Compaq Parallel Database Cluster Model PDC/O2000 for Oracle8i and Windows 2000 Administrator Guide

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Table 2-3
I/O Path Failure and Failover Scenarios in Redundant Fibre Channel Fabrics for
Active/Standby Configurations With One RA4000/RA4100 Array
continued
Description of Failure Failover Response
The Fibre Channel SAN Switch
connected to the standby array
controller fails.
None
The Fibre Channel cable
connection between a Fibre Host
Adapter and the Fibre Channel
SAN Switch connected to the
active array controller is broken.
Secure Path forces a complete failover to the standby I/O path
components, including the standby Fibre Host Adapter in each
node, the other Fibre Channel SAN Switch, the standby array
controller in the RA4000/RA4100 Array, and Fibre Channel cables.
The Fibre Channel cable
connection between a Fibre Host
Adapter and the Fibre Channel
SAN Switch connected to the
standby array controller is broken.
None
A Fibre Host Adapter connected to
the Fibre Channel SAN Switch that
connects to the active array
controller fails.
Secure Path forces a complete failover to the standby I/O path
components, including the standby Fibre Host Adapter in each
node, the other Fibre Channel SAN Switch, the standby array
controller in the RA4000/RA4100 Array, and Fibre Channel cables.
A Fibre Host Adapter connected to
the Fibre Channel SAN Switch that
connects to the standby array
controller fails.
None