Enable Prescan for an Unbound VHBA

1. Create an unbound server profile, where the state is unassigned.

   add server-profile III
   show server-profile III
   -------------------------------------------------------------
   name        III
   state       up/unassigned
   ...

2. Create a vHBA under this unbound server.

   add vhba vhbaiii.III 4/1

   At this point, the show vhba vhba-name.server-profile command reports the state as resourceUnavailable, which is expected. The vHBA is not bound to a server.

3. Set this vHBA to the prescan state, which propagates target discovery to the FC I/O module (sanFc2Port4GbLrCard) on the Oracle Fabric Interconnect.

   set vhba vhbaiii.III prescan

4. Display the discovered targets and LUNs in the network environment.

   If you add or remove a target on the array side, those changes are reflected on the fabric interconnect through RSCN.

   show vhba vhbaiii.III targets
   vhba name       wwnn                     wwpn                      lun-ids with values of 3,2,1,0
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   vhbaiii.III     2F:9F:00:06:2B:10:C3:BA  2F:9F:00:06:2B:10:C3:BA
   vhbaiii.III     2F:BF:00:06:2B:10:C3:BA  2F:BF:00:06:2B:10:C3:BA
   vhbaiii.III     2F:DF:00:06:2B:10:C3:BA  2F:DF:00:06:2B:10:C3:BA
   vhbaiii.III     2F:FF:00:06:2B:10:C3:BA  2F:FF:00:06:2B:10:C3:BA
   4 records displayed
   
   show vhba vhbaiii.III
   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   name          vhbaiii.III
   state         resourceUnavailable
   fabric-state  uninitialized
   if            4/1
   if-state      down
   wwnn          50:01:39:71:00:00:F1:02
   wwpn          50:01:39:70:00:00:F1:02
   map
   local-id      0
   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1 record displayed

Related Information

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