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Missing target and paths

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?

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hyvokar
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rebooting the host solved the problem

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rebooting the host solved the problem

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