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Table Of Contents

Troubleshooting IP Storage Services

Overview

iSCSI Restrictions

iSLB Restrictions

Initial Troubleshooting Checklist

Common Troubleshooting Tools in Fabric Manager

Common Troubleshooting Commands in the CLI

IP Issues

Verifying Basic Connectivity

Verifying Basic Connectivity Using Device Manager

Verifying Basic Connectivity Using the CLI

Verification of Switch Connectivity

Verifying Switch Connectivity Using Fabric Manager

Verifying Switch Connectivity Using the CLI

Verification of Static IP Routing

Verifying Static IP Routing Using Device Manager

Verifying Static IP Routing Using the CLI

Cannot Assign IP Address to an Interface

FCIP Issues

One-to-One FCIP Tunnel Creation and Monitoring

Configuring the First Switch with the CLI

Displaying the Default Values Using the CLI

Setting the Static Route for FCIP Tunnels Using the CLI

Debugging the Configuration of the Second Switch Using the CLI

Displaying the Debug Output from FCIP Tunnel Supervisor Using the CLI

Displaying the Debug Output from the FCIP Tunnel IPS Module Using the CLI

Verifying the Configuration of the Profiles Using the CLI

Verifying the Establishment of the FCIP Tunnel Using the CLI

Verifying the Establishment of Default TCP Connections for Each Configured FCIP Tunnel Using the CLI

Verifying the Statistics of the ASIC Chip on Each Gigabit Ethernet Port Using the CLI

Ethereal Screen Captures of the TCP Connection and FCIP Tunnels

One-to-Three FCIP Tunnel Creation and Monitoring

Displaying the Configuration of the First Switch Using the CLI

Creating the FCIP Interface for the Second Tunnel Using the CLI

FCIP Profile Misconfiguration Examples

Displaying Incorrect or Nonexistent IP Address for an FCIP Profile Using the CLI

Displaying Configuration Errors When Bringing Up a Tunnel on a Selected Port Using the CLI

FCIP Interface Misconfiguration Examples

Displaying FCIP Misconfiguration Examples Using the CLI

Displaying the FCIP Interface as Administratively Shut Down Using the CLI

Displaying the Debug Output from the Second Switch Using the CLI

Displaying Passive Mode Set on Both Sides of the FCIP Tunnel with the CLI

Displaying a Time Stamp Acceptable Difference Failure Using the CLI

FCIP Special Frame Tunnel Creation and Monitoring

Configuring and Displaying an FCIP Tunnel with Special Frame Using the CLI

Special Frame Misconfiguration Example

Troubleshooting FCIP Link Flaps

Troubleshooting FCIP ISL Link Failures

Troubleshooting FCIP and Compression

iSCSI Issues

Troubleshooting iSCSI Authentication

Displaying iSCSI Authentication Using Fabric Manager

Displaying iSCSI Authentication Using the CLI

Troubleshooting User Name and Password Configuration

Verifying iSCSI User Account Configuration Using Fabric Manager

Verifying iSCSI User Account Configuration Using the CLI

RADIUS Configuration Troubleshooting

Verifying RADIUS Key and Port for Authentication and Accounting

Troubleshooting RADIUS Routing Configuration

Displaying the Debug Output for RADIUS Authentication Request Routing Using the CLI

Troubleshooting Dynamic iSCSI Configuration

Checking the Configuration

Performing Basic Dynamic iSCSI Troubleshooting

Useful Show Commands to Debug Dynamic iSCSI Configuration

Virtual Target Access Control

Useful Show Commands to Debug Static iSCSI Configuration

iSCSI TCP Performance Issues

CLI Commands Used to Access Performance Data

Understanding TCP Parameters for iSCSI

Lab Setup

Configuring from the Bottom Switch Using the CLI

Verifying Connectivity Between Client and IPS iSCSI Service

TCP Parameter Changes

Displaying the Gigabit Ethernet Interface

Verifying that the Host Is Configured for High MTU or MSS with the CLI

iSLB Issues

iSLB Configuration Not Distributed to All Switches in the Fabric

iSCSI Initiator and Virtual Target Configuration Not Distributed

iSLB Configuration, Commit, or Merge Failed—"VSAN ID is Not Yet Configured"

iSLB Configuration, Commit, or Merge Failed—"Failed to Allocate WWN"

iSLB Configuration, Commit, or Merge Failed—"Duplicate WWN Found as..."

iSLB Configuration, Commit, or Merge Failed—"Duplicate Node Name"

iSLB Configuration Failed—"Pending iSLB CFS Config Has Reached Its Limit..."

iSCSI Disable Failed—"Cannot Disable Iscsi - Large Iscsi Config Present..."

iSLB Commit Timeout

Session Down—"pWWN in Use At Remote Switch"

Redirected Session Does Not Come Up

iSLB Zones Not Present in Active Zone Set

Traffic Description After iSLB Commit or Activation of Zone Set

VRRP Master Overutilized

iSLB Zone Set Activation Failed

iSLB CFS Commit Fails

Resolving an iSLB Merge Failure


Troubleshooting IP Storage Services

This chapter describes how to identify and resolve IP storage services problems that might occur in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family products. It includes the following sections:

•Overview

•Initial Troubleshooting Checklist

•IP Issues

•FCIP Issues

•iSCSI Issues

•iSCSI TCP Performance Issues

•iSLB Issues

Overview

Using open-standard, IP-based technology, the Cisco MDS 9000 Family IP Storage (IPS) module enables you to extend the reach of Fibre Channel SANs. The switch can connect separated SAN islands through IP networks using FCIP, and allow IP hosts to access Fibre Channel storage using the iSCSI protocol.

The IPS module allows you to use FCIP and iSCSI features. It supports the full range of features available on other switching modules, including VSANs, security, and traffic management. The IPS module can be used in any Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch and has eight Gigabit Ethernet ports. Each port can run the FCIP and iSCSI protocols simultaneously.

FCIP transports Fibre Channel frames transparently over an IP network between two Cisco MDS 9000 Family switches or other FCIP standards-compliant devices (see Figure 20-1). Using the iSCSI protocol, the IPS module provides IP hosts access to Fibre Channel storage devices. IP host-initiated iSCSI commands are encapsulated in IP, and sent to an MDS 9000 IPS port. There, the commands are routed from the IP network into a Fibre Channel network, and forwarded to the intended target.

Figure 20-1 Connecting MDS 9000 Family Switches Over IP

Note•The iSCSI feature is specific to the IPS module and is available in Cisco MDS 9200 Switches or Cisco MDS 9500 Directors.

•The Cisco MDS 9216i switch and the 14/2 Multiprotocol Services (MPS-14/2) module also allow you to use Fibre Channel, FCIP, and iSCSI features. The MPS-14/2 module is available for use in any switch in the Cisco MDS 9200 Series or Cisco MDS 9500 Series.

•The iSCSI feature is not supported on the Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class Bladesystem and Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM BladeCenter.

iSCSI Restrictions

iSCSI has the following limits in Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(1) and later:

•Maximum iSCSI sessions on a switch —5000

•Maximum iSCSI sessions per IPS port (not proxy initiator mode) —500

•Maximum iSCSI sessions per IPS port (proxy initiator mode)—500

•Maximum concurrent iSCSI session creations per port—5

If more ISCSI sessions try to come up simultaneously on a port, the initiator gets a temporary error and then the initiator retries.

•if iSLB CFS is enabled, you must use Device Manager to commit any iSCSI global configuration changes made through Fabric Manager.

iSLB Restrictions

iSLB has the following restrictions in Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(1) and later:

•Maximum iSLB initiators in a physical fabric—2000.

•Maximum number of iSCSI sessions per IPS port in either transparent or proxy initiator mode—500.

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•Maximum number of switches in a fabric that can have iSLB with CFS enabled—4.

•iSLB can be used without CFS distribution but if iSLB auto-zone feature is used, traffic disruption occurs when any zone set is activated.

•Maximum number of initiators in the pending configuration— 200. Before adding more initiators, you must commit the configuration first.

