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Solaris 11.1 MPxIO: Netapp Storage Controller Failure but ZFS Pool Has Failed Hours Later When Ports Reappeared in Fabric (Doc ID 1586715.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 04, 2022

Applies to:

SPARC T4-1 - Version All Versions and later
Solaris Operating System - Version 11 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

This is a Solaris 11.1 SRU 4.5 T4-1 SPARC server t4server1 with Oracle Emulex FC HBA Dual port,
both ports connected to a SAN to access a Netapp storage array:


c9 = emlxs1 (fp3) -> /devices/pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@8/SUNW,emlxs@0,1/fp@0,0:devctl
c8 = emlxs0 (fp2) -> /devices/pci@400/pci@2/pci@0/pci@8/SUNW,emlxs@0/fp@0,0:devctl


There are several LUNs mapped from the storage to this server under mpxio control , ie:



This LUN is ssd10 :
"/scsi_vhci/ssd@g60a9800037537478742443536131576f" 10 "ssd"

At this point customer initiated manually a Solaris crash dump to collect information.

Changes

Netapp storage controller failure and controller fixed reappear into the fabric.

Cause

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Cause
Solution
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