[Info-vax] new VMS setup

[pcoviello at gmail.com]

On Saturday, May 1, 2021 at 12:50:12 AM UTC-4, Mark Berryman wrote:
> On 4/30/21 3:07 PM, pcov... at gmail.com wrote: 
> > we received a new BL870c with cisco 9148s switches and an 8440 3par. I've connected fibre cables as of right now between the switch and a current 2660 and the 3par, but no luck seeing the disks I have presented to the 2660. 
> > 
> > i configured the switch with the following is there a step after this? 
> > none of the lights on the switch turned green. 
> > 
> > also on the blade I am unable to access the virtual connection window due to flash no longer supported on my windows box, 
> > 
> > any thoughts 
> > 
> > thanks 
> > Paul 
> > 
> > 
> > NHSANSW1(config)# show zone 
> > zone name facs vsan 1 
> > pwwn 50:01:43:80:01:69:74:84 2660 
> > fwwn 20:0c:8c:60:4f:ef:a1:c0 switch 
> > pwwn 20:01:00:02:ac:01:a6:e1 3par 
> > fwwn 20:05:8c:60:4f:ef:a1:c0 switch 
> > pwwn 21:01:00:02:ac:01:a6:e1 3par 
> > fwwn 20:06:8c:60:4f:ef:a1:c0 switch 
> > pwwn 22:01:00:02:ac:01:a6:e1 3par 
> > fwwn 20:07:8c:60:4f:ef:a1:c0 switch 
> > pwwn 23:01:00:02:ac:01:a6:e1 3par 
> > fwwn 20:08:8c:60:4f:ef:a1:c0 switch 
> >
> You shouldn't need the fwwn entries. 
> 
> Did you create a zoneset containing the zone? 
> Did you set the zoneset active? 
> Have you put license acquire statements on the ports in use and turned 
> them up? 
> It sounds like you have multiple switches. Have you configured any 
> ports as expansion ports to connect the switches together? 
> 
> There are a lot of steps to configuring a SAN switch. You've only shown 
> a tiny piece here. 
> 
> Mark Berryman
this was everything I had done up to this point.  I was able to activate it and change operational state

yes 2 switches  nothing configured on the 2nd one.

license statements?



NHSANSW1(config-if)# show vsan
vsan 1 information
         name:VSAN0001  state:active
         interoperability mode:default
         loadbalancing:src-id/dst-id/oxid
         operational state:up