•If there are more than 200 initiators in the running configuration, you must lower the number of initiators to below 200 before disabling iSCSI.

•If IVR and iSLB features are enabled in the same fabric, there should be at least one switch in the fabric that has both of these features enabled. That switch must do any zoning related configuration and activation (for normal zones, IVR zones, or iSLB zones) or there may be traffic disruption in the fabric.

•iSLB VRRP load balancing is based on the number of initiators and not on the number of sessions. If you configure an initiator to see more targets than other initiators (resulting in more sessions on this initiator), you should configure this initiator with a higher load metric.

•iSLB should not be configured with Fabric Manager. Use Device Manager, which supports iSLB with CFS distribution.

Initial Troubleshooting Checklist

Begin troubleshooting IP storage services issues by checking the following issues:

Checklist
Check off

Verify licensing requirements. See the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide.

Verify that you are not configuring IPsec with IPv6.

Verify that auto-zone and CFS distribution are enabled for iSLB.

If an Ethernet PortChannel is configured between the IPS module and an Ethernet switch, verify that any VRRP load balancing policy on the Ethernet switch is based on source/destination IP address.

Verify that iSCSI is enabled on the required switches in the fabric, and for the required Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. See the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide for details.


Common Troubleshooting Tools in Fabric Manager

Use the following Fabric Manager procedures to access IP interfaces, FCIP, and iSCSI:

•Choose Switches > Interfaces to access IP interfaces.

•Choose ISLs > FCIP to access FCIP.

•Choose End Devices > iSCSI to access iSCSI.

Common Troubleshooting Commands in the CLI

Use the following commands to troubleshoot IP interface, FCIP, and iSCSI issues:

•show ip

•show ips arp

•show ipv6 traffic

•show ips ipv6

•show fcip

•show iscsi

Use the following commands to troubleshoot iSLB issues:

•show islb initiator [configured]—Displays all iSLB initiators that have logged into the switch. Use the configured keyword to see all iSLB initiators that have been configured.

•show islb session—Verifies that all expected iSCSI sessions are up.

•show islb merge status—Displays the status of iSLB merge in the fabric. If the merge is in progress, it shows the identity of the two switches in the fabric. If the merge failed, it shows the reason for the merge failure.

•show islb status—Displays whether iSLB CFS distribution is enabled in the fabric and if a CFS session is active.

•show islb cfs-session status—Displays the result of the last CFS operation applied from the local switch. If the operation failed, it shows the reason for the failure.

•show islb vrrp [assignment | interface | summary | vr]—Shows the iSLB load balancing information with details on the load on each interface and the mapping of initiator to iSCSI interface for every initiator in the fabric.

•show logging log—Displays the logfile that captures system messages from all modules.

Use the following commands as directed by your customer support representative to further troubleshoot iSLB issues:

Note To issue commands with the internal keyword for troubleshooting purposes, you must have a user account that contains the network-admin role.

•show ips internal event-history errors—Displays the errors encountered by the IPS manager.

• show ips internal event-history msgs—Displays the message transaction events history for the IPS manager.

Use the following commands to troubleshoot the iSLB initiator and initiator target configuration:

• show ips internal info islb initiator node-name—Displays the internal data structure for the iSLB initiator.

• show ips internal event-history iscsi initiator name—Displays the initiator state machine transitions.

• show ips internal info islb zoneset—Displays the internal data structure for iSLB zone sets.

• show ips internal info islb [fc-addr-list | fc-port | fc-port-wwn-tree |hashtable | initiator-mapping | mib-index | nv-pss | scsi-lu-ext]—Displays the internal data structures for iSLB objects.

Use the following commands to troubleshoot iSLB CFS:

• show ips internal info islb cfs—Displays internal data structures for iSLB CFS.

• show ips internal event-history islb—Displays the iSLB CFS state machine transitions.

Use the following command to troubleshoot load balancing:

• show ips internal info islb vrrp [assignment | interface | metric | session]—Displays the internal data structures for the iSLB load balancing feature.

Use the following debug commands to gather more information for iSLB:

•debug ips error

•debug ips islb [config | config-detail | flow | flow-detail }

•debug ips islb cfs error

•debug ips islb cfs [config | config-detail | flow | flow-detail }

•debug ips islb vrrp error

•debug ips islb vrrp [flow | flow-detail ]

IP Issues

If you suspect that all or part of your IP connection has failed, you can verify that by performing one or more of the procedures in this section. Using these procedures, you can verify connectivity for IEEE 802.1Q, EtherChannel, and VRRP for iSCSI. This section includes the following topics:

•Verifying Basic Connectivity

•Verification of Switch Connectivity

•Verification of Static IP Routing

•Cannot Assign IP Address to an Interface

Note If you configure secondary VRRP IPv6 addresses on an IPFC VSAN interface, before a downgrading to a release prior to Cisco Release 3.0(1), you must remove the secondary VRRP IPv6 addresses. This is required only when you configure IPv6 addresses.

Verifying Basic Connectivity

Use the procedures in this section to verify that you have IP connectivity.

Verifying Basic Connectivity Using Device Manager

To verify basic connectivity using Device Manager, follow these steps:

Step 1 Choose IP > Routes to verify the static route to the remote device.

Step 2 Choose Interface > Ethernet and iSCSI to verify that the Gigabit Ethernet interface is up.

Verifying Basic Connectivity Using the CLI

To verify basic connectivity using the CLI, follow these steps:

Step 1 Use the ping or the ping ipv6 command to perform a basic check of host reachability and network connectivity. 

switch# ping 11.18.185.121

PING 11.18.185.121 (172.18.185.121): 56 data bytes

64 bytes from 11.18.185.121: icmp_seq=0 ttl=128 time=0.3 ms

64 bytes from 11.18.185.121: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=0.1 ms

64 bytes from 11.18.185.121: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=0.2 ms

64 bytes from 11.18.185.121: icmp_seq=3 ttl=128 time=0.2 ms

64 bytes from 11.18.185.121: icmp_seq=4 ttl=128 time=0.1 ms

64 bytes from 11.18.185.121: icmp_seq=5 ttl=128 time=0.1 ms


--- 11.18.185.121 ping statistics ---

6 packets transmitted, 6 packets received, 0% packet loss

round-trip min/avg/max = 0.1/0.1/0.3 ms

Step 2 If the ping fails, use the traceroute or the traceroute ipv6 command to determine where connectivity is failing. 

switch# traceroute 11.18.185.121

traceroute to 11.18.185.121 (11.18.185.121), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets

 1  11.18.189.129 (11.18.189.129)  0.413 ms  0.257 ms  0.249 ms

 2  11.18.0.33 (11.18.0.33)  0.296 ms  0.260 ms  0.258 ms

 3  11.81.254.69 (11.81.254.69)  0.300 ms  0.273 ms  0.277 ms

 4 * * *

 5 * * *

Step 3 Use show ip route or the show ipv6 route command to verify the static route to the remote device. 

switch # show ip route


Codes: C - connected, S - static


Default gateway is 11.18.185.97


C 11.18.185.96/27 is directly connected, mgmt0

C 11.18.189.128/26 is directly connected, gigabitethernet4/7

Step 4 Use the clear ips arp or clear ipv6 neighbor command to clear the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) or neighbor cache to verify that the activity you are viewing is the most current. 

switch# clear ips arp interface gigabitethernet 4/7

arp clear successful

Step 5 Use the show ips arp or the show ips ipv6 neighbors command to verify the hardware address for the remote device. 

switch# show ips arp interface gigabitethernet 4/7 

Protocol         Address   Age (min)   Hardware Addr  Type   Interface

Internet   172.18.185.97        0  00:d0:01:3b:38:0a  ARPA  GigabitEthernet4/7

Internet  172.18.189.156        0  00:08:02:b3:45:1b  ARPA  GigabitEthernet4/7

Step 6 Use the show interface command to verify that the Gigabit Ethernet interface is up. 

