Santa Clara, CA 95054 U.S.A. All rights reserved. This product or document is distributed under licenses r estricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation. No part of this product or document may be repr oduced in any form by any means without prior written aut[...]

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    Contents iii For Internal Use Only Contents 1. Introduction 1 Predictive Failur e Analysis Capabilities 2 2. General T roubleshooting Procedures 3 T roubleshooting Overview T asks 3 Multipathing Options in the Sun StorEdge 6900 Series 7 Alternatives to Sun StorEdge T raff ic Manager 8 ▼ T o Quiesce the I/O 8 ▼ T o Unconfigur e the c2 Path 8 ▼[...]

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    Contents iv For Internal Use Only Command Line T est Examples 19 qlctest(1M) 19 switchtest(1M) 20 Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment Event Grid 21 ▼ T o Customize an Event Report 21 3. T roubleshooting the Fibre Channel Links 23 A1/B1 Fibre Channel (FC) Link 23 ▼ T o V erify the Data Host 25 FRU T ests A vailable for A1/B1 FC Link Segment[...]

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    Contents v For Internal Use Only ▼ T o V erify Configuration Settings 47 ▼ T o Clear the Lock File 50 5. T roubleshooting Host Devices 53 Host Event Grid 53 ▼ Using the Host Event Grid 53 Replacing the Master , Alternate Master , and Slave Monitoring Host 57 ▼ T o Replace the Master Host 57 ▼ T o Replace the Alternate Master or Slave Moni[...]

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    vi Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Troubleshooting Guide • March 2002 V irtualization Engine LEDs 72 Power LED Codes 73 Interpreting LED Service and Diagnostic Codes 73 Back Panel Features 74 Ethernet Port LEDs 74 Fibre Channel Link Err or Status Report 75 ▼ T o Check Fibre Channel Link Error Status Manually 76 T ranslating Host Device Names [...]

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    Contents vii For Internal Use Only T roubleshooting the T1/T2 Data Path 102 Notes 102 T1/T2 Notification Events 103 Sun StorEdge T3+ Array Storage Service Processor V erif ication 106 T1/T2 FRU T ests A vailable 107 Notes 108 T1/T2 Isolation Procedur es 108 Sun StorEdge T3+ Array Event Grid 109 ▼ Using the Sun StorEdge T3+ Array Event Grid 109 Re[...]

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    viii Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Troubleshooting Guide • March 2002[...]

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    List of Figures ix List of Figur es FIGURE 2-1 Sun StorEdge 3900 Series Fibre Channel Link Diagram 16 FIGURE 2-2 Sun StorEdge 6900 Series Fibre Channel Link Diagram 17 FIGURE 3-1 Data Host Notification of Intermittent Problems 23 FIGURE 3-2 Data Host Notification of Severe Link Error 24 FIGURE 3-3 Storage Service Processor Notification 24 FIGURE 3-[...]

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    List of Figures x FIGURE 7-6 Path Failure —I/O Routed through Both HBAs 94 FIGURE 7-7 Virtualization Engine Event Grid 95 FIGURE 8-1 Storage Service Processor Event 103 FIGURE 8-2 Virtualization Engine Alert 105 FIGURE 8-3 Manage Configuration Files Menu 106 FIGURE 8-4 Example Link Test Text Output from the Storage Automated Diagnostic Environmen[...]

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    xi Pr eface The Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide provides guidelines for isolating problems in supported configurations of the Sun StorEdge TM 3900 and 6900 series. For detailed configuration information, refer to the Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Reference Manual . The scope of this troubleshooting guide is limited to i[...]

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    xii Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Troubleshooting Guide • March 2002 Chapter 7 provides detailed information for troubleshooting the virtualization engines. Chapter 8 describes how to troubleshoot the Sun StorEdge T3+ array devices. Also included in this chapter is information about the Explorer Data Collection Utility . Chapter 9 discusses e[...]

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    Preface xiii T ypographic Conventions Shell Pr ompts T ypeface Meaning Examples AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files, and directories; on-scr een computer output Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. % You have mail . AaBbCc123 What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output % su Password: AaBbCc123 Book titles, new wo[...]

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    xiv Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Troubleshooting Guide • March 2002 Related Documentation Product Title Part Number Late-breaking News • Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Release Notes 816-3247 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 series hardwar e information • Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Site Preparation Guide • Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900[...]

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    Preface xv Accessing Sun Documentation Online A broad selection of Sun system documentation is located at: http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs A complete set of Solaris documentation and many other titles are located at: http://docs.sun.com Sun W elcomes Y our Comments Sun is interested in impr oving its documentation and welcomes[...]

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    xvi Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Troubleshooting Guide • March 2002[...]

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    1 CHAPTER 1 Intr oduction The Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 series storage subsystems are complete preconf igured storage solutions. The configurations for each of the storage subsystems are shown in T ABLE 1- 1 . T ABLE 1-1 Series System Sun StorEdge Fibre Channel Switch Supported Sun StorEdge T3+ Array P artner Groups Supported Additional Array Part[...]

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    2 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 Pr edictive Failur e Analysis Capabilities The Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment software pr ovides the health and monitoring functions for the Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 series systems. This software pr ovides the following predictive failure analysis (PF A) capabilit[...]

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    3 CHAPTER 2 General T r oubleshooting Pr ocedur es This chapter contains the following sections: ■ “T roubleshooting Overview T asks” on page 3 ■ “Multipathing Options in the Sun StorEdge 6900 Series” on page 7 ■ “Fibre Channel Links” on page 15 ■ “Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment Event Grid” on page 21 T r oubleshoo[...]

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    4 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 1. Discover the error by checking one or more of the following messages or f iles: ■ Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment alerts or email messages ■ /var/adm/ messages ■ Sun StorEdge T3+ array syslog file ■ Storage Service Processor messages ■ /var/adm/messages.[...]

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    Chapter 2 General T roubleshooting Procedures 5 For Internal Use Only 4. Check the status of the Sun StorEdge FC network switch-8 and switch-16 switches using the following tools: ■ Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment device monitoring r eports ■ Run the SEcfg script, which displays and shows the Sun StorEdge T3+ array configuration ■ LE[...]

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    6 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 8. V erify the f ix using the following tools: ■ Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment GUI T opology V iew and Diagnostic T ests ■ /var/adm/messages on the data host 9. Return the path to service by using one of the following methods: ■ Multipathing software ■ Rest[...]

