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November 17th, 2011 05:00
Command to get available fa port in VMAX
Hi,
Can you suggest me symcli command to get the available front end port from a VMAX system. So that these ports can be mapped with new device that I will be creating.
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Vipin VK
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November 17th, 2011 07:00
symcfg list -FA ALL -sid xxx
Vipin V.K
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November 17th, 2011 22:00
Hi Vipin,
Thank you for your reply.
The command that you have mentioned will list all the FA port available in the symmetrix array, so does it mean that we can pick any fa port from the list and can use the same in creating the device using command- symconfigure commit -sid 231 -cmd "create dev count=4 size=1100, emulation=FBA, config=2-Way-Mir, disk_group=3, mapping to dir XX:Y, starting lun = 0;" -v –nop. Does all fa port are active/available to be used, if no then please let me know the command that list active/available fa ports.
Jill_M
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November 18th, 2011 06:00
Hello,
The team is going to move this thread to the Support Forums Community where your question can be addressed.
Kind regards,
Jill
RFritz11
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November 18th, 2011 07:00
Hello,
We've moved this thread to the Symmetrix Support Forums Community where your question can be addressed.
Kind regards,
Bob.
dynamox
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November 19th, 2011 06:00
you select FAs based on how you have your zoning setup, device limit on FA, performance.
jvtv
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November 29th, 2011 09:00
You could use this commando to list all FA ports in the symm with all mapped devices and their lun id's. It's a big list, but there you should see those ports with less/no devs mapped to them.
symcfg -sid xxxx -fa all list -address
I'm sure it's not the best way to do it, but sure is very fast.
Scott_Dugan
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December 1st, 2011 16:00
Sorry disregard the second part of my post.
In VMAX you should be using your storage, Port, Initiator & views to map, mask and present your storage. Lucky it's friday.
Scott_Dugan
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December 1st, 2011 16:00
You can use this command to list what HBA's are logged in to the FA ports. here is a dump from my test lab.
C:\>symmask -sid 770 list logins
Symmetrix ID : 000190300770
Director Identification : FA-1C
Director Port : 0
Once you have found your HBA of your host. You can use this command to find the next available LUN number.
C:\>symcfg -sid 770 list -available -address -dir 1c -p 0
Symmetrix ID: 000190300770
Director Device Name Attr Address
---------------------- ----------------------------- ---- --------------
Ident Symbolic Port Sym Physical VBUS TID LUN
------ -------- ---- ---- ----------------------- ---- --- ---
FA-1C 01C 0 0020 Not Visible VCM 0 00 000
0195 Not Visible 0 00 001
019A Not Visible 0 00 002
01A8 Not Visible 0 00 003
01A9 Not Visible 0 00 004
01C1 Not Visible 0 00 005
01C3 Not Visible 0 00 006
01C4 Not Visible 0 00 007
01CD Not Visible 0 00 008
01C9 Not Visible 0 00 009
01CA Not Visible 0 00 00A
01CC Not Visible 0 00 00B
01D0 Not Visible 0 00 00C
01D2 Not Visible 0 00 00D
01D3 Not Visible 0 00 00E
01C5 Not Visible 0 00 00F
- AVAILABLE 0 00 010 *
00E9 Not Visible 0 00 061
- AVAILABLE 0 00 062 *
01C7 Not Visible 0 00 080
- AVAILABLE 0 00 081 *
018E Not Visible 0 00 091
- AVAILABLE 0 00 092 *
019B Not Visible 0 00 096
- AVAILABLE 0 00 097 *
01C0 Not Visible 0 00 099
01AE Not Visible 0 00 09A
- AVAILABLE 0 00 09B *
01B4 Not Visible 0 00 09C
- AVAILABLE 0 00 09D *
017B Not Visible 0 00 23D
- AVAILABLE 0 00 23E *
Total ----
Mapped Devices: 24
Including Metamembers: 24
Available Addresses: 4072 (s)
Legend for Available address:
(*): The VBUS, TID, LUN address values represent a gap in the
address assignments or are the next available address in
the run
(s): The Available Addresses for a director are shared among
its ports (shared)
then just mapp it and mask it.