GigabitEthernet4/7 is up

    Hardware is GigabitEthernet, address is 0005.3000.9f58

    Internet address is 172.18.189.137/26

    MTU 1500  bytes, BW 1000000 Kbit

    Port mode is IPS

    Speed is 1 Gbps

    Beacon is turned off

    5 minutes input rate 688 bits/sec, 86 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec

    5 minutes output rate 312 bits/sec, 39 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec

    156643 packets input, 16859832 bytes

      0 multicast frames, 0 compressed

      0 input errors, 0 frame, 0 overrun 0 fifo

    144401 packets output, 7805631 bytes, 0 underruns

      0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 fifo

      0 carrier errors

Verification of Switch Connectivity

Use the procedures in this section to verify connectivity to a destination switch.

Note The FC ID variable used in these procedures is the domain controller address; it is not a duplication of the domain ID.

Verifying Switch Connectivity Using Fabric Manager

To verify connectivity to a destination switch using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:

Step 1 Choose Fabricxx > VSANxx > Domain Manager to display the domain ID for the destination switch.

Step 2 Concatenate the domain ID with FFFC to obtain the domain controller address. For example, if the domain ID is 0xda(218), the concatenated ID is 0xfffcda.

Step 3 Choose Tools > Ping... to verify reachability to the destination switch.

Verifying Switch Connectivity Using the CLI

To verify connectivity to a destination switch using the CLI, follow these steps:

Step 1 Use the show fcdomain domain-list vsan command to display the domain ID for the destination switch.

switch# show fcdomain domain-list vsan 200

Number of domains: 7

Domain ID WWN

--------- -----------------------

0x01(1) 20:c8:00:05:30:00:59:df [Principal]

0x02(2) 20:c8:00:0b:5f:d5:9f:c1

0x6f(111) 20:c8:00:05:30:00:60:df

0xda(218) 20:c8:00:05:30:00:87:9f [Local]

0x06(6) 20:c8:00:0b:46:79:f2:41

0x04(4) 20:c8:00:05:30:00:86:5f

0x6a(106) 20:c8:00:05:30:00:f8:e3


Step 2 Concatenate the domain ID with FFFC to obtain the domain controller address. For example, if the domain ID is 0xda(218), the concatenated ID is 0xfffcda.

Step 3 Use the fcping command to verify reachability to the destination switch.

switch# fcping fcid 0xFFFCDA vsan 200

28 bytes from 0xFFFCDA time = 298 usec

28 bytes from 0xFFFCDA time = 260 usec

28 bytes from 0xFFFCDA time = 298 usec

28 bytes from 0xFFFCDA time = 294 usec

28 bytes from 0xFFFCDA time = 292 usec


5 frames sent, 5 frames received, 0 timeouts

Round-trip min/avg/max = 260/288/298 usec


Verification of Static IP Routing

Use the procedures in this section to verify static IP routing.

Verifying Static IP Routing Using Device Manager

Choose IP > Routes in Device Manager to verify the static IP routes.

Verifying Static IP Routing Using the CLI

To verify static IP routes using the CLI, follow these steps:

Step 1 Use the show ip route config or the show ipv6 route command to verify the routes configured. 


switch# show ip route config

     Destination          Gateway             Mask Metric        Interface


         default       172.17.8.1          0.0.0.0      0            mgmt0

       11.2.36.0        11.3.36.1    255.255.252.0      0 

       11.2.56.0        11.3.56.1    255.255.252.0      0 

       11.3.36.0          0.0.0.0    255.255.252.0      0 GigabitEthernet8/7

       11.3.56.0          0.0.0.0    255.255.252.0      0 GigabitEthernet8/8

      172.17.8.0          0.0.0.0    255.255.255.0      0            mgmt0

Step 2 Use the show ip route or the show ipv6 route command to verify that the IP routes are still present. 

switch# show ip route


Codes: C - connected, S - static


Default gateway is 172.17.8.1


C 172.17.8.0/24 is directly connected, mgmt0

S 11.2.36.0/22 via 11.3.36.1, gigabitethernet8/7

C 11.3.36.0/22 is directly connected, gigabitethernet8/7

C 11.3.56.0/22 is directly connected, gigabitethernet8/8

S 11.2.56.0/22 via 11.3.56.1, gigabitethernet8/8

Cannot Assign IP Address to an Interface

You may encounter a problem when assigning an IP address to an interface. If that IP address is already in use by another interface (for example, a remote VRRP interface), you may see the following message:

Invalid configuration: this IP address overlaps with another interface in network

You can recover from this problem by using the shutdown CLI command on that VRRP interface, programming the IP address, and then using the no shutdown CLI command on that VRRP interface.

FCIP Issues

This section contains information on troubleshooting FCIP tunnels with and without special frames and includes the following topics:

•One-to-One FCIP Tunnel Creation and Monitoring

•One-to-Three FCIP Tunnel Creation and Monitoring

•FCIP Profile Misconfiguration Examples

•FCIP Interface Misconfiguration Examples

•FCIP Special Frame Tunnel Creation and Monitoring

•Special Frame Misconfiguration Example

•Troubleshooting FCIP Link Flaps

•Troubleshooting FCIP ISL Link Failures

•Troubleshooting FCIP and Compression

Note FCIP Tape acceleration does not work if the FCIP port is part of a PortChannel or if there are multiple paths between the initiator and the target port. Such a configuration might cause SCSI discovery failure or broken write or read operations.

One-to-One FCIP Tunnel Creation and Monitoring

This section describes the configuration for one-to-one FCIP tunnel with FCIP debug activated (MDS2) and without debug activated (MDS1). Figure 20-2 shows the one-to-one topology used for configuration.

Figure 20-2 One-to-One Topology

Configuring the First Switch with the CLI

To configure the first switch using the CLI, follow these steps:

Step 1 Enter configuration mode.

Step 2 Set the interface. 

MDS1(config)# interface gigabitethernet 2/8

Step 3 Set the IP address. 

MDS1(config-if)#ip address 10.10.10.2 255.255.255.0

Step 4 Enter no shutdown. 

MDS1(config-if)# no shutdown

Step 5 Enter the profile number and profile mode. 

MDS1(config)# fcip profile 28

The profile number can be any number between 1 - 255

Step 6 Enter the IP address of the local GE port that will be the endpoint of the FCIP tunnel. 

MDS1(config-profile)# ip address 10.10.10.2

Step 7 Exit profile mode. 

MDS1(config-profile)# exit

Step 8 Set the FCIP interface and enter interface mode. 

MDS1(config)# interface fcip 28

The interface FCIP can be any number between 1 - 255 and does not need to be the same as the profile number. In this example the same number is used for simplicity.

Step 9 Specify a profile to use. 

MDS1(config-if)# use-profile 28

The FCIP interface will use the local FCIP profile. The FCIP profile binds the FCIP interface to the physical Gigabit Ethernet port and configures the TCP settings used by the FCIP interface. 

MDS1(config-if)# peer-info ipaddr 10.10.11.2

The IP address in this example indicates the remote endpoint IP address of the FCIP tunnel. 

MDS1(config-if)# no shutdown

MDS1(config-if)# end

Displaying the Default Values Using the CLI

The following example displays the default values from the show running-config command. 

MDS1# show running-config


Building Configuration ...

 fcip profile 28

ip address 10.10.10.2

port 3225 

tcp keepalive-timeout 60 

tcp max-retransmissions 4 

tcp pmtu-enable reset-timeout 3600 

tcp initial-retransmit-time 100 

tcp window-size 64 

vsan database

vsan 2 name grumpy_02 



interface fcip28

no shutdown

use-profile 28

peer-info ipaddr 10.10.11.2


ip route 10.10.11.0 255.255.255.0 10.10.10.1

Setting the Static Route for FCIP Tunnels Using the CLI

The static route must be set for FCIP tunnels. This route could also be ip route 10.10.11.0 255.255.255.0 interface gigabitethernet 2/8. 

ips heartbeat

ips hapreset

ips boot

 interface GigabitEthernet2/8

ip address 10.10.10.2 255.255.255.0

(This is the IP address used by the FCIP profile.) 

no shutdown

Debugging the Configuration of the Second Switch Using the CLI

The following example shows the configuration of a switch (MDS2) with debug mode activated. To activate debug mode for this situation, run the debug ips flow fcip command on a separate terminal. 

