Chapter 6 Storage Networking
Configuring Data Path Failover
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check that the non-enabled port still works, or to switch back to using
Port 1 once the issue that originally caused it to fail over is fixed.
You can only force a failover on one tape drive at a time. Both Fibre
Channel ports must be connected to a host or switch.
You can only force a failover from the Web client.
To force a data path failover:
1 From the
Tools menu, click Drive Operations.
The
Tools - Drive Operations screen displays (see Figure 23).
Figure 23 Forcing Data Path
Failover
2 Select Force Data Path Failover and click Next.
The
Force Data Path Failover page displays (see Figure 24). All of the
tape drives that have data path failover enabled are listed. The port
currently being used as the data path is listed in the
Active Port
column. The
Active Port column will state “No Link” if neither port is
connected.