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Sun StorEdge[TM] SAN: luxadm -e port reports "Error: AL_PA is not a valid private loop address" (Doc ID 1012208.1)

Last updated on JUNE 06, 2019

Applies to:

Sun Storage SAN Foundation Software - Version 4.0 and later
All Platforms

Symptoms

 

This Storage Area Network (SAN) had been working and suddenly lost access to some Fibre devices.  Further investigation indicated they were all on the same HBA . Running leadville commands we found :
# luxadm -e port
Found path to 4 HBA ports
/devices/ssm@0,0/pci@18,600000/SUNW,qlc@1/fp@0,0:devctl            CONNECTED
Error: AL_PA is not a valid private loop address. -
/devices/ssm@0,0/pci@19,600000/SUNW,qlc@1/fp@0,0:devctl.
/devices/ssm@0,0/pci@1c,600000/SUNW,qlc@1/fp@0,0:devctl            CONNECTED
/devices/ssm@0,0/pci@1d,600000/SUNW,qlc@1/fp@0,0:devctl            CONNECTED
# cfgadm -al | grep c6
c6                             fc           connected    configured unknown
c6::500060e8027d8610           unknown      connected    configured unusable
c6::500060e8027d8611           unknown      connected    configured unusable
c6::500060e8027d8612           unknown      connected    configured unusable
c6::500060e8027d8613           unknown      connected    configured unusable
c6::500104f0005ea396           unknown      connected    configured failing
c6::500104f0005ea399           unknown      connected    configured failing
c6::500104f0005ea39c           unknown      connected    configured failing
c6::500104f0005ea39f           unknown      connected    configured failing
c6::500104f0005ea3a2           unknown      connected    configured failing
c6::500104f0005ea3a5           unknown      connected    configured failing
c6::500104f0005ea3a8           unknown      connected    configured failing

Cause

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