Vsan Issues; Host Cannot Communicate With Storage - Cisco 9134 - MDS Multilayer Fabric Switch Troubleshooting Manual

Chapter 11 Troubleshooting VSANs, Domains, and FSPF
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Use the following zone CLI commands to validate your configuration:
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VSAN Issues

This section includes the following topics:
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Host Cannot Communicate with Storage

Communication problems between a host and storage devices can be caused by port, VSAN, or zone
issues.
Symptom
Table 11-1 Host Cannot Communicate with Storage
Symptom Possible Cause
Host cannot Host and storage are not in the same
communicate with VSAN.
storage.
xE port connecting to the remote switch
is isolated.
Host and storage are not in the same
zone.
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show fcdomain
show fspf
show fspf internal route vsan vsan-id
show fcns database vsan vsan-id
show zoneset name zoneset-name vsan vsan-id
show zoneset active vsan vsan-id
An asterix (*) near the device listed by the show zoneset active command indicates that the
device is logged into the name server.
show zone vsan vsan-id
show zone status show vsan vsan-range
Host Cannot Communicate with Storage, page 11-3
E Port Is Isolated in a VSAN, page 11-5
Troubleshooting Interop Mode Issues, page 11-9
Host cannot communicate with storage.
Chapter 14, "Troubleshooting Zones and Zone Sets."
Solution
Verify the VSAN membership. See the
Membership Using Fabric Manager" section on page 11-4
or the "Verifying VSAN Membership Using the CLI"
section on page 11-4.
See the "E Port Is Isolated in a VSAN" section on
page 11-5.
See the "Zone and Zone Set Issues" section on page
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide, Release 3.x
VSAN Issues
"Verifying VSAN
14-4.
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