Hi!
I recently installed esxi 6.0 on ibm x3550m4. The host was connected to ibm v3700 storage with a single sas cable (to controller a)
Yesteday I added a second cable from the second port to controller b.
In v3700 I assigned the newly appeared port to the esxi host.
So now I have two ports in v3700 assigned to esxi host (.....D73710 and .....D73711). The first shows as active, and the second port is inactive. # nodes logged in is 1 for both.
In vsphere client conf -> storage adapters I have LSI2308_2 and it has two devices (both LUNs from v3700), but only one target and two paths. I think I should have 2 targets and four paths?
running esxcli storage core path list gives me:
sas.500605b006d73710-sas.500507680305b09f-naa.60050763008086c28000000000000001
UID: sas.500605b006d73710-sas.500507680305b09f-naa.60050763008086c28000000000000001
Runtime Name: vmhba1:C0:T0:L0
Device: naa.60050763008086c28000000000000001
Device Display Name: IBM Serial Attached SCSI Disk (naa.60050763008086c28000000000000001)
Adapter: vmhba1
Channel: 0
Target: 0
LUN: 0
Plugin: NMP
State: active
Transport: sas
Adapter Identifier: sas.500605b006d73710
Target Identifier: sas.500507680305b09f
Adapter Transport Details: 500605b006d73710
Target Transport Details: 500507680305b09f
Maximum IO Size: 4194304
sas.500605b006d73710-sas.500507680305b09f-naa.60050763008086c28000000000000000
UID: sas.500605b006d73710-sas.500507680305b09f-naa.60050763008086c28000000000000000
Runtime Name: vmhba1:C0:T0:L1
Device: naa.60050763008086c28000000000000000
Device Display Name: IBM Serial Attached SCSI Disk (naa.60050763008086c28000000000000000)
Adapter: vmhba1
Channel: 0
Target: 0
LUN: 1
Plugin: NMP
State: active
Transport: sas
Adapter Identifier: sas.500605b006d73710
Target Identifier: sas.500507680305b09f
Adapter Transport Details: 500605b006d73710
Target Transport Details: 500507680305b09f
Maximum IO Size: 4194304
So it seems that I'm missing a second adapter (...........d73711). Any idea how to troubleshoot or fix this?
rebooting the host solved the problem
rebooting the host solved the problem