MDS2(config)# fcip profile 28

Mar 10 21:41:04 ips: Dequeued mts msg MTS_OPC_IPS_FCIP_CMI_REQUEST(mts opc 3321, msg id 
32222)

Mar 10 21:41:04 ips: Create Entity 28 

Mar 10 21:41:04 ips: entity28: add to config pss 


MDS2(config-profile)# ip address 10.10.11.2

Mar 10 21:41:15 ips: Dequeued mts msg MTS_OPC_IPS_FCIP_CMI_REQUEST(mts opc 3321, msg id 
32258)  

Mar 10 21:41:15 ips: entity28: IP address changed to 10.10.11.2 

Mar 10 21:41:15 ips: entity28: IP 10.10.11.2 configured for interface GigabitEthernet2/8 

Mar 10 21:41:15 ips: entity28: Apply the entity config and save to config pss 

Mar 10 21:41:15 ips: entity28: add to config pss 


MDS2(config-profile)# exit


MDS2(config)# interface fcip 28 

Mar 10 21:41:46 ips: Dequeued mts msg MTS_OPC_IPS_FCIP_CMI_REQUEST(mts opc 3321, msg id 
32358)  

Mar 10 21:41:46 ips: Verified FCIP28 Create:0 

Mar 10 21:41:46 ips:  FCIP28: Verified Create:0 

Mar 10 21:41:46 ips: Dequeued mts msg MTS_OPC_IPS_FCIP_CMI_REQUEST(mts opc 3321, msg id 
32360)  

Mar 10 21:41:46 ips: FCIP28: Creating FCIP tunnel 

Mar 10 21:41:46 ips: FCIP28: add to admin pss 

Mar 10 21:41:46 ips: FCIP28: add to run-time pss 

Mar 10 21:41:46 ips: FCIP28: log: 0 phy: 0 state: 0 syslog: 0 


MDS2(config-if)# use-profile 28

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: Dequeued mts msg MTS_OPC_IPS_FCIP_CMI_REQUEST(mts opc 3321, msg id 
32480)  

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP28: Process tunnel configuration event 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP28: Change Entity-id from 0 to 28 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP: Optimal IF lookup for GigabitEthernet2/8 is GigabitEthernet2/8 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP28: bind with GigabitEthernet2/8 (phy GigabitEthernet2/8) 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP28: Queueing bind tunnel to src if event to tunnel FSM resource: 
0

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: Locked fcip_if_fsm for MTS_OPC_IPS_FCIP_CMI_REQUEST(msg id 32480) 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP28: Send bind for GigabitEthernet2/8 to PM (phy 
GigabitEthernet2/8) 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP28: add to run-time pss 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP28: log: 2087000 phy: 2087000 state: 0 syslog: 0 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: Dequeued mts msg MTS_OPC_IPS_CFG_FCIP_IF(mts opc 1905, msg id 7304)  

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: Hndlr MTS_OPC_IPS_CFG_FCIP_IF (mts_opc 1905 msg_id 7304) 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP28: Got a tunnel param pull request from LC 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: Added to pending queue event-id [29]  event-cat [2] 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP28: Queueing Process a Pull Request event to Pending  queue 
resource: 0 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: Dequeued mts msg MTS_OPC_PM_FCIP_BIND(mts opc 335, msg id 32495)  

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: Hndlr MTS_OPC_PM_FCIP_BIND (mts_opc 335 msg_id 32495) 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP28: Success received from PM for bind to GigabitEthernet2/8 (phy 
GigabitEthernet2/8) 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP28: Bind-resp event processing bind... 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP28: add to run-time pss 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP28: log: 2087000 phy: 2087000 state: 1 syslog: 0 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP28: Last reference.... 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP28: Update the tunnel param and save to PSS 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP28: add to admin pss 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP28: add to run-time pss 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP28: log: 2087000 phy: 2087000 state: 1 syslog: 0 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: Unlocked fcip_if_fsm for MTS_OPC_IPS_FCIP_CMI_REQUEST(msg id 32480) 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: Dequeued pending queue msg event_id [29] cat [2] 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: (ips_demux) Mts Opcode is 1905, id is 7304 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP28: Processing Pull Config Request 

Mar 10 21:42:23 ips: FCIP28: Bound to entity 28  port: 3225  ip: 10.10.11.2 

MDS2(config-if)# peer-info ipaddr 10.10.10.2

Mar 10 21:43:01 ips: Dequeued mts msg MTS_OPC_IPS_FCIP_CMI_REQUEST(mts opc 3321, msg id 
32616)  

Mar 10 21:43:01 ips: FCIP28: Process tunnel configuration event 

Mar 10 21:43:01 ips: FCIP28: Change Peer IP from 0.0.0.0 to 10.10.10.2 and port from 3225 
to 3225 

Mar 10 21:43:01 ips: FCIP28: Queueing Set tunnel param event to tunnel FSM resource: 0 

Mar 10 21:43:01 ips: Locked fcip_if_fsm for MTS_OPC_IPS_FCIP_CMI_REQUEST(msg id 32616) 

Mar 10 21:43:01 ips: FCIP28: Send tunnel params to LC to DPP: 7 

Mar 10 21:43:01 ips: Dequeued mts msg MTS_OPC_IPS_FCIP_SET_LC_TUNNEL_PARAM(mts opc 1897, 
msg id 7358)  

Mar 10 21:43:01 ips: Hndlr MTS_OPC_IPS_FCIP_SET_LC_TUNNEL_PARAM (mts_opc 1897 msg_id 7358) 

Mar 10 21:43:01 ips: In handler : Received resp code: 0 

Mar 10 21:43:01 ips: FCIP28: Received the tunnel params from LC 

Mar 10 21:43:01 ips: FCIP28: Update the tunnel param and save to PSS 

Mar 10 21:43:01 ips: FCIP28: add to admin pss 

Mar 10 21:43:01 ips: FCIP28: add to run-time pss 

Mar 10 21:43:01 ips: FCIP28: log: 2087000 phy: 2087000 state: 1 syslog: 0 

Mar 10 21:43:01 ips: Unlocked fcip_if_fsm for MTS_OPC_IPS_FCIP_CMI_REQUEST(msg id 32616) 


MDS2(config-if)# 

MDS2(config-if)# no shutdown

MDS2(config-if)# Mar 10 21:43:32 ips: Dequeued mts msg 
MTS_OPC_PM_LOGICAL_PORT_STATE_CHANGE_RANGE(mts opc 3114, msg id 32737)  

Mar 10 21:43:32 ips: Hndlr MTS_OPC_PM_LOGICAL_PORT_STATE_CHANGE_RANGE (mts_opc 3114 msg_id 
32737) 

Mar 10 21:43:32 ips: Dequeued mts msg MTS_OPC_PM_LOGICAL_PORT_STATE_CHANGE_RANGE(mts opc 
3114, msg id 32778)  

Mar 10 21:43:32 ips: Hndlr MTS_OPC_PM_LOGICAL_PORT_STATE_CHANGE_RANGE (mts_opc 3114 msg_id 
32778) 

Mar 10 21:43:32 ips: Dequeued mts msg MTS_OPC_PM_LOGICAL_PORT_STATE_CHANGE_RANGE(mts opc 
3114, msg id 32783)  

Mar 10 21:43:32 ips: Hndlr MTS_OPC_PM_LOGICAL_PORT_STATE_CHANGE_RANGE (mts_opc 3114 msg_id 
32783)

Displaying the Debug Output from FCIP Tunnel Supervisor Using the CLI

The following example shows the debug output from the supervisor of the FCIP tunnel. 