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    Chapter 2 General T roubleshooting Procedures 7 For Internal Use Only Multipathing Options in the Sun StorEdge 6900 Series Using the virtualization engines presents several challenges in how multipathing is handled in the Sun StorEdge 6900 series. Unlike Sun StorEdge T3+ array and Sun StorEdge network FC switch-8 and switch- 16 switch installations[...]

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    8 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 Note that in the Class and State fields, the virtualization engines ar e presented as two primary/ONLINE devices. The current Sun StorEdge T raff ic Manager design does not enable you to manually halt the I/O (that is, you cannot perform a failover to the secondary path) when[...]

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    Chapter 2 General T roubleshooting Procedures 9 For Internal Use Only 2. Using Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment T opology GUI, determine which virtualization engine is in the path you need to disable. 3. Use the world wide name (WWN) of the virtualization engine that is in the unconf igure command, as follows: 4. V erify that I/O has halted[...]

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    10 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 ▼ T o Suspend the I/O Use one of the following methods to suspend the I/O while the failover occurs: 1. Stop all customer applications that are accessing the Sun StorEdge T3+ array . 2. Manually pull the link from the Sun StorEdge T3+ array to the switch and wait for a Sun[...]

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    Chapter 2 General T roubleshooting Procedures 11 For Internal Use Only ▼ T o V iew the VxDisk Properties 1. T ype the following: From the VxDisk output, notice that there ar e two physical paths to the LUN: ■ c20t2B000060220041F4d0s2 ■ c23t2B000060220041F9d0s2 Both of these paths are curr ently enabled with VxDMP . # vxdisk list Disk_1 Device[...]

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    12 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 2. Use the luxadm (1M) command to display further information about the underlying LUN. # luxadm display /dev/rdsk/c20t2B000060220041F4d0s2 DEVICE PROPERTIES for disk: /dev/rdsk/c20t2B000060220041F4d0s2 Status(Port A): O.K. Vendor: SUN Product ID: SESS01 WWN(Node): 2a0000602[...]

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    Chapter 2 General T roubleshooting Procedures 13 For Internal Use Only ▼ T o Quiesce the I/O on the A3/B3 Link 1. Determine the path you want to disable. 2. Disable the path by typing the following: 3. V erify that the path is disabled: Steps 1 and 2 halt I/O only up to the A3/B3 link. I/O will continue to move over the T1 & T2 paths, as well[...]

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    14 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 ▼ T o Return the Path to Pr oduction 1. T ype: 2. V erify that the path has been re-enabled by typing: # vxdmpadm enable ctlr=<c#> # vxdmpadm listctlr all[...]

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    Chapter 2 General T roubleshooting Procedures 15 For Internal Use Only Fibr e Channel Links The following sections provide troubleshooting information for the basic components and Fibre Channel links, listed in T ABLE 2-1 . Note – In an actual Sun StorEdge 3900 or 6900 series configuration, there could be more Sun StorEdge T3+ arrays than are sho[...]

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    16 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 Fibr e Channel Link Diagrams FIGURE 2-1 shows the basic components and the Fibre Channel links for a Sun StorEdge 3900 series system: ■ A1 to B1— HBA to Sun StorEdge FC network switch-8 and switch-16 switch link ■ A4 to B4 —Sun StorEdge FC network switch-8 and switch[...]

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    Chapter 2 General T roubleshooting Procedures 17 For Internal Use Only FIGURE 2-2 shows the basic components and the Fibre Channel links for a Sun StorEdge 6900 series system: ■ A1 to B1— HBA to Sun StorEdge network FC switch-8 and switch-16 switch link ■ A2 to B2— Sun StorEdge network FC switch-8 and switch-16 switch to virtualization engi[...]

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    18 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 Host Side T r oubleshooting Host-side troubleshooting r efers to the messages and errors the data host detects. Usually , these messages appear in the /var/adm/messages file. Storage Service Pr ocessor Side T roubleshooting Storage Service Processor-side T roubleshooting r e[...]

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    Chapter 2 General T roubleshooting Procedures 19 For Internal Use Only Command Line T est Examples T o run a single Sun StorEdge diagnostic test from the command line rather than through the Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment interface, you must log into the appropriate Host or Slave for testing the components. The following two tests, the ql[...]

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    20 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 switchtest (1M) switchtest (1M) is used to diagnose the Sun StorEdge network FC switch-8 and switch-16 switch devices. The switchtest process also provides command line access to switch diagnostics. switchtest supports testing on local and remote switches. switchtest runs th[...]

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    Chapter 2 General T roubleshooting Procedures 21 For Internal Use Only Storage Automated Diagnostic Envir onment Event Grid The Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment generates component-specif ic event grids that describe the severity of an Event, whether action is required, a description of the event, and recommended action. Refer to Chapters 5[...]

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    22 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002[...]

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    23 CHAPTER 3 T r oubleshooting the Fibr e Channel Links A1/B1 Fibr e Channel (FC) Link If a problem occurs with the A1/B1 FC link: ■ In a Sun StorEdge 3900 series system, the Sun StorEdge T3+ array will fail over . ■ In a Sun StorEdge 6900 series system, no Sun StorEdge T3+ array will fail over , but a severe pr oblem can cause a path to go off[...]

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    24 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 FIGURE 3-2 Data Host Notif ication of Severe Link Err or FIGURE 3-3 Storage Service Pr ocessor Notification Note – An A1/B1 FC link error can cause a port in sw1a or sw1b to change state. Site : FSDE LAB Broomfield CO Source : diag.xxxxx.xxx.com Severity : Normal Category [...]

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    Chapter 3 T roubleshooting the Fibre Channel Links 25 For Internal Use Only ▼ T o V erify the Data Host An error in the A1/B1 FC link can cause a path to go of fline in the multipathing software. CODE EXAMPLE 3-1 luxadm (1M) Display # luxadm display /dev/rdsk/c6t29000060220041F96257354230303052d0s2 DEVICE PROPERTIES for disk: /dev/rdsk/ c6t290000[...]

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    26 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 An error in the A1/B1 FC link can also cause a device to enter the “unusable” state in cfgadm . In this case, the output for luxadm -e port will show that a device that was “connected” changed to an “unconnected” state. CODE EXAMPLE 3-2 cfgadm -al Display FRU T e[...]

