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Chapter 8 Virtual Host Bus Adapters (vHBAs) 139
6. Repeat the steps again.
Note vHBAs must be distinct when created on distinct chassis. For example, you
can not have VH1.SP1 on two different chassis that connect to one or more common
servers.
7. Verify the vHBA was created and its state is “up”:
The state is “up” when the FC port is connected to a reachable FC switch.
If the state is resourceUnavailable” there is no FC connection. This field also
displays “resourceUnavailable in cases when the server profile is not bound
to a physical host resource, or the host cannot communicate.
There are three-levels of oper-status on the Oracle Fabric Interconnect: card, port,
vhba.
The access-control zoning on the switch and LUN masking must be set up
properly in advance. Go to the switch and verify the WWNs have logged in
properly. Otherwise, you not see the appropriate devices via the vHBA in the CLI.
When set up properly, the prescan feature enables an unbound vHBA to display
the discovered targets and LUNs in the network environment. At this point, an
unbound vHBA can be bound to a server profile. See “Target Prescan and Rescan”
on page 146 for more information.
The Oracle Fabric Interconnect supports both port and soft zoning. In most cases,
port zoning is preferred, but which method of zoning you will use in your SAN is
matter of choice based on your knowledge of your SAN and how it is connected.
show -list vhba vhba1.myserver
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name vhba1.myserver
state up/up
fabric-state initialized
if 2/1
if-state
wwnn 50:01:39:71:00:02:D1:1E
wwpn 50:01:39:70:00:02:D1:1E
map
lun-mask
local-id 0
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1 record displayed