MDS2(config)# interface fcip 28

MDS2(config-if)# no shutdown

MDS2(config-if)# Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: fu_priority_select:  - setting fd[3] for select call  
- found data in FU_PSEL_Q_CAT_MTS queue, fd(3), usr_q_info(1) 

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: fu_priority_select_select_queue: round credit(0)

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips:     curr_q - FU_PSEL_Q_CAT_CQ, usr_q_info(3), priority(4), credit(0), 
empty 

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips:     Starting a new round 

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: fu_priority_select: returning FU_PSEL_Q_CAT_MTS queue, fd(3), 
usr_q_info(1) 

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: Dequeued mts msg MTS_OPC_PM_LOGICAL_PORT_STATE_CHANGE_RANGE(mts opc 
3114, msg id 47540)  

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: ips_mts_hdlr_pm_logical_port_state_change_range:  

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: Hndlr MTS_OPC_PM_LOGICAL_PORT_STATE_CHANGE_RANGE (mts_opc 3114 msg_id 
47540) 

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: fu_fsm_execute_all: match_msg_id(0), log_already_open(0) 

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: fu_fsm_execute_all: null fsm_event_list 

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: fu_fsm_engine: mts msg 
MTS_OPC_PM_LOGICAL_PORT_STATE_CHANGE_RANGE(msg_id 47540) dropped  

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: fu_priority_select:  - setting fd[3] for select call  - found data in 
FU_PSEL_Q_CAT_MTS queue, fd(3), usr_q_info(1) 

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: fu_priority_select_select_queue: round credit(6)  

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips:     curr_q - FU_PSEL_Q_CAT_CQ, usr_q_info(3), priority(4), credit(3), 
empty 

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: fu_priority_select: returning FU_PSEL_Q_CAT_MTS queue, fd(3), 
usr_q_info(1) 

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: Dequeued mts msg MTS_OPC_PM_LOGICAL_PORT_STATE_CHANGE_RANGE(mts opc 
3114, msg id 47589)  

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: ips_mts_hdlr_pm_logical_port_state_change_range:  

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: Hndlr MTS_OPC_PM_LOGICAL_PORT_STATE_CHANGE_RANGE (mts_opc 3114 msg_id 
47589) 

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: fu_fsm_execute_all: match_msg_id(0), log_already_open(0) 

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: fu_fsm_execute_all: null fsm_event_list 

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: fu_fsm_engine: mts msg 
MTS_OPC_PM_LOGICAL_PORT_STATE_CHANGE_RANGE(msg_id 47589) dropped  

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: fu_priority_select:  - setting fd[3] for select call  - found data in 
FU_PSEL_Q_CAT_MTS queue, fd(3), usr_q_info(1) 

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: fu_priority_select_select_queue: round credit(4)  

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips:     curr_q - FU_PSEL_Q_CAT_CQ, usr_q_info(3), priority(4), credit(2), 
empty 

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: fu_priority_select: returning FU_PSEL_Q_CAT_MTS queue, fd(3), 
usr_q_info(1) 

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: Dequeued mts msg MTS_OPC_PM_LOGICAL_PORT_STATE_CHANGE_RANGE(mts opc 
3114, msg id 47602)  

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: ips_mts_hdlr_pm_logical_port_state_change_range:  

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: Hndlr MTS_OPC_PM_LOGICAL_PORT_STATE_CHANGE_RANGE (mts_opc 3114 msg_id 
47602) 

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: fu_fsm_execute_all: match_msg_id(0), log_already_open(0) 

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: fu_fsm_execute_all: null fsm_event_list 

Mar 10 22:59:46 ips: fu_fsm_engine: mts msg 
MTS_OPC_PM_LOGICAL_PORT_STATE_CHANGE_RANGE(msg_id 47602) dropped

Displaying the Debug Output from the FCIP Tunnel IPS Module Using the CLI

The following example shows the debug output from the IPS module of the FCIP tunnel. 

MDS2# attach module 2

module-2# debug ips fcip fsm port 8

(This is the Gigabit Ethernet port 2/8.) 

Mar 13 19:18:19  port8: 2700:FCIP28: Received new TCP connection from peer: 
10.10.10.2:65455

Mar 13 19:18:19  port8: 2701:FCIP: (fcip_de_create): DE = 0xdc02ca40

Mar 13 19:18:19  port8: 2702:FCIP28: Create a DE 0xdc02ca40 for this tunnel

Mar 13 19:18:19  port8: 2703:FCIP28: Bind the DE 0xdc02ca40 [1] to tunnel LEP 0x801ebac0

Mar 13 19:18:19  port8: 2704:FCIP28: Bind DE 1 to TCP-hdl 0xdc489800

Mar 13 19:18:19  port8: 2705:FCIP28: Bind DE 1 to eport 0x801eaaa0

Mar 13 19:18:19  port8: 2706:FCIP28: bind de 1 in eport 0x801eaaa0, hash = 1 num-conn: 2

Mar 13 19:18:19  port8: 2707:FCIP28: Received new TCP connection from peer: 
10.10.10.2:65453

Mar 13 19:18:19  port8: 2708:FCIP: (fcip_de_create): DE = 0xdc02cb40

Mar 13 19:18:19  port8: 2709:FCIP28: Create a DE 0xdc02cb40 for this tunnel

Mar 13 19:18:19  port8: 2710:FCIP28: Bind the DE 0xdc02cb40 [2] to tunnel LEP 0x801ebac0

Mar 13 19:18:19  port8: 2711:FCIP28: Bind DE 2 to TCP-hdl 0xdc488800

Mar 13 19:18:19  port8: 2712:FCIP28: Bind DE 2 to eport 0x801eaaa0

Mar 13 19:18:19  port8: 2713:FCIP28: bind de 2 in eport 0x801eaaa0, hash = 2 num-conn: 2

Mar 13 19:18:19  port8: 2714:FCIP28: Send LINK UP to SUP

Mar 13 19:18:20  port8: 2715:FCIP28: *** Received eisl frame in E mode

Mar 13 19:18:20  port8: 2716:FCIP28: SUP-> Set trunk mode: 2

Mar 13 19:18:20  port8: 2717:FCIP28: Change the operational mode to TRUNK

Mar 13 19:18:20  port8: 2718:FCIP28: Tunnel bringup debounce timer callbeck, try to bring 
up tunnel

Mar 13 19:18:20  port8: 2719:FCIP28: Tunnel is already in oper UP state, don't try to 
bring up again...

Verifying the Configuration of the Profiles Using the CLI

Use the show fcip profile command to verify that the configuration of the profiles are correct. The IP address and TCP port are the ports to listen on, and both are adjustable in the FCIP profile. Thefollowing example displays all the default values that are adjustable while configuring the FCIP profile. 

MDS1# show fcip profile 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ProfileId       Ipaddr          TcpPort 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

28              10.10.10.2      3225  

MDS1# show fcip profile 28

FCIP Profile 28

	Listen Port is 3225

    TCP parameters

        SACK is disabled 

        PMTU discover is enabled, reset timeout is 3600 sec 

        Keep alive is 60 sec 

        Minimum retransmission timeout is 100 ms 

        Maximum number of re-transmissions is 4 

        Advertised window size is 64 KB

Verifying the Establishment of the FCIP Tunnel Using the CLI

Use the show interface fcip command to verify that the FCIP tunnel is established and that traffic is passing through. 

MDS1# show interface fcip 28 

FCIP28 is trunking 

    Hardware is GigabitEthernet

    Port WWN is 20:5e:00:05:30:00:59:de

    Peer port WWN is 20:5e:00:0b:5f:d5:9f:c0

    Admin port mode is auto, trunk mode is on

    Port mode is TE

(The FCIP tunnel will be either E (ISL or TE (EISL) passing through multiple VSANs.) 

vsan is 1

    Trunk vsans (allowed active) (1-2)

    Trunk vsans (operational)    (1-2)

    Trunk vsans (up)             (1-2)

    Trunk vsans (isolated)       ()

    Trunk vsans (initializing)   ()

    Using Profile id 28  (interface GigabitEthernet2/8)

(This is the FCIP profile and the Gigabit Ethernet being used by the FCIP tunnel.) 