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    Chapter 3 T roubleshooting the Fibre Channel Links 27 For Internal Use Only CODE EXAMPLE 3-3 switchtest (1M) called with options Note – The Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment automatically resets the transfer size if it notes that it is about to test a switch to HBA connection. This is done both in the Storage Automated Diagnostic Environme[...]

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    28 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 ▼ T o Isolate the A1/B1 FC Link 1. Quiesce the I/O on the A1/B1 FC link path. 2. Run switchtest or qlctest to test the entire link. 3. Break the connection by uncabling the link. 4. Insert a loopback connector into the switch port. 5. Rerun switchtest . a. If switchtest fa[...]

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    Chapter 3 T roubleshooting the Fibre Channel Links 29 For Internal Use Only A2/B2 Fibr e Channel (FC) Link If a problem occurs with the A2/B2 FC link: ■ In a Sun StorEdge 3900 series system, the Sun StorEdge T3+ array will fail over . ■ In a Sun StorEdge 6900 series system, no Sun StorEdge T3+ array will fail over , but a severe pr oblem can ca[...]

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    30 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 FIGURE 3-5 A2/B2 FC Link Storage Service Processor Side Event Site : FSDE LAB Broomfield CO Source : diag.xxxxx.xxx.com Severity : Normal Category : Switch Key: switch:100000c0dd0061bb EventType: StateChangeEvent.X.port.1 EventTime: 01/08/2002 17:38:32 ’port.1’ in SWITCH[...]

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    Chapter 3 T roubleshooting the Fibre Channel Links 31 For Internal Use Only ▼ T o V erify the Host Side An error in the A2/B2 FC link can r esult in a device being listed as in an “unusable” state in cfgadm , but no HBAs are listed as in the “unconnected” state in luxadm output. The multipathing software will note an OFFLINE path.[...]

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    32 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 CODE EXAMPLE 3-4 cfgadm -al # cfgadm -al Ap_Id Type Receptacle Occupant Condition c0 scsi-bus connected configured unknown <snip> # luxadm -e port Found path to 2 HBA ports /devices/pci@6,4000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0:devctl CONNECTED /devices/pci@6,4000/SUNW,qlc@3/fp@0,0:dev[...]

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    Chapter 3 T roubleshooting the Fibre Channel Links 33 For Internal Use Only Note – Y ou can find pr ocedures for restoring virtualization engine settings in the Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Reference Manual . ▼ T o V erify the A2/B2 FC Link Y ou can check the A2/B2 FC link using the Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment, Diagnose—T es[...]

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    34 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 5. If the switch or the GBIC show no errors, replace the remaining components in the following order: a. Replace the virtualization engine-side GBIC, recable the link, and monitor the link for errors. b. Replace the cable, recable the link, and monitor the link for errors. c[...]

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    Chapter 3 T roubleshooting the Fibre Channel Links 35 For Internal Use Only A3/B3 Fibr e Channel (FC) Link If a problem occurs with the A3/B3 FC link: ■ In a Sun StorEdge 3900 series system, the Sun StorEdge T3+ array will fail over . ■ In a Sun StorEdge 6900 series system, no Sun StorEdge T3+ array will fail over , but a severe pr oblem can ca[...]

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    36 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 FIGURE 3-7 A3/B3 FC Link Storage Service Processor -Side Event FIGURE 3-8 A3/B3 FC Link Storage Service Processor -Side Event Site : FSDE LAB Broomfield CO Source : diag.xxxxx.xxx.com Severity : Normal Category : Switch Key: switch:100000c0dd0057bd EventType: StateChangeEven[...]

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    Chapter 3 T roubleshooting the Fibre Channel Links 37 For Internal Use Only ▼ T o V erify the Host Side An error in the A3/B3 FC link r esults in a device being listed as in an “unusable” state in cfgadm , but no HBAs are listed as in the “unconnected” state in luxadm output. The multipathing software will note an “of fline” path. COD[...]

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    38 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 CODE EXAMPLE 3-6 VxDMP Error Message ▼ T o V erify the Storage Service Pr ocessor Y ou can check the A3/B3 FC link using the Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment, Diagnose—T est from T opology functionality . Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment’s implementatio[...]

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    Chapter 3 T roubleshooting the Fibre Channel Links 39 For Internal Use Only ▼ T o Isolate the A3/B3 FC Link 1. Quiesce the I/O on the A3/B3 FC link path. 2. Break the connection by uncabling the link. 3. Insert the loopback connector into the switch port. 4. Run switchtest : a. If the test fails, replace the GBIC and rerun switchtest . b. If the [...]

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    40 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 A4/B4 Fibr e Channel (FC) Link If a problem occurs with the A4/B4 FC link: ■ In a Sun StorEdge 3900 series system, the Sun StorEdge T3+ array will fail over . ■ In a Sun StorEdge 6900 series system, no Sun StorEdge T3+ array will fail over , but a severe pr oblem can cau[...]

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    Chapter 3 T roubleshooting the Fibre Channel Links 41 For Internal Use Only FIGURE 3-10 Storage Service Processor Notification Site : FSDE LAB Broomfield CO Source : diag Severity : Warning Category : Switch DeviceId : switch:100000c0dd0061bb EventType: LogEvent.MessageLog EventTime: 01/29/2002 14:25:05 Change in Port Statistics on switch diag-sw1b[...]

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    42 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 ▼ T o V erify the Data Host A problem in the A4/B4 FC Link appears dif ferently on the data host, depending on if the array is a Sun StorEdge 3900 series or a Sun StorEdge 6900 seriesdevice. Sun StorEdge 3900 Series In a Sun StorEdge 3900 series device, the data host multi[...]

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    Chapter 3 T roubleshooting the Fibre Channel Links 43 For Internal Use Only T o verify the failover luxadm display can be used, the failed path will be marked OFFLINE, as shown in CODE EXAMPLE 3-7 . CODE EXAMPLE 3-7 Failed Path marked OFFLINE Note – This type of error may also cause the device to show up "unusable" in cfgadm , as shown [...]

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    44 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 CODE EXAMPLE 3-8 Failed Path marked “unusable” FRU tests available for the A4/B4 FC Link Segment ■ The switchtest can only be run from the Storage Service Pr ocessor ■ The linktest will be able to isolate the switch and the GBIC on the switch. It will not be able to [...]

