Qlogic fibre channel switches are about the most common I see in Xsan environments. A common frustration when managing a Qlogic switch is that the Java runtime used to manage the switch is blocked from most OS X systems by default. But it’s pretty easy to get into them with a couple of minor adjustments. To get started, first download and install the latest Java from here. Once installed, open System Preferences on your Mac and then open the Java Preferences. Here, click on the Security tab. Click Edit Site List… In the pop-up, click Add and enter http:// followed by the name or IP address of your switch. Click…
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Resolve Error 1006.0005 For Qlogic Switches
Error 1006.0005 can appear on a Qlogic fibre channel switch when using ACL zones. If you don’t need ACL zones, then the easiest thing to do here is to swap the offending zone back to a soft zone. To do so, open the Qlogic Switch and use the Edit menu to select “Edit Zoning …” From the zone editor, right-click on the zone to change and click on Set Zone Type. From the Set Zone Type pop-up, click on the option for Soft. Save the zoning and provided that you can actually use soft zones you are done. Now, what if you can’t use soft zoning? In that case, I…
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Rorke Aurora Galaxy and Xsan
With Apple bundling Xsan into Lion and opening up more storage options than before, it seems like time to start exploring alternatives to Promise Vtrak’s for Xsan storage. ActiveStorage makes a very nice RAID chassis and should be shipping metadata controller appliances soon. I’ve discussed both here before and they make for very nice kit. But in order to have an ‘ecosystem’ you really need a little biodiversity. And the Xsan environment needs to become more of an ecosystem and less of a vendor lock-in situation. So another option that I’d like to discuss is the Rork Aurora Galaxy. These little firecrackers have a lot of potential upside: 4 8Gbps…
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The Qlogic Command Line
For many environments, a Qlogic switch can be as simple as plugging it into the wall to get working. The web interface is a great tool and appropriate for many a configuration, but the interactive shell environment on the switches gives a few more options. Let’s first get logged into the switch. The switch will have an IP address, so telnet into that address (I’ll use the my IP rather than the default IP of 10.0.0.1 that the switches ship with): telnet 192.168.210.87 Once you provide a password you’ll be placed into an Interactive Command Line Interface SHell environment, which Qlogic calls CLISH. Establishing connection… Please wait. ***************************************************** *…
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Xsan: Reset Qlogic Password
Lost the password for your Qlogic? You can TFTP a new firmware file into a 5xxx switch and then do a factory reset while it’s in maintenance mode (follow the instruction exactly as they are in the latest version of the manual for your switch). Or if you have a serial adapter you can break the boot sequence by using the space bar during boot. At the prompt use: factory 1 If you factory reset it then the default IP address will be 10.0.0.1 again and the default password will be back to password. If you have the password and just want to reset it back to factory defaults then you…
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Xsan: Qlogic Licensing
In order to stack Qlogic switches all 20 ports must be active. Not all ports are active on all switches. Good to know… THIS POSTING IS OUT OF DATE