Peer Information

      Peer Internet address is 10.10.11.2 and port is 3225

(This is the remote endpoint's IP address and listening port.) 

Special Frame is disabled

(The special frame for verification of a remote MDS is not being used.) 

Maximum number of TCPconnections is 2

(The default is 2 TCP connections being used, one for class F and the other for class 2 and 3.) 

    Time Stamp is disabled

(The time stamp can be activated under the FCIP interface.) 

B-port mode disabled

    TCP Connection Information

      2 Active TCP connections

        Control connection: Local 10.10.10.2:3225, Remote 10.10.11.2:65519

(The above is class F traffic.) 

Data connection: Local 10.10.10.2:3225, Remote 10.10.11.2:65521

(This is class 2,3 traffic.) 

      6 Attempts for active connections, 3 close of connections

    TCP Parameters

      Path MTU 1500 bytes

      Current retransmission timeout is 100 ms <<< Default, adjusted under 

      Round trip time: Smoothed 10 ms, Variance: 5

(This is the calculated round trip time of the FCIP tunnel. Large round trip times will require increasing the TCP window size under the FCIP profile.) 

      Advertized window: Current: 64 KB, Maximum: 64 KB, Scale: 1

(This is the local advertised TCP window size, and the default is 64 KB.) 

Peer receive window: Current: 64 KB, Maximum: 64 KB, Scale: 1

(This is the remote endpoint advertised TCP window size.) 

Congestion window: Current: 2 KB

(This is the minimum window size used during congestion, and it is not configurable.) 

5 minutes input rate 136 bits/sec, 17 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec

5 minutes output rate 136 bits/sec, 17 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec

      2288 frames input, 211504 bytes

         2288 Class F frames input, 211504 bytes

         0 Class 2/3 frames input, 0 bytes

         0 Error frames

      2288 frames output, 211520 bytes

         2288 Class F frames output, 211520 bytes

         0 Class 2/3 frames output, 0 bytes

         0 Error frames 0 reass frames

MDS1# show interface fcip 28 brief 


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Interface  Vsan   Admin  Admin   Status       Oper  Profile  Port-channel

                  Mode   Trunk                Mode   

                         Mode                           

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

fcip28     	1      auto   on      trunking     TE     28      --


MDS1# show interface fcip 28 counters brief


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Interface          Input (rate is 5 min avg)      Output (rate is 5 min avg)

                   -----------------------------  -----------------------------

                   Rate     Total                 Rate     Total

                   Mbits/s  Frames                Mbits/s  Frames

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

fcip28             18       0                     18       0

(These are the frames that averaged over 5 minutes and the total count of frames since the last clear counters command was issued, or since the last tunnel up.)

Verifying the Establishment of Default TCP Connections for Each Configured FCIP Tunnel Using the CLI

Verify that two default TCP connections are established for each FCIP tunnel configured, one for control traffic and one for data traffic. 

MDS1# show ips stats tcp interface gigabitethernet 2/8

TCP Statistics for port GigabitEthernet2/8

    Connection Stats

      6 active openings, 8 accepts

      6 failed attempts, 0 reset received, 8 established

    Segment stats

      295930 received, 1131824 sent, 109 retransmitted

(Excessive retransmits indicate possible core drops and/or that the TCP window size should be adjusted.) 

      0 bad segments received, 0 reset sent


    TCP Active Connections 

      Local  Address        Remote Address        State      Send-Q   Recv-Q

      10.10.10.2:3225       10.10.11.2:65519      ESTABLISH  0        0

(This is used for F control traffic only.) 

10.10.10.2:3225       10.10.11.2:65521      ESTABLISH  87568    0

(Send-Q increasing during read-only test.) 

      10.10.10.2:3225       0.0.0.0:0             LISTEN     0        0

(The TCP listen port is ready for new TCP connections.)


You can use the following command to verify that traffic is incrementing on the Gigabit Ethernet port of the FCIP tunnel. 

MDS1# show ips stats mac interface gigabitethernet 2/8

Ethernet MAC statistics for port GigabitEthernet2/8

    Hardware Transmit Counters

      1074898 frame 1095772436 bytes

      0 collisions, 0 late collisions, 0 excess collisions

      0 bad frames, 0 FCS error, 0 abort, 0 runt, 0 oversize

    Hardware Receive Counters

      33488196 bytes, 298392 frames, 277 multicasts, 16423 broadcasts

      0 bad, 0 runt, 0 CRC error, 0 length error

      0 code error, 0 align error, 0 oversize error

    Software Counters

      298392 received frames, 1074898 transmit frames

      0 frames soft queued, 0 current queue, 0 max queue

      0 dropped, 0 low memory

Verifying the Statistics of the ASIC Chip on Each Gigabit Ethernet Port Using the CLI

Traffic statistics can be verified on the internal ASIC chip on each Gigabit Ethernet port. 

MDS1# show ips stats flamingo interface gigabitethernet 2/8 

Flamingo ASIC Statistics for port GigabitEthernet2/8

    Hardware Egress Counters

      2312 Good, 0 bad protocol, 0 bad header cksum, 0 bad FC CRC

(Good frames and CRC error frames can be monitored.) 

Hardware Ingress Counters

(Verify good increments on the active tunnel.) 

      2312 Good, 0 protocol error, 0 header checksum error

      0 FC CRC error, 0 iSCSI CRC error, 0 parity error

    Software Egress Counters

      2312 good frames, 0 bad header cksum, 0 bad FIFO SOP

      0 parity error, 0 FC CRC error, 0 timestamp expired error

      0 unregistered port index, 0 unknown internal type

      0 RDL, 0 RDL too big RDL, 0 TDL ttl_1

      3957292257 idle poll count, 0 loopback, 0 FCC PQ, 0 FCC EQ

      Flow Control: 0 [0], 0 [1], 0 [2], 0 [3]

    Software Ingress Counters

      2312 Good frames, 0 header cksum error, 0 FC CRC error

      0 iSCSI CRC error, 0 descriptor SOP error, 0 parity error

      0 frames soft queued, 0 current Q, 0 max Q, 0 low memory

      0 out of memory drop, 0 queue full drop

      0 RDL, 0 too big RDL drop

      Flow Control: 0 [0], 0 [1], 0 [2], 0 [3]

Ethereal Screen Captures of the TCP Connection and FCIP Tunnels

Figure 20-3, Figure 20-4, and Figure 20-5 are screen captures taken with Ethereal of TCP connections being established, and of FCIP tunnels. Note that FCIP tunnel activation is the same as an FC EISL becoming active (such as ELP, ESC, and EFP). The following traces were captured after configuration on both MDS 9000 Family switches, and the last no shutdown was entered on switch MDS1. All settings are default (for example, SACK is disabled, and the TCP window is set to 64K).

Figure 20-3 First Capture of TCP Connection

Figure 20-4 shows more of the trace, with frame 13 being the first FCIP frame. This frame carries the FC Standard ELP.

Figure 20-4 Second Capture of TCP Connection

Figure 20-5 shows the FC portion of the EISL initialization over the FCIP tunnel.

Figure 20-5 Third Capture of TCP Connection

One-to-Three FCIP Tunnel Creation and Monitoring

Figure 20-6 shows the configuration of switch MDS1 for three tunnels from one Gigabit Ethernet port.

Figure 20-6 MDS1 Configured for Three FCIP Tunnels

Displaying the Configuration of the First Switch Using the CLI

The following example shows the configuration of switch MDS1 for three tunnels from one Gigabit Ethernet port. 