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    Chapter 3 T roubleshooting the Fibre Channel Links 45 For Internal Use Only 5. Rerun switchtest . a. If switchtest fails, replace the GBIC and rerun switchtest . b. If the test fails again, replace the switch. 6. If switchtest passes, assume that the suspect components are the cable and the Sun StorEdge T3+ array controller . a. Replace the cable. [...]

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    46 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002[...]

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    47 CHAPTER 4 Conf iguration Settings This chapter contains the following sections: ■ “V erifying Configuration Settings” on page 47 ■ “T o Clear the Lock File” on page 50 For a complete listing of SUNWsecfg Error Messages and recommended action, r efer to Appendix B. V erifying Configuration Settings During the course of troubleshooting[...]

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    48 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide — March 2002 Note – For cluster configurations and systems that ar e attached to W indows NT , the default configurations may not match the current installed conf iguration. Be aware of this when running the verification scripts. Certain items may be f lagged as F AIL in these special [...]

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    Chapter 4 Configuration Settings 49 For Internal Use Only 10. If anything is marked F AIL, check the /var/adm/log/SEcfglog f ile for the details of the failure. In this example, the mirror setting in the Sun StorEdge T3+ array system settings is “off.” The SA VED CONFIGURA TION setting for this parameter , which is the default setting, should b[...]

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    50 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide — March 2002 1 1. Fix the F AIL condition, and then verify the settings again. If you interrupt any of the SUNWsecfg scripts (by typing a Control-C default font, for example), a lock file might r emain in the /opt/SUNWsecfg/etc directory , causing subsequent commands to fail. Use the fol[...]

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    Chapter 4 Configuration Settings 51 For Internal Use Only CODE EXAMPLE 4-2 savevemap output When savevemap: <ve-pair> EXIT is displayed, the savevemap process has successfully exited. Tue Jan 29 16:12:34 MST 2002 savevemap: v1 ENTER. Tue Jan 29 16:12:34 MST 2002 checkslicd: v1 ENTER. Tue Jan 29 16:12:42 MST 2002 checkslicd: v1 EXIT. Tue Jan 2[...]

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    52 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide — March 2002[...]

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    53 CHAPTER 5 T r oubleshooting Host Devices This chapter describes how to tr oubleshoot components associated with a Sun StorEdge 3900 or 6900 series Host. This chapter contains the following sections: ■ “Using the Host Event Grid” on page 53 ■ “T o Replace the Master Host” on page 57 ■ “T o Replace the Alternate Master or Slave Mon[...]

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    54 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 FIGURE 5-1 Host Event Grid[...]

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    Chapter 5 T roubleshooting Host De vices 55 For Internal Use Only T ABLE 5-1 lists all the host events in the Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment. T ABLE 5-1 Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment Event Grid for the Host Category Component EventT ype Sev Action Description Information host hba Alarm+ Y ellow [ Info ] status of hba /devices/ [...]

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    56 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 host lun.VE Alarm- Red Y [ Info ] The state of lun.VE.c14t50020 F2300003EE5d0s2. statusA on diag. xxxxx.xxx .com changed from OK to ERROR (target=ve:diag244- ve0/90.0.0.40) luxadm display reported a change in the port status of one of its paths. The Storage Automated Diagnos[...]

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    Chapter 5 T roubleshooting Host De vices 57 For Internal Use Only Replacing the Master , Alternate Master , and Slave Monitoring Host The following procedur es are a high-level overview of the procedures that ar e detailed in the Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment User ’ s Guide . Follow these procedur es when replacing a master , alternate[...]

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    58 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 5. Choose Utilities -> System -> Recover Conf ig. Refer to Chapter 7 of the Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment User ’ s Guide for detailed instructions. a. In the Recover Conf ig window , enter the IP address of any alternate master or slave monitoring host (al[...]

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    Chapter 5 T roubleshooting Host De vices 59 For Internal Use Only 7. Choose Maintenance -> General Maintenance -> Maintain Hosts. Refer to Chapter 3, “Maintenance,” of the Storage Automated Diagnostic User ’ s Guide for detailed instructions. 8. In the Maintain Hosts window , select the new host. 9. Conf igure the options as needed. 10.[...]

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    60 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002[...]

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    61 CHAPTER 6 T r oubleshooting Sun StorEdge FC Switch-8 and Switch-16 Devices This chapter describes how to troubleshoot the switch components associated with a Sun StorEdge 3900 or 6900 series system. This chapter contains the following sections: ■ “Sun StorEdge Network FC Switch-8 and Switch-16 Switch Description” on page 61 ■ “Switch E[...]

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    62 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 These switches can be monitored through the SANSurfer GUI, which is available on the Storage Service Processor . Y ou configure and modify the switches using the Configuration Utilities. Do not conf igure or modify the switches using any method other than the SUNWsecfg tools[...]

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    Chapter 6 T roubleshooting Sun StorEdge FC Switch-8 and Switch-16 De vices 63 For Internal Use Only FIGURE 6-1 Switch Event Grid[...]

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    64 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 T ABLE 6-1 lists the switch events. T ABLE 6-1 Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment Event Grid for Switches Cat Component EventT ype Sev Action Description Information/Action switch port statistics Log Y ellow Y [ Info/Action ] Change in port statistics on switch diag156[...]

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    Chapter 6 T roubleshooting Sun StorEdge FC Switch-8 and Switch-16 De vices 65 For Internal Use Only switch enclosure Audit Auditing a new switch called ras d2-swb1 (ip=xxx.0.0.41) 10002000007a609 switch oob Comm_ Established Communication regained with sw1a (ip= xxx . 20.67.213) switch oob Comm_Lost Down Y es [ Info/ Action ] Lost communication wit[...]

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    66 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 switch enclosure Discovery [ Info ] Discovered a new switch called ras d2-swb1 (ip=xxx.0.0.41) 10002000007a609 Discovery events occur the very first time the agent probes a storage device. It creates a detailed description of the device monitored and sends it using any activ[...]

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    Chapter 6 T roubleshooting Sun StorEdge FC Switch-8 and Switch-16 De vices 67 For Internal Use Only switch port StateChange+ [ Info/Action ] port.1 in SWITCH diag185 ( ip= xxx.20.67.185 )i s now A vailable (status- state changed from OFFLINE to ONLINE) Port on switch is now available. switch port StateChange- Red Y [ Info/Action ] port.1 in SWITCH [...]

