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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Troubleshooting Guide, Release 3.x
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Chapter 11 Troubleshooting VSANs, Domains, and FSPF
VSAN Issues
• show fcdomain
• show fspf
• show fspf internal route vsan vsan-id
• show fcns database vsan vsan-id
Use the following zone CLI commands to validate your configuration:
• show zoneset name zoneset-name vsan vsan-id
• show zoneset active vsan vsan-id
Note 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
Note For more information on zoning issues, see Chapter 14, “Troubleshooting Zones and Zone Sets.”
VSAN Issues
This section includes the following topics:
• 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
Communication problems between a host and storage devices can be caused by port, VSAN, or zone
issues.
Symptom Host cannot communicate with storage.
Table 11-1 Host Cannot Communicate with Storage
Symptom Possible Cause Solution
Host cannot
communicate with
storage.
Host and storage are not in the same
VSAN.
Verify the VSAN membership. See the “Verifying VSAN
Membership Using Fabric Manager” section on page 11-4
or the “Verifying VSAN Membership Using the CLI”
section on page 11-4.
xE port connecting to the remote switch
is isolated.
See the “E Port Is Isolated in a VSAN” section on
page 11-5.
Host and storage are not in the same
zone.
See the “Zone and Zone Set Issues” section on page 14-4.
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