MDS1(config)# fcip profile 21

MDS1(config-profile)# ip address 10.10.10.2

MDS1(config-profile)# exit

MDS1(config)# interface fcip 21

MDS1(config-if)# use-profile 21

MDS1(config-if)# peer-info ipaddr 10.10.11.2

MDS1(config-if)# no shutdown

MDS1(config-if)# exit


MDS1(config)# ip route 10.10.11.0 255.255.255.0 10.10.10.1

MDS1(config)# ip route 10.10.11.0 255.255.255.0 interface gigabitethernet 2/1

Creating the FCIP Interface for the Second Tunnel Using the CLI

Now the interface FCIP is created for the second tunnel. The same FCIP profile is used for this example. A separate FCIP profile can be used for each FCIP interface if desired. 

MDS1(config-if)# 

MDS1(config-if)# interface fcip 23

MDS1(config-if)# use-profile 21

MDS1(config-if)# peer-info ipaddr 10.10.8.2

MDS1(config-if)# no shutdown

MDS1(config-if)# exit

MDS1(config)#

Now the FCIP interface is created for the third tunnel. 

MDS1(config)# interface fcip 28

MDS1(config-if)# use-profile 21

MDS1(config-if)# peer-info ipaddr 10.10.7.2

MDS1(config-if)# no shut

MDS1(config-if)# end

MDS1(config)#

FCIP Profile Misconfiguration Examples

The examples in this section show FCIP profile misconfigurations.

Displaying Incorrect or Nonexistent IP Address for an FCIP Profile Using the CLI 

MDS22(config)# fcip profile 21

MDS22(config-profile)# ip addr 1.1.1.1

MDS22(config-profile)# ip addr 34.34.34.34

MDS22(config-profile)# exit

MDS22(config)# exit

MDS22# show fcip profile 21

FCIP Profile 21

    Internet Address is 34.34.34.34

(In this line, the interface Gigabit Ethernet port is not shown. This means the IP address is not assigned a Gigabit Ethernet port. 

Listen Port is 3225

    TCP parameters

        SACK is disabled

        PMTU discover is enabled, reset timeout is 3600 sec

        Keep alive is 60 sec

        Minimum retransmission timeout is 300 ms

        Maximum number of re-transmissions is 4

        Advertised window size is 64 KB

MDS22# config t

Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.

MDS22(config)# interface gigabitethernet 2/5

MDS22(config-if)# ip addr 34.34.34.34 255.255.255.0

MDS22(config-if)# no shutdown

MDS22(config-if)# end

MDS22# show fcip profile 34

error: fcip profile not found

MDS22# show fcip profile 21

FCIP Profile 21

    Internet Address is 34.34.34.34  (interface GigabitEthernet2/5)

(In this line, the Gigabit Ethernet port is now shown and the FCIP profile is bound to a physical port.) 

Listen Port is 3225

    TCP parameters

        SACK is disabled

        PMTU discover is enabled, reset timeout is 3600 sec

        Keep alive is 60 sec

        Minimum retransmission timeout is 300 ms

        Maximum number of re-transmissions is 4

        Advertised window size is 64 KBThe following example shows a configuration error 
when using multiple FCIP profiles on one physical Gigabit Ethernet port.

MDS2(config)# fcip profile 21

MDS2(config-profile)# ip address 10.10.11.2

error: fcip another profile exists with same port & ip

(Multiple FCIP profiles can be used on one physical Gigabit Ethernet port, but each profile must have a different listening port.) 

MDS2(config-profile)# port 32

(Change the TCP listen port on the profile. The default is 3225.) 

MDS2(config-profile)# ip address 10.10.11.2

(The IP address for the Gigabit Ethernet port 2/1 is now accepted, and two FCIP profiles are using the same Gigabit Ethernet port.) 

MDS2(config-profile)# end

MDS2# show fcip profile 21

FCIP Profile 21

    Internet Address is 10.10.11.2  (interface GigabitEthernet2/1)

    Listen Port is 32

(This is a new TCP listen port.) 

TCP parameters

        SACK is disabled

        PMTU discover is enabled, reset timeout is 3600 sec

        Keep alive is 60 sec

        Minimum retransmission timeout is 300 ms

        Maximum number of re-transmissions is 4

        Advertised window size is 64 KB

MDS2# show fcip profile 28

FCIP Profile 28

    Internet Address is 10.10.11.2  (interface GigabitEthernet2/1)

    Listen Port is 3225

(This is the default listen port.) 

TCP parameters

        SACK is disabled

        PMTU discover is enabled, reset timeout is 3600 sec

        Keep alive is 60 sec

        Minimum retransmission timeout is 300 ms

        Maximum number of re-transmissions is 4

        Advertised window size is 64 KB

Displaying Configuration Errors When Bringing Up a Tunnel on a Selected Port Using the CLI

The following example shows a configuration error when bringing a tunnel up on the selected port. This could be either an FCIP profile issue or an FCIP interface issue. Both sides must be configured correctly. 

MDS2(config)# fcip profile 21

MDS2(config-profile)# port 13

(Change the TCP listen port on switch MDS2.) 

MDS2(config-profile)# end

MDS2(config)# interface fcip 21

MDS2(config-if)# passive-mode

(Put interface fcip 21 in passive mode to guarantee MDS1 initiates a TCP connection.) 

module-2# debug ips fcip fsm port 1

module-2# Mar 14 23:08:02  port1: 863:FCIP21: SUP-> Set Port mode 1

Mar 14 23:08:02  port1: 864:FCIP21: SUP-> Port VSAN (1) already set to same value

Mar 14 23:08:02  port1: 865:FCIP21: SUP-> Trunk mode (1) already set to same value

Mar 14 23:08:02  port1: 866:FCIP21: SUP-> Enable tunnel ADMIN UP

Mar 14 23:08:02  port1: 867:FCIP21: Try to Bring UP the Tunnel

Mar 14 23:08:02  port1: 868:FCIP21: Start TCP listener with peer: 10.10.10.2:13

(This debug output from switch MDS2 shows that the FCIP tunnel will not come up because switch MDS2 is listening on port 13, and switch MDS1 is trying to establish the connection on the default port 3225.) 

Mar 14 23:08:02  port1: 869:FCIP: Create a new listener object for 10.10.11.2:13

Mar 14 23:08:02  port1: 870:FCIP: Create FCIP Listener with local info: 10.10.11.2:13

MDS1(config)# interface fcip 21

MDS1(config-if)# peer-info ip 10.10.11.2 port 13

(The remote end FCIP interface must be configured to establish a TCP connection on a port that is being used as a TCP listen port.) 

MDS1(config-if)# end

MDS1# show interface fcip 21

fcip21 is trunking

(The FCIP tunnel is now up.) 

Hardware is GigabitEthernet

    Port WWN is 20:42:00:05:30:00:59:de

    Peer port WWN is 20:42:00:0b:5f:d5:9f:c0

    Admin port mode is auto, trunk mode is on

    Port mode is TE

    vsan is 1

    Trunk vsans (allowed active) (1-2)

    Trunk vsans (operational)    (1-2)

    Trunk vsans (up)             ()

    Trunk vsans (isolated)       ()

    Trunk vsans (initializing)   (1-2)

    Using Profile id 21  (interface GigabitEthernet2/1)

    Peer Information

      Peer Internet address is 10.10.11.2 and port is 13

      Special Frame is disabled

    Maximum number of TCP connections is 2

    Time Stamp is disabled

    B-port mode disabled

    TCP Connection Information

      2 Active TCP connections

        Control connection: Local 10.10.10.2:65188, Remote 10.10.11.2:13

(The port is 13 as configured.) 

Data connection: Local 10.10.10.2:65190, Remote 10.10.11.2:13

      174 Attempts for active connections, 5 close of connections


MDS2# show ips stats tcp interface gigabitethernet 2/1

TCP Statistics for port GigabitEthernet2/1

    Connection Stats 

      44 active openings, 2 accepts

      26 failed attempts, 0 reset received, 20 established

    Segment stats

      2515 received, 2342 sent, 0 retransmitted

      0 bad segments received, 0 reset sent


    TCP Active Connections 

      Local  Address        Remote Address        State      Send-Q   Recv-Q

      10.10.11.2:13         10.10.10.2:65188      ESTABLISH  0        0

(The port is 13 as configured.) 