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    68 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 Replacing the Master Midplane Follow this procedur e when replacing the master midplane in a Sun StorEdge network FC switch-8 or switch-16 switch or a Brocade Silkworm switch. This procedur e is detailed in the Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment User’ s Guide . ▼ T[...]

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    69 CHAPTER 7 T r oubleshooting V irtualization Engine Devices This chapter describes how to troubleshoot the virtualization engine component of a Sun StorEdge 6900 series system. This chapter contains the following sections: ■ “V irtualization Engine Description” on page 69 ■ “T ranslating Host Device Names” on page 78 ■ “Sun StorEd[...]

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    70 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide — March 2002 V irtualization Engine Diagnostics The virtualization engine monitors the following components: ■ V irtualization engine router ■ Sun StorEdge T3+ array ■ Cabling among the router and storage Service Request Numbers The service request numbers ar e used to inform the u[...]

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    Chapter 7 T roubleshooting Virtualization Engine Devices 71 For Internal Use Only ▼ T o Display Log Files and Retrieve SRNs Use the /opt/svengine/sduc/sreadlog command to display log files and retrieve the Service Request Numbers (SRN) for errors that need action. Data is returned in the following format: TimeStamp : nnn : T xxxxx.uuuuuuuu SRN= m[...]

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    72 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide — March 2002 ▼ T o Clear the Log ● Use the /opt/svengine/sduc/sclrlog command. V irtualization Engine LEDs T ABLE 7-1 describes the LEDs on the back of the virtualization engine.. Item Description TimeStamp January 3, 2002 10:13 nnn v1 (virtualization engine pair v1) uuuuuuuu 2900006[...]

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    Chapter 7 T roubleshooting Virtualization Engine Devices 73 For Internal Use Only Power LED Codes The virtualization engine LEDs are shown in FIGURE 7-1 . FIGURE 7-1 V irtualization Engine Front Panel LEDs Interpreting LED Service and Diagnostic Codes The Status LED communicates the status of the virtualization engine in decimal numbers. Each decim[...]

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    74 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide — March 2002 Back Panel Featur es The back panel of the virtualization engine contains the Sun StorEdge network FC switch-8 or switch-16 switches and a socket for the AC power input, and various data ports and LEDs. Ethernet Port LEDs The Ethernet port LEDs indicate the speed, activity ,[...]

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    Chapter 7 T roubleshooting Virtualization Engine Devices 75 For Internal Use Only Fibr e Channel Link Error Status Report The virtualization engine’s host-side and device-side interfaces provide statistical data for the counts listed in T ABLE 7-4 . T ABLE 7-4 V irtualization Engine Statistical Data Count T ype Description Link Failure Count The [...]

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    76 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide — March 2002 ▼ T o Check Fibr e Channel Link Error Status Manually The Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment, which runs on the Storage Service Processor , monitors the Fibre Channel link status of the virtualization engine. The virtualization engine must be power-cycled to reset th[...]

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    Chapter 7 T roubleshooting Virtualization Engine Devices 77 For Internal Use Only CODE EXAMPLE 7-1 Fibre Channel Link Err or Status Example Note – v1 repr esents the first virtualization engine pair Note – The SLIC daemon must be running for the /opt/svengine/sduc/svstat -d v1 command to work. # /opt/svengine/sduc/svstat -d v1 I00001 Host Side [...]

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    78 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide — March 2002 T ranslating Host Device Names Y ou can translate host device names to VLUN, disk pool, and physical Sun StorEdge T3+ array LUNs. The luxadm output for a host device, shown in CODE EXAMPLE 7-2 , does not include the unique VLUN serial number that is needed to identify this L[...]

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    Chapter 7 T roubleshooting Virtualization Engine Devices 79 For Internal Use Only ▼ T o Display the VLUN Serial Number Devices That Are Not Sun StorEdge T raff ic Manager-Enabled 1. Use the format -e command. 2. T ype the disk on which you are working at the format prompt. 3. T ype inquiry at the scsi prompt. 4. Find the VLUN serial number in the[...]

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    80 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide — March 2002 Sun StorEdge T raf fic Manager -Enabled Devices 1. If the devices support the Sun StorEdge T raff ic Manager software, you can use this shortcut. 2. T ype: The /dev/rdsk/c#t# repr esents the Global Unique Identifier of the device. It is 32 bits long. ■ The first 16 bits co[...]

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    Chapter 7 T roubleshooting Virtualization Engine Devices 81 For Internal Use Only ▼ T o V iew the V irtualization Engine Map The virtualization engine map is stored on the Storage Service Processor . 1. T o view the virtualization engine map, type: Note – This example uses the virtualization engine map file, which could include old information.[...]

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    82 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide — March 2002 2. Y ou can optionally establish a telnet connection to the virtualization engine and run the runsecfg utility to poll a live snapshot of the virtualization engine map. Refer to “T o Replace a Failed V irtualization Engine” on page 84 for telnet instructions. From the vi[...]

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    Chapter 7 T roubleshooting Virtualization Engine Devices 83 For Internal Use Only ▼ T o Failback the V irtualization Engine In the event of a Sun StorEdge T3+ array LUN failover , use the following pr ocedure to fail the LUN back to its original controller . 1. From the Storage Service Processor , type: where: The failback command will always be [...]

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    84 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide — March 2002 For detailed information about the SUNWsecfg scripts, refer to the Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Reference Manual . ▼ T o Replace a Failed V irtualization Engine 1. Replace the old (failed) virtualization engine unit with a new unit. 2. Identify the MAC address of the [...]

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    Chapter 7 T roubleshooting Virtualization Engine Devices 85 For Internal Use Only 1 1. Enable the switch port: 12. Reset the virtualization engine: 13. Find the initiator number for the new and old number: The new unit will not have any zones defined. 14. If zones were present before the replacement, type the following: 15. V erify the new unit by [...]

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    86 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide — March 2002 ▼ T o Manually Clear the SAN Database It is occasionally necessary to manually clear the SAN database on the virtualization engine routers. Caution – This procedur e will wipe out the SAN database and will remove the configuration of disk pools, Multipath drives, Zoning,[...]

