vSphere 4.1 + Cisco P81E + Nexus 5010: VSAN operational state:down

[Gianstefano Monni]

Hi,

we have a setup with a nexus 5010 and 2 ucs c200 m2 with p81E CNA.
We have configured the nexus with one vsan, 20, and two vfc. Every cna is bound to his own vfc, and we can see the VFC up, but the vsan operational state is down...

attached the relevant part of configuration

here's the output
# sh int brie

(...)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Interface  Vsan   Admin  Admin   Status          SFP    Oper  Oper   Port

                  Mode   Trunk                          Mode  Speed  Channel

                         Mode                                 (Gbps)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

vfc32      20     F      on      trunking         --     TF      auto --

vfc33      20     F      on      trunking         --     TF      auto --

nexus1# sh vsan 20

vsan 20 information

         name:VSAN0020  state:active

         interoperability mode:default

         loadbalancing:src-id/dst-id/oxid

         operational state:down

nexus1# sh vsan membership

vsan 1 interfaces:

vsan 20 interfaces:

    vfc32             vfc33

vsan 4079(evfp_isolated_vsan) interfaces:

vsan 4094(isolated_vsan) interfaces:

[Gianstefano Monni]

The problem was linked to the fact that in CIMC we MUST set the fcoe vlan in P81E fc0 and fc1.

[bruno.fernandes]

Hi Gianstefano,

Where do you actually configured the fcoe VLAN in the CIMC ?

Is it the "default vlan " configuration in the HBA ?

Regards,

Bruno

[Gianstefano Monni]

connect via ssh

scope chassis

scope adapter 1

scope host-fc-if fc0

set vlan

commit

scope host-fc-if fc1

set vlan

commit

YOU MUST REBOOT the ucs before the change takes effect.

[Galen Zhang]

That's right. maily 2 parts to let systems know which vlan carry fcoe traffic

1) on N5K side, need

vlan

  fcoe vsan 20

2) on the CIMC's vHBA property

specify as the deault vlan

[bruno.fernandes]

Thank's,

It works now

Besr regards,

Bruno Fernandes

[Gianstefano Monni]

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[craigbruenderman]

I can't seem to scope to the VIC adapter at all on my C200 M1, even though it's definitely installed and actually functions just fine. White papers show that there should be a "Cisco VIC Adapters" tab in the CIMC, but it doesn't exist for me. I've run HUU and updated everything, but no joy.

Screenshots attached.

Any ideas?