topic Re: FC port conversion to CNA not showing up online in Ask The Experts

FC port conversion to CNA not showing up online

NAYABSK — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 17:40:37 GMT

Hi All,

I have converted a qlogic cna 8324 (8362) from FC to CNA but i see the port status showing ofline.

May i know what is the configuration needs to be done on the switch side ? To support the CNA type.

Ontap :- 8.2.57Mode

FAS8040

Thanks in advance.

Re: FC port conversion to CNA not showing up online

mjdalton1 — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 19:43:32 GMT

I think you want

ifconfig e0g up

ifconfig e0h up

May want to confirm SFP is 10GbE as well.

Re: FC port conversion to CNA not showing up online

Pat_Parent — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 23:34:25 GMT

Have you rebooted ?, the change is in effect after rebooting the node.

Re: FC port conversion to CNA not showing up online

Pat_Parent — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 23:37:32 GMT

confirm that you have the good SFP+, there is a difference between FC and ETH...

Re: FC port conversion to CNA not showing up online

NAYABSK — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 02:52:32 GMT

Rebooted already and the port type changed from FC to CNA.

Re: FC port conversion to CNA not showing up online

NAYABSK — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 02:56:30 GMT

SFP on the Netapp side showing it supports 4,8 and 16GB speeds (Last screenshot in my post) . Whereas my switch side is a 10Gb SFP If this is the case i cannot use it because the switch end SFP is 10G ?

Re: FC port conversion to CNA not showing up online

Pat_Parent — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 04:28:44 GMT

Hello NAYABSK,

When you use a CNA, you are working with Ethernet speed (10GBPS). The speed on the SFP of 4-8-16 GBPS is FC speed. So my guess is that you have the wrong sfp in there.... Do you want to do FCoE with your Setup ?

Re: FC port conversion to CNA not showing up online

NAYABSK — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 14:25:42 GMT

Yes, I Want a FCOE.

Re: FC port conversion to CNA not showing up online

paul_stejskal — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 14:55:03 GMT

Yes you need to use an approved SFP. If that's not a 10Gb SFP it won't work.

Re: FC port conversion to CNA not showing up online

mjdalton1 — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:03:17 GMT

These are the SFP+ you want.

X6589-R6
332-00279R6,
AFBR-703SDZ-NA1,
AFBR-703SMZ-NA1,
AFBR-703SMZ-NA2,
AFBR-709SMZ-NA1,
AFBR-709SMZ-NA2,
FTLX8571D3BCL-(NQ),
FTLX8574D3BCL-N1

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SFP+
LC
XCVR,SFP+,Opt,10GbE,Shortwave

ETH: 10/40 Gbps

5.5, 7.3.5, 8.0.1, 8.1, 8.2RC1, 8.3RC1, 9, 9.0RC1, 9.1RC1, 9.2RC1, 9.3RC1, 9.4RC1, 9.5RC1, 9.6RC1, 11.3

Re: FC port conversion to CNA not showing up online

Pat_Parent — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:38:38 GMT

So you need the ethernet SFP+ (10 Gbps) because fcoe is encapsulating the fc frames inside ethernet frames. Be sure to adjust the MTU .,..

Re: FC port conversion to CNA not showing up online

Pat_Parent — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 17:57:24 GMT

Sorry for the delay, were you able to get the fcoe going ?