topic FC-VI Active-Passive in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/FC-VI-Active-Passive/m-p/76550#M17873 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello, </P><P>a have got some questions about the function of FC-VI Cards.</P><P></P><P>a.) These Cards have 2 Ports. Is it true, that these ports are working in an active/passive mode? </P><P>b.) If yes. If the connection between the primary path fails, what happend? (Soft reset on FCVI Card, non-distruptive switch on the other port, ???)</P><P></P><P></P><P>Background to my questions:</P><P>I had some strange behaviour on one fabric-attached metro cluster when we had some troubles with the ISLs of one fabric.</P><P></P><P></P><P>regards</P><P>Markus</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:41:42 GMT mr 2025-06-05T06:41:42Z FC-VI Active-Passive https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/FC-VI-Active-Passive/m-p/76550#M17873 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello, </P><P>a have got some questions about the function of FC-VI Cards.</P><P></P><P>a.) These Cards have 2 Ports. Is it true, that these ports are working in an active/passive mode? </P><P>b.) If yes. If the connection between the primary path fails, what happend? (Soft reset on FCVI Card, non-distruptive switch on the other port, ???)</P><P></P><P></P><P>Background to my questions:</P><P>I had some strange behaviour on one fabric-attached metro cluster when we had some troubles with the ISLs of one fabric.</P><P></P><P></P><P>regards</P><P>Markus</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:41:42 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/FC-VI-Active-Passive/m-p/76550#M17873 mr 2025-06-05T06:41:42Z Re: FC-VI Active-Passive https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/FC-VI-Active-Passive/m-p/76556#M17877 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes, this cards are active-passive. If the active port goes down, the standby becomes active. No resets are needed.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:47:36 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/FC-VI-Active-Passive/m-p/76556#M17877 mr 2011-12-08T09:47:36Z