How To Determine If a Fibre Channel (FC) HBA Port Is Configured as an Initiator or Target on a Solaris Server
(Doc ID 1624213.1)
Last updated on OCTOBER 05, 2022
Applies to:
SPARC T4-4 - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]Sun Storage FC HBA - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Qlogic FC HBA - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Emulex FC HBA - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Goal
Fibre Channel (FC) initiator is the endpoint that initiates a session and that sends commands. Fibre Channel (FC) target is the endpoint that does not initiate sessions, but instead waits for initiators' commands and provides required input/output data transfers. The target usually provides to the initiators one or more LUNs, because otherwise no read or write command would be possible.
Most FC HBA cards are found in servers and are usually configured as a Fibre Channel (FC) initiator then connected to some type of storage via a controller (not a FC HBA) card in the storage device. But in certain uncommon situations FC HBA cards in servers can be configured as a Fibre Channel (FC) target as well.
FC HBA cards are sometimes also used in storage devices (ie. disk/nas arrays or tape libraries) instead of storage controllers cards and can be configured as either FC Initiator or Target.
Solution
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