Symptoms
Impact: F-port in persistentdisable state and unable to change to enable stateEnvironment: DELL PowerEdge M1000eBrocade M6505 in Access Gateway mode Issue: F-port stuck in persistent disable state.After reboot of the Access Gateway, port changed to persistent disable state. Example:
switchshow :switchName: switchnameswitchType: 130.0switchState: Online switchMode: Access Gateway ModeswitchWwn: 10:00:00:00:00:00:00:00switchBeacon: OFFIndex Port Address Media Speed State Proto================================================== 6 6 010600 cu N16 In_Sync FC Disabled (Persistent) 7 7 010700 cu N16 Online FC F-Port 8 8 010800 cu N16 In_Sync FC Disabled (Persistent)
Error after trying to change to persistentenabling of the port:
switchname:admin> portcfgpersistentenable 8Port 8: portcfgpersistentenable failed. Configuration is not capable(8).
Cause
Port stuck in persistentdisable configuration.
Resolution
Procedure:
Collect the ag --mapshow output to see where the f-ports are mapped to which N-port.Set the port back to factory default with the command .
Example: portCfgDefault 8
Check the port status with the command switchshow if the port is out of persistentdisable state.
Example: After portcfgdefault command, status changed to: In_Sync FC Disabled (No mapping for F-Port)
Enable the port with the command: portenable (port no).Map the port back to original N-port with command: ag –mapadd (n-port) (f-port).
Example: ag --mapadd 20 "8"
Check if the port is mapped to the N-port with the command: ag --mapshow.Check the port status with the command: switchshow. Expect the port to be online.
Example: Online FC F-Port