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    Chapter 7 T roubleshooting Virtualization Engine Devices 87 For Internal Use Only Stopping and Restarting the SLIC Daemon Follow this procedur e to restart the SLIC daemon if the SLIC daemon becomes unresponsive, or if messages such as the following are displayed: connect: Connection refused or Socket error encountered.. ▼ T o Restart the SLIC Da[...]

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    88 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide — March 2002 3. Remove the segments by typing the following: Check the ipcrm (1m) man page for details. 4. Restart the SLIC daemon 5. Conf irm that the SLIC daemon is running: The message queues, shared memory , and semaphores have been removed. # ipcrm -m 301 -m 302 -m 303 -s 196608 -s [...]

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    Chapter 7 T roubleshooting Virtualization Engine Devices 89 For Internal Use Only Sun StorEdge 6900 Series Multipathing Example One Sun StorEdge T3+ array partner pair with 1 500GB RAID 5 LUN per brick (2 LUNs total) Currently , there is one 10GB VLUN cr eated from each physical LUN, for a total of two VLUNs. In a Sun StorEdge 6900 series, there ar[...]

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    90 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide — March 2002 In the event of a path failure after the second tier of Sun StorEdge network FC switch-8 and switch-16 switches (or in the event of both T Ports failing between the switches), the virtualization engines force a LUN failover of the affected Sun StorEdge T3+ array and routes a[...]

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    Chapter 7 T roubleshooting Virtualization Engine Devices 91 For Internal Use Only FIGURE 7-3 Primary Data Paths to the Alternate Master[...]

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    92 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide — March 2002 FIGURE 7-4 Primary Data Paths to the Master Sun StorEdge T3+ Array[...]

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    Chapter 7 T roubleshooting Virtualization Engine Devices 93 For Internal Use Only FIGURE 7-5 Path Failure—Befor e the Second T ier of Switches[...]

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    94 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide — March 2002 FIGURE 7-6 Path Failure —I/O Routed through Both HBAs[...]

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    Chapter 7 T roubleshooting Virtualization Engine Devices 95 For Internal Use Only V irtualization Engine Event Grid The Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment Event Grid enables you to sort virtualization engine events by component, category , or event type. The Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment GUI displays an event grid that describes th[...]

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    96 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide — March 2002 T ABLE 7-5 lists the V irtualization Engine Events. T ABLE 7-5 Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment Event Grid for V irtualization Engine Category Component EventT ype Se v Action Description virtualization engine enclosure Alarm Y ellow V olume E00012 on v1a changed map[...]

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    Chapter 7 T roubleshooting Virtualization Engine Devices 97 For Internal Use Only virtualization engine ve_diag Diagnostic T est- Red ve_diag (diag240) on ve-1 (ip=xxx.20.67.213) failed virtualization engine veluntest Diagnostic T est- Red veluntest (diag240) on ve-1 (ip=xxx.20.67.213) failed virtualization engine enclosure Discovery [ Info ] Disco[...]

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    98 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide — March 2002[...]

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    99 CHAPTER 8 T r oubleshooting the Sun StorEdge T3+ Array Devices This chapter contains the following sections: ■ “Explorer Data Collection Utility” on page 99 ■ “Sun StorEdge T3+ Array Event Grid” on page 109 Explor er Data Collection Utility The Explorer Data Collection Utility script is included on the Storage Service Processor in th[...]

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    100 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 Do not accept automatic emailing of the Explorer Data Collection Utility output, unless the Storage Service Processor is pr operly set up to handle mail correctly . Before running the Explor er Data Collection Utility , make sure that the switch and Sun StorEdge T3+ array i[...]

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    Chapter 8 T roubleshooting the Sun StorEdge T3+ Arra y Devices 101 For Internal Use Only CODE EXAMPLE 8-2 Editing Sun StorEdge T3+ array information using vi Note – xxxx repr esents Sun StorEdge T3+ array passwords. ■ Y ou can now run /opt/SUNWexplo/bin/explorer to collect information about the Storage Service Processor operating system, the Su[...]

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    102 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 T r oubleshooting the T1/T2 Data Path Notes ■ There ar e two T Port links for redundancy . ■ If one of the two links is lost, no Sun StorEdge T3+ array LUN failover will occur , and no pathing failures will be noted. ■ If both T Port links fail, there will be a Sun St[...]

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    Chapter 8 T roubleshooting the Sun StorEdge T3+ Arra y Devices 103 For Internal Use Only T1/T2 Notification Events The example below shows a typical port failure event FIGURE 8-1 Storage Service Processor Event Site : Lab 3286 - DSQA1 Broomfield Source : diag.xxxxx.xxx.com Severity : Error (Actionable) Category : Switch DeviceId : switch:100000c0dd[...]

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    104 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 If both T Ports go off line, you might see messages like the following. Note the virtualization engine Event alerting the LUN failover . Site : Lab 3286 - DSQA1 Broomfield Source : diag.xxxxx.xxx.com Severity : Warning (Actionable) Category : Ve DeviceId : ve:6257335A-30303[...]

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    Chapter 8 T roubleshooting the Sun StorEdge T3+ Arra y Devices 105 For Internal Use Only FIGURE 8-2 V irtualization Engine Alert ...continued from previous page... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Site : Lab 3286 - DSQA1 Broomfield Source : diag.xxxxx.xxx.com Severity : Warning Category : Message DeviceId : mes[...]

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    106 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 Sun StorEdge T3+ Array Storage Service Processor V erif ication 1. Run port listmap on the Sun StorEdge T3+ array to see the failover event. 2. Compare the virtualization engine conf iguration to a saved conf iguration by running /opt/SUNWsecfg/runsecfg and choosing V erify[...]

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    Chapter 8 T roubleshooting the Sun StorEdge T3+ Arra y Devices 107 For Internal Use Only T1/T2 FRU T ests A vailable ■ Switch - switchtest ■ Link - linktest Running linktest from the Storage Automated Diagnostic Envir onment GUI will guide the Service Engineer to discover the failed FRU. Once the test has completed its run, an email message, si[...]

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    108 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 Notes ■ When inserting a loopback connector into the T Port, there will be NO green light indicating a proper insertion. However , the test will run and be valid. There is currently an RFE to addr ess this issue. ■ If only one of the links has failed and the I/O is trav[...]

