Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Timeout on HBA

If you see Event ID 129 for your HBA as well as path connection drops by failover software,

The description for Event ID ( 129 ) in Source ( elxstor ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: \Device\RaidPort1.

Check your HBA driver, switch firmware and failover software. Also, make sure the SAN controller firmware is in support matrix. Sometimes, you may need to check the HBA settings to make sure those are supported by vendor. There are chance you may need to reapply firmware on HBA. Compare switch logs to see if GBIC requires replacement.

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