[Info-vax] Error using fibre channel target on FreeBSD from OpenVMS

[dthi...@gmail.com]

You may also have a zoning visibility problem or a host behavior definition problem.

Make sure that both the FC switch and the FreeBSD UDID source allows read/write access from the WWIDs of the Integrity systems, and that they are all in the same zone (or no zone is set).

I've never tried to use a non-Enterprise SAN Array (I'm using an EMC VNX5500 now and have used HP MSAs before) from OpenVMS, but I know that some SAN Arrays (specifically Infortrend) will not connect, due to the fact that they don't support the UDID correctly. I do know that OpenVMS requires specific SCSI-3 commands to be supported by the SAN Array, in addition to the UDID. For both the EMC VNX5500 and the MSA units, you have to tell the SAN Array that the OpenVMS host WWIDs are specifically OpenVMS or TRU64 ("profile"), which enables certain behavior patterns, or else the systems won't connect properly, as the LUNs assume the (non-OpenVMS-compliant) Windows/VMware/Linux behavior by default.

I've used the QLogic SANBox 5802V to connect VMware and Windows server systems to SAN Arrays, but have never tried to connect an OpenVMS system through a SANbox. I still have a pair of SANboxes, so I might give it a shot in the next week or so.

David