From: pSeries AIX Geek (aixgeek@YAHOO.COM)
Date: Mon Nov 11 2002 - 22:12:51 EST
Just to close the loop (no pun intended) ...
I was pretty convinced that it was a cable problem,
and when the IBM CE changed out the cables, the WWNs
showed up in the switch automatically, as connected.
I guess it's a lesson to trust one's instincts...
- pAG
--- "Green, Simon" <SGreen@KRAFTEUROPE.COM> wrote:
> I've had a similar problem with a Compaq switch,
> (it's Brocade inside like
> most switches), which was due to previously defined
> zoning, (we'd used the
> switch at another site before I got my hands on it).
> I had to delete all of
> that, (through telnet and command line) before I
> could see everything.
>
> I seem to recall that after connecting to the
> switch, I re-started
> everything attached to it: the server and a tape
> library.
>
> Simon Green
> Philip Morris ITSC Europe
>
> AIX-L Archive at
> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=aix-l&r=1&w=2
> AIX FAQ at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/aix-faq/
>
> N.B. Unsolicited email from vendors will seldom be
> appreciated.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pSeries AIX Geek [mailto:aixgeek@YAHOO.COM]
> > Sent: 07 November 2002 20:04
> > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> > Subject: Maybe OT - a Brocade question
> >
> >
> > Have a Brocade switch (Silkworm 12000). Attaching
> an
> > S80 that has three fiber cards (6228s).
> >
> > When I go into the WWN Zoning menus on the switch
> (to
> > start creating an alias), only the WWN for fcs0
> > appears automatically. I'm kind of used to just
> > plugging in the switches and at least seeing that
> the
> > WWN has been recognized on the switch (then I can
> set
> > up my aliases, zones, etc.).
> >
> > Any reason why the other two won't show up? My
> gut
> > reaction is that this a cable problem. But, we're
> > getting all the lights lit on both ends, as I
> would
> > expect.
> >
> > Again, this is just at the switch level -- AIX
> seems
> > to be OK (no error report entries, all the 2105
> device
> > drivers are installed for the eventual Shark
> > attachment, etc.).
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