Figure 27. Example of the switchshow command
Confirming fibre-channel storage connectivity for OpenVMS
Perform the following steps to confirm the fibre-channel storage connectivity for the
OpenVMS host system.
1. Reset the host (nonclustered configurations) or each cluster member (clustered
2. Bring each host system to a halt condition at the console level.
3. If required by the host, type set mode diag at the Hewlett-Packard AlphaServer
4. Type wwidmgr-show adapter to confirm storage attachment.
Figure 28. Example of storage unit volumes on the AlphaServer console
snj2109f16h4:osl> switchshow
switchName:
snj2109f16h4
switchType:
9.1
switchState:
Online
switchRole:
Principal
switchDomain:
1
switchId:
fffc01
switchWwn:
10:00:00:60:69:50:0c:3e
switchBeacon:
OFF
port 0: id N1 Online
port 1: id N1 Online
port 2: id N1 Online
port 3: id N1 Online
port 4: id N2 No_Light
port 5: id N1 Online
port 6: id N1 Online
port 7: id N1 Online
port 8: id N2 No_Light
port 9: id N1 Online
port 10: id N1 Online
port 11: id N1 Online
port 12: id N2 No_Light
port 13: id N1 Online
port 14: id N1 Online
port 15: -- N2 No_Module
snj2109f16h4:osl>
configurations).
console to place the console in diagnostic mode.
Type wwidmgr -show wwid to display the information about the storage unit
volume at the console level. You can use this information to identify the volumes
that are attached to an AlphaServer. Figure 28 shows an example of information
about the storage unit volumes that you can see at the AlphaServer console.
P00>>>set mode diag
Console is in diagnostic mode
P00>>>wwidmgr -show wwid
[0] UDID:20 WWID:01000010:6005-0763-03ff-c0a4-0000-0000-0000-000f (ev:none)
[1] UDID:21 WWID:01000010:6005-0763-03ff-c0a4-0000-0000-0000-0001 (ev:none)
P00>>>
Chapter 5. Attaching to a Hewlett-Packard AlphaServer OpenVMS host
F-Port 50:05:07:63:00:c9:91:62
F-Port 10:00:00:00:c9:22:d2:08
F-Port 10:00:00:00:c9:22:6a:63
F-Port 50:00:1f:e1:00:00:2b:11
F-Port 10:00:00:00:c9:22:d4:69
F-Port 10:00:00:00:c9:22:67:38
L-Port 1 private, 3 phantom
F-Port 10:00:00:00:c9:22:69:bf
F-Port 10:00:00:00:c9:21:df:4b
F-Port 50:05:07:63:00:cf:8d:7e
F-Port 50:05:07:63:00:c7:91:1c
F-Port 50:05:07:63:00:cd:91:62
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