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    Chapter 8 T roubleshooting the Sun StorEdge T3+ Arra y Devices 109 For Internal Use Only Sun StorEdge T3+ Array Event Grid The Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment Event Grid enables you to sort Sun StorEdge T3+ array events by component, category , or event type. The Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment GUI displays an event grid that desc[...]

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    110 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 The following table lists all of the events for the Sun StorEdge T3+ array . Category Component EventT ype Sev Action Description Information t3 power .temp Alarm+ The state of power .u1pcu1.PowT e mp on diag213 (ip=xxx.20.67.213) is Normal t3 disk.port Alarm- Red Y [ Info/[...]

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    Chapter 8 T roubleshooting the Sun StorEdge T3+ Arra y Devices 111 For Internal Use Only t3 power . battery Alarm- Red Y [ Info/ Action ] The state of power .u1pcu1.BatStat e on diag213 (ip=xxx.20.67.213) is Fault Possible causes are: 1. V oltage level on power supply and battery have moved out of acceptable thresholds. 2. The internal PCU temp has[...]

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    112 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 t3 power . output Alarm- Red Y [ Info/ Action ] The state of power .u1pcu1.PowOu tput on diag213 (ip=xxx.20.67.21 3 ) is Fault Information: The state of the power in the Sun StorEdge T3+ array power cooling unit is not optimal. Recommended action: 1. T elnet to af fected Su[...]

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    Chapter 8 T roubleshooting the Sun StorEdge T3+ Arra y Devices 113 For Internal Use Only t3 enclosur e Alarm. time Discrepancy Y ello w [ Action ] T ime of T3 diag213 (ip=xxx.20.67.213) is differ ent from host: T3=Fri Oct 26 10:16:17 200, Host=2001-10-26 12:21:04 Recommended action: Fix the date and time on the Sun StorEdge T3+ array using the date[...]

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    114 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 t3 ib Comm_Lost Down Y [ Info/ Action ] Lost communication (InBandwith diag213 (ip=xxx.20.67.21 3) ( last reboot was 2001-09-27 15:22:00) Information: InBand. This event is established using luxadm . This monitoring may not be activated for a particular Sun StorEdge T3+ arr[...]

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    Chapter 8 T roubleshooting the Sun StorEdge T3+ Arra y Devices 115 For Internal Use Only t3 t3ofdg Diagnostic T est- Red t3ofdg (diag240) on diag213 ( ip= xxx. 20.67.213 ) failed t3 t3test Diagnostic T est- Red t3test ( diag240 )o n diag213 (ip= xxx. 20.67.213 ) failed t3 t3volverify Diagnostic T est- Red t3volverify ( diag240 ) on diag213 ( ip =xx[...]

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    116 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 t3 power Insert Component [ Info ] ’ power.u1pcu2’(TE CTROL-CAN.300- 1454- 01(50).008275 ) was added to T3 diag213 (ip=xxx.20.67.21 3 ) t3 enclosur e Location Change Location of t3 rasd2-t3b0 (ip=xxx.0.0.40 ) was changed t3 enclosur e QuiesceEnd Quiesce End on t3 d2-t3b[...]

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    Chapter 8 T roubleshooting the Sun StorEdge T3+ Arra y Devices 117 For Internal Use Only t3 disk Remove Component Red Y [ Info/ Action ] disk.u2d3(SEAGAT E.ST318203FSUN18 G.LRG07139 ) was removed fr om diag158 (ip=xxx. 20.67.158 ) Information: The Sun StorEdge T3+ array has reported a disk has been removed from the chassis. Recommended action: Repl[...]

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    118 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 t3 disk State Change+ disk.u1d5 in Sun StorEdge T3+ array rasd3-t3b1 (ip=xxx. 0.0.41 )i s now A vailable (status-state changed from fault- disabled to ready- enabled ) t3 interface. loopcard State Change+ [ Info ] loopcard.u1l1 ( SLR -MI.375-0085-01- G-G4.070924 )i n T3 msp[...]

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    Chapter 8 T roubleshooting the Sun StorEdge T3+ Arra y Devices 119 For Internal Use Only t3 contr oller State Change- Red Y [ Info/ Action ] controller.u1ctr in T3 diag213 (ip=xxx. 20.67.213 ) is now Not-A vailable (status-state changed from unknown to ready-disabled ) Information: The Sun StorEdge T3+ array controller has been disabled. Recommende[...]

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    120 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 t3 interface. loopcard StateChange- Red Y [ Info/ Action ] Information: The Sun StorEdge T3+ array has indicated that the loopcard is no longer in an optimal state. Recommended action: 1. T elnet to the affected Sun StorEdge T3+ array . 2. V erify loopcard state with fru st[...]

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    Chapter 8 T roubleshooting the Sun StorEdge T3+ Arra y Devices 121 For Internal Use Only t3 volume StateChange- Red Y [ Info/ Action ] Information: The Sun StorEdge T3+ array has reported that a power cooling unit has been disabled. Recommended action: 1. Check the Sun StorEdge T3+ array syslog for battery hold times. 2. If < 6 minutes, replace [...]

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    122 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 Replacing the Master Midplane Follow this procedur e when replacing the master midplane in a Sun StorEdge T3+ array . This procedure is detailed in the Storage Automated Diagnostic Environment User ’ s Guide . ▼ T o Replace the Master Midplane 1. Choose Maintenance --&g[...]

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    123 CHAPTER 9 T r oubleshooting Ethernet Hubs The Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 series uses an Ethernet hub as the backbone for the internal service network. The allocation of Ethernet ports are as follows: ■ 1—Storage Service Processor (per subsystem) ■ 1—for each Fibre Channel Switch ■ 1—for each V irtualization Engine ■ 2—for each S[...]

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    124 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002[...]

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    125 APPENDIX For Internal Use Only A V irtualization Engine Refer ences This Appendix contains the following T ables: ■ T able A-1 “SRN and SNMP Reference” ■ T able A-2 “ SRN/SNMP Single Point of Failure T able ” ■ T able A-3 “Port Communication” ■ T able A-4 “Service Codes” T ABLE A-1 provides an explanation of Service Requ[...]

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    126 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Troubleshooting Guide • March 2002 70005 W rite error is detected by master . If the initiator is master , then it has detected a write error on a member within a mirr or drive. If a spare drive is available, it will be brought in and used to r eplace the failed drive. If no spare is available, r eplace the f[...]

