HP StorageWorks 2/32 SAN switch 2/32 version 4.0.2b release notes - Page 29

portCfgDelayFlogi Command, Description

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Fabric OS Commands Collecting login information....Done List of telnet sessions (4 found) Session No USER TTY IDLE FROM LOGIN@ 0 root ttyS0 5days - 8May02 1 root pts/0 23:41m 192.167.172.90 8May02 2 root pts/1 5days 192.167.172.90 8May02 3 admin pts/2 12.00s 192.167.132.56 5:19pm Enter Session Number to terminate (q to quit) q switch:admin> Note: The list of open sessions displayed with killtelnet includes the user's current session. Make sure you do not kill your own telnet session. portCfgDelayFlogi Command A new admin level command, portCfgDelayFlogi, has been added to this release. This command enables a user to configure a port, such that the FLOGI Accept for that port will not be sent out until all the routes are setup. Description Use this command to delay the FLOGI Accept for the port until routes are set up for the entire fabric. After a link disruption (caused by for example, hafailover), certain hosts do not query the Name Server before re-establishing communication with the targets. Those devices remember the port ID of the target with which they were communicating and transmit PLOGI to the targets soon after receiving the FLOGI Accept. Since the device bypasses the Name Server, it is possible that the routes for remote targets are not set up at that time. If the host does not receive a response to its PLOGI, the I/Os that were in progress before the link disruption does not resume. By using this command, the user can specify the ports that have this behavior so that the switch will not send an FLOGI Accept until all routes are setup. That way after the link disruption, I/Os will resume. The configuration is saved in the non-volatile memory and is persistent across switch reboot or power cycle. SAN switch 2/32 Version 4.0.2b Release Notes 29

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Fabric OS Commands
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SAN switch 2/32 Version 4.0.2b Release Notes
Collecting login information
....
Done
List of telnet sessions (4 found)
Session No
USER
TTY
IDLE
FROM
LOGIN@
0
root
ttyS0
5days
-
8May02
1
root
pts/0
23:41m
192.167.172.90
8May02
2
root
pts/1
5days
192.167.172.90
8May02
3
admin
pts/2
12.00s
192.167.132.56
5:19pm
Enter Session Number to terminate (q to quit) q
switch:admin>
Note:
The list of open sessions displayed with killtelnet includes the user's current
session. Make sure you do not kill your own telnet session.
portCfgDelayFlogi
Command
A new admin level command,
portCfgDelayFlogi
, has been added to this
release. This command enables a user to configure a port, such that the FLOGI
Accept for that port will not be sent out until all the routes are setup.
Description
Use this command to delay the FLOGI Accept for the port until routes are set up
for the entire fabric. After a link disruption (caused by for example,
hafailover
), certain hosts do not query the Name Server before
re-establishing communication with the targets. Those devices remember the port
ID of the target with which they were communicating and transmit PLOGI to the
targets soon after receiving the FLOGI Accept.
Since the device bypasses the Name Server, it is possible that the routes for remote
targets are not set up at that time. If the host does not receive a response to its
PLOGI, the I/Os that were in progress before the link disruption does not resume.
By using this command, the user can specify the ports that have this behavior so
that the switch will not send an FLOGI Accept until all routes are setup. That way
after the link disruption, I/Os will resume. The configuration is saved in the
non-volatile memory and is persistent across switch reboot or power cycle.