Connecting P9500 Disk Array - HP StorageWorks XP24000 User Manual

Table 42 Path Status and Examples of the Recovery Procedure (Thunder 9500V) (continued)
Path Status
Illegal request or
Response error
Cannot detect port

Connecting P9500 Disk Array

When you connect a P9500 Disk Array as the external subsystem, the local XP24000 Disk Array
microcode version must be 50-09-98-00/01 or higher. If the local XP24000 Disk Array microcode
version is less than 50-09-98-00/01, you cannot connect a P9500 Disk Array as the external
subsystem.
When you connect an P9500 Disk Array as the external subsystem, you need to set the port to the
host group for the Windows hosts (host mode 0C: Windows, host mode 2C: Windows Extension).
Also, the port attribute must be the target port or the RCU target port.
Path Status and Examples of Recovery Procedure (For P9500 Disk Array)
Table 43 (page 136)
normal. When the path status is not normal, see the Troubleshooting section) and this table to
recover the path status. If you cannot restore the path, please contact HP Support.
Table 43 Path Status and Examples of Recovery Procedure (For P9500 Disk Array)
Path Status
External device setting changed
Illegal request
136 Connecting External Storage Systems
Examples of the Recovery Procedure
The access attribute of the volume may have been changed by Data Retention
Utility. Check the access attribute of the volume. If the volume is protected by
the access attribute, release the protection.
The volume may have been set as a pair volume for data copy. Check if the
volume is set as a pair volume of XP Business Copy, XP Continuous Access, or
other copy program. If the volume is set as a pair volume, the volume may be
protected because of the pair status. When the volume is protected, change
the pair status or delete the pair.
The access attribute of the volume may have been changed by Data Retention
Utility. Check the access attribute of the volume. If the volume is protected by
the access attribute, release the protection.
There is a problem with the connection to the external storage system. The
possible causes are:
The fiber cable is not physically connected in the proper way.
The setting of the topology does not match between the external port and
the target port.
If the external storage system is connected through switches, the settings for
the switches may not be appropriate.
Make sure that the fiber cable is connected properly, and then set the Fibre
Channel port properly using LUN Manager.
The host group security may have been enabled by LUN Manager. Check if
the host group security is enabled or not. If the host group security is enabled,
disable the host group security.
shows the examples of the recovery procedure when the path status is not
Examples of Recovery Procedure
Settings of the LU paths may have been changed by LUN
Manager. Check the settings of the LU paths. If the settings
of the LU paths have been changed, change the settings
back to the ones when the volume is mapped. Or use XP
External Storage Software to perform the Delete Volume
operation and perform the Add Volume operation again.
The access attribute of the volume may have been changed
by Data Retention Utility. Check the access attribute of the
volume. If the volume is protected by the access attribute,
release the protection.
The volume may have been set as a pair volume for data
copy. Check if the volume is set as a pair volume of XP
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