Fibre Channel is OFFLINE

From: Brian Lucas (BLucas_at_accela.com)
Date: 08/25/04

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    Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 08:52:09 -0600
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    Gurus,

    For two days in a row, one loop connected to my A5200 from an E4500 has been
    going offline. /var/adm/messages shows the output listed below. Yesterday,
    rebooted the A5200 and the loop came online again. I resynched the disks
    and went on to my other projects. However, as the log shows, the loop went
    offline again leading me to wonder what is failing. I have looked around
    and in the archives and found others who posted similar problems but only a
    few summaries where others suggested replacing the fibre cables and making
    sure firmware patches are current. My question: if the fibre cables needed
    replacing, would one bad fibre cable cause the entire loop to offline such
    that both GBICs show as disconnected? This makes sense in the idea of a
    "loop" but I wanted to get some input from the more experienced. I don't
    think a firmware patch would be the case because the system hasn't had any
    problems previous to yesterday. Additionally, is there a way of knowing
    which fibre cable to replace? Thanks in advance!

    Aug 25 04:15:55 ORASTAND scsi: [ID 243001 kern.info]
    /sbus@6,0/SUNW,socal@d,10000/sf@0,0 (sf2):
    Aug 25 04:15:55 ORASTAND sf:Target driver initiated lip
    Aug 25 04:15:55 ORASTAND scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]
    /sbus@6,0/SUNW,socal@d,10000/sf@0,0 (sf2):
    Aug 25 04:15:55 ORASTAND Forcing lip
    Aug 25 04:15:55 ORASTAND socal: [ID 403145 kern.info]
    ID[SUNWssa.socal.link.5010] socal1: port 0: Fibre Channel is OFFLINE
    Aug 25 04:15:55 ORASTAND scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
    /sbus@6,0/SUNW,socal@d,10000/sf@0,0/ssd@w22000020375b1bbb,0(ssd25):
    Aug 25 04:15:55 ORASTAND SCSI transport failed: reason 'timeout':
    retrying command
    Aug 25 04:15:55 ORASTAND socal: [ID 403145 kern.info]
    ID[SUNWssa.socal.link.6010] socal1: port 0: Fibre Channel Loop is ONLINE
    Aug 25 04:15:55 ORASTAND scsi: [ID 243001 kern.info]
    /sbus@6,0/SUNW,socal@d,10000/sf@0,0 (sf2):
    Aug 25 04:15:55 ORASTAND target 0x8 al_pa 0xd9 lun 0 offlined
    Aug 25 04:15:55 ORASTAND scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
    /sbus@6,0/SUNW,socal@d,10000/sf@0,0/ssd@w22000020375b1bbb,0(ssd25):
    Aug 25 04:15:55 ORASTAND SCSI transport failed: reason 'reset':
    retrying command
    Aug 25 04:16:42 ORASTAND scsi: [ID 243001 kern.warning] WARNING:
    /sbus@6,0/SUNW,socal@d,10000/sf@1,0 (sf3):
    Aug 25 04:16:42 ORASTAND Offline Timeout

    Brian Lucas, MCSE, OCP

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