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    Appendix A Vir tualization Engine References 127 7009A Read degrade recorded . A mirr or drive was written to, causing it to enter the degrade state. Reinsert the missing drive, or replace it with a drive of equal or greater capacity . 7009B W rite degrade recorded . If a spare drive is available, it will be brought in and used to replace the faile[...]

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    128 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Troubleshooting Guide • March 2002 72005 Failed to check for SAN changes. 72006 Failed to read SAN event log. 72007 SLIC daemon connection is down. W ait for 1-5 minutes for backup daemon to come up. If it doesn’t, check the network connection for virtualization engine halt, or hardwar e failure. T ABLE A-2[...]

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    Appendix A Vir tualization Engine References 129 T ABLE A-4 provides service codes for the virtualization engine. T ABLE A-3 Port Communication P or t Port P or t Number Daemon Management Pr ograms 20000 Daemon Daemon 20001 Daemon virtualization engine 25000 virtualization engine virtualization engine 25001 T ABLE A-4 Service Codes Code Number Caus[...]

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    130 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Troubleshooting Guide • March 2002 54 Unauthorized cabling configuration. • Check cabling. 57 T oo many HBAs attempting to log in. • Check cabling. 60 Node mapping table cleared using SW2. • No action requir ed. 62 Improper SW2 setting. • Correct SW2 setting. • Cycle virtualization engine power . 12[...]

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    131 APPENDIX For Internal Use Only B SUNWsecfg Err or Messages The Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Reference Manual lists and defines the command utilities that configur e the various components of the Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 series storage systems. The information in this appendix expands on that information by providing r ecommendations for [...]

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    132 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Troubleshooting Guide • March 2002 . T ABLE B-1 V irtualization Engine SUNWsecfg Error Messages Message Description and Cause of Error Sug gested Action Common to virtualization engines Invalid virtualization engine pair name $vepair , or virtualization engine is unavailable. Confirm that the configuration lo[...]

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    Appendix B SUNWsecfg Error Messages 133 Common to virtualization engine 1. Device-side operating mode is not set properly . 2. Device-side UID reporting scheme is not set properly . 3. Host-side operating mode is not set properly . 4. Host-side LUN mapping mode is not set properly . 5. Host-side Command Queue Depth is not set properly . 6. Host-sid[...]

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    134 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Troubleshooting Guide • March 2002 createvezone Invalid WWN $wwn on $vepair initiator $init , or virtualization engine is unavailable. WWN that has already been specif ied has a SLIC zone and/or an HBA alias assigned. Note that for a WWN to be available for createvezone , the zone name in the map file ( showv[...]

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    Appendix B SUNWsecfg Error Messages 135 T ABLE B-2 Sun StorEdge Network FC Switch-8 and Switch-16 Switch SUNWsecfg Error Messages Message Description and Cause of Error Sug gested Action Common Switch Sun StorEdge system type enter ed, ${cab_type} , does not match system type discovered, ${boxtype }. Either call the command with the -f force option[...]

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    136 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Troubleshooting Guide • March 2002 setswitchflash Invalid flash f ile $flashfile . Check the number of ports on switch $switch . Y ou might be attempting to download a flash f ile for an 8-port switch to a 16- port switch. Check showswitch -s $switch and look for “number of ports.” Ensure that this matche[...]

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    Appendix B SUNWsecfg Error Messages 137 T ABLE B-3 Sun StorEdge T3+ Array SUNWsecfg Error Messages Message Description and Cause of Error Sug gested Action Common to Sun StorEdge T3+ array Present conf iguration does not match Reference conf igurations Check the present Sun StorEdge T3+ array configuration with showt3 -n <t3> command and veri[...]

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    138 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Troubleshooting Guide • March 2002 checkt3config Snapshot configuration f iles are not present. Unable to check conf iguration. Make sure that the snapshot f iles are saved and have read permissions in the /opt/SUNWsecfg/etc/t3name/ directory . If the snapshot files ar e not available, , create them by using [...]

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    Appendix B SUNWsecfg Error Messages 139 restoret3config Error while the block size compar e command is executing. The $BRICK_IP{$IPADD} command is aborted. The Sun StorEdge T3+ array block size parameter is differ ent from the snapshot file. The Sun StorEdge T3+ array may have been reconf igured. Run restoret3config . restoret3config $LUN conf igur[...]

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    140 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Troubleshooting Guide • March 2002 T ABLE B-4 Other SUNWsecfg Error Messages Message Description and Cause of Error Sug gested Action Common to all components If the Sun StorEdge 3900 or 6900 series has multiple (more than two) failur es (for example, both virtualization engines and two switches are down), th[...]

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    Appendix B SUNWsecfg Error Messages 141 setupswitch Exit V alues T ABLE 9-1 lists the setupswitch exit values. The associated messages ar e logged in the /var/adm/log/SEcfglog log file. T ABLE 9-1 setupswitch Exit V alues Severity Level Message T ype Message Meaning 0 INFO All switch settings are properly set. The switch setting matches the default[...]

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    142 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series Troubleshooting Guide • March 2002[...]

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    Index 14 3 Index A accessing documentation online, xv C checkswitch used to diagnose and troubleshooting switch, 62 comments sending documentation comments, x v configuration settings, 47 verification of, 4 7 D data host verification for Sun StorEdge 39x0 series, 4 2 for Sun StorEdge 69x0 series, 4 2 diagrams fibre channel link, 15, 16 documentat[...]

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    Index 144 Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 Series T roubleshooting Guide • March 2002 H health functions for Sun StorEdge 3900 and 6900 series, 2 host device names translating, 78 host devices troubleshooting, 53 host event grid, 53 host side troubleshooting, 18 I IO suspension of, 1 0, 13 isolation procedur es for A2/B2 link, 3 3 L link error example [...]

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    Index 145 For Internal Use Only notification events, 1 03 T1/T2 data path troubleshooting, 102 test examples command line, 1 9 qlctest(1M), 19 switchtest(1M), 20 thresholds used in PF A, 2 troubleshooting broad steps, 3 check status of Sun StorEdge T3+ array, 4 check status of the Sun StorEdge FC Network Switch-8 and Switch-16, 5 check status of t[...]

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