10.10.11.2:13         10.10.10.2:65190      ESTABLISH  0        0

(The port is 13 as configured.) 

10.10.11.2:13         0.0.0.0:0             LISTEN     0        0

      0.0.0.0:3260          0.0.0.0:0             LISTEN     0        0

FCIP Interface Misconfiguration Examples

The examples in this section show FCIP interface misconfigurations.

Displaying FCIP Misconfiguration Examples Using the CLI

The following example shows that the peer-info IP address of the remote endpoint is missing. The debug output is from the IPS module. 

Module-2# debug ips fcip fsm port 1

module-2# Mar 14 21:37:05  port1: 38:FCIP21: SUP-> Set Port mode 1

Mar 14 21:37:05  port1: 39:FCIP21: SUP-> Port VSAN (1) already set to same value

Mar 14 21:37:05  port1: 40:FCIP21: SUP-> Trunk mode (1) already set to same value

Mar 14 21:37:05  port1: 41:FCIP21: SUP-> Enable tunnel ADMIN UP

Mar 14 21:37:05  port1: 42:FCIP21: Try to Bring UP the Tunnel

Mar 14 21:37:05  port1: 43:FCIP21: Bring up tunnel Failed, peer-ip not set

(The peer IP address is not set.) 

MDS2# show interface fcip 21

fcip21 is down (Link failure or not-connected)

    Hardware is GigabitEthernet

    Port WWN is 20:42:00:0b:5f:d5:9f:c0

    Admin port mode is auto, trunk mode is on

    vsan is 1

    Using Profile id 21  (interface GigabitEthernet2/1)

    Peer Information

(This line shows the Peer Information as empty. The line should read "Peer Internet address is 10.10.10.2 and port is 3225.") 

      Special Frame is disabled

    Maximum number of TCP connections is 2

    Time Stamp is disabled

    B-port mode disabled

    TCP Connection Information

      0 Attempts for active connections, 0 close of connections

    5 minutes input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec

    5 minutes output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec

      0 frames input, 0 bytes

         0 Class F frames input, 0 bytes

         0 Class 2/3 frames input, 0 bytes

         0 Error frames

      0 frames output, 0 bytes

         0 Class F frames output, 0 bytes

         0 Class 2/3 frames output, 0 bytes

         0 Error frames 0 reass frames

Displaying the FCIP Interface as Administratively Shut Down Using the CLI

The following example shows that the FCIP interface is administratively shut down. The debug output is from the IPS module. 

Module-2# debug ips fcip fsm port 1

module-2# Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 1:FCIP21: Create tunnel with ifindex: a000014

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 2:FCIP21: Get the peer info from the SUP-IPS-MGR

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 3:FCIP21: SUP-> Disable tunnel: already in disable state  

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 4:FCIP21: SUP-> Set Port mode 1

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 5:FCIP21: SUP-> Set port index: 21

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 6:FCIP21: Try to Bring UP the Tunnel

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 7:FCIP21: Tunnel in admin down state

(The tunnel needs no shut down on the FCIP interface.) 

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 8:FCIP21: SUP-> Set port VSAN: 1

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 9:FCIP21: Try to Bring UP the Tunnel

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 10:FCIP21: Tunnel in admin down state

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 11:FCIP21: SUP-> Set port WWN: 0x2042000b5fd59fc0

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 12:FCIP21: Try to Bring UP the Tunnel

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 13:FCIP21: Tunnel in admin down state

(The tunnel needs no shut down on the FCIP interface.) 

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 14:FCIP21: SUP-> Set trunk mode: 1

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 15:FCIP21: SUP-> Set source IF: 2080000

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 16:FCIP21: Try to Bring UP the Tunnel

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 17:FCIP21: Tunnel in admin down state

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 18:FCIP21: SUP-> Switch WWN: 0x2000000b5fd59fc0

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 19:FCIP21: Try to Bring UP the Tunnel

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 20:FCIP21: Tunnel in admin down state

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 21:FCIP21: SUP-> Response to SB's pull all tunnel info

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 22:FCIP21: SUP-> Set peer port: 3225 current port: 3225

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 23:FCIP21: peer port has same value, do nothing

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 24:FCIP21: Set number of tcp connection 2

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 25:FCIP21: SUP-> Set Local listen IP: 10.10.11.2 current ip 
0.0.0.0

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 26:FCIP21: SUP-> Set Local listen Port: 3225 current port 3225

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 27:FCIP21: SUP-> Enable PMTU Discovery, timeout 3600

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 28:FCIP21: SUP-> Set round-trip time to 300 ms. Current value 100 
ms

Mar 14 21:32:27  port1: 29:FCIP21: SUP-> Set keep-alive time to 60 sec. current value 60 
sec

MDS2# show interface fcip 21

fcip21 is down (Administratively down)

    Hardware is GigabitEthernet

    Port WWN is 20:42:00:0b:5f:d5:9f:c0

    Admin port mode is auto, trunk mode is on

    vsan is 1

    Using Profile id 21  (interface GigabitEthernet2/1)

    Peer Information

      Peer Internet address is 10.10.10.2 and port is 3225

      Special Frame is disabled

    Maximum number of TCP connections is 2


Local MDS trying to connect to remote end point on port 13 and remote end point set to 
default listen port 3225

MDS2# show interface fcip 21

fcip21 is down (Link failure or not-connected)

    Hardware is GigabitEthernet

    Port WWN is 20:42:00:0b:5f:d5:9f:c0

    Admin port mode is auto, trunk mode is on

    vsan is 1

    Using Profile id 21  (interface GigabitEthernet2/1)

    Peer Information

      Peer Internet address is 10.10.10.2 and port is 13


MDS1# show fcip profile 21

FCIP Profile 21

    Internet Address is 10.10.10.2  (interface GigabitEthernet2/1)

    Listen Port is 3225

    TCP parameters

        SACK is disabled

        PMTU discover is enabled, reset timeout is 3600 sec

        Keep alive is 60 sec

        Minimum retransmission timeout is 300 ms

        Maximum number of re-transmissions is 4

        Advertised window size is 64 KB

Displaying the Debug Output from the Second Switch Using the CLI

The following debug output is from switch MDS2. 

Mar 14 23:26:07  port1: 1340:FCIP21: Start TCP listener with peer: 10.10.10.2:3225

Mar 14 23:26:07  port1: 1341:FCIP: Create a new listener object for 10.10.11.2:3225

Mar 14 23:26:07  port1: 1342:FCIP: Create FCIP Listener with local info: 10.10.11.2:3225

Mar 14 23:26:07  port1: 1343:FCIP21: Create a DE 0xd802d140 for this tunnel

Mar 14 23:26:07  port1: 1344:FCIP21: Bind the DE 0xd802d140 [1] to tunnel LEP 0x80111570

Mar 14 23:26:07  port1: 1345:FCIP21: Start the active connection [1] to 10.10.10.2:13

Mar 14 23:26:07  port1: 1346:FCIP21: Create a DE 0xd802cdc0 for this tunnel

Mar 14 23:26:07  port1: 1347:FCIP21: Bind the DE 0xd802cdc0 [2] to tunnel LEP 0x80111570

Mar 14 23:26:07  port1: 1348:FCIP21: Start the active connection [2] to 10.10.10.2:13

(The switch is attempting to create a TCP connection on port 13. The creation port must match the TCP listen port on the remote endpoint.) 

Mar 14 23:26:07  port1: 1349:FCIP21: Active Connect creation FAILED [1]

Mar 14 23:26:07  port1: 1350:FCIP21: Delete the DE [1]0xd802d140

Mar 14 23:26:07  port1: 1351:FCIP21: Delete the DE object [1] 0xd802d140

Mar 14 23:26:07  port1: 1352:FCIP21: Try 7 to bring up the tunnel

Mar 14 23:26:07  port1: 1353:FCIP21: Start the bringup tunnel timer, timeout: 64000

Mar 14 23:26:07  port1: 1354:FCIP21: Active Connect creation FAILED [2]

Mar 14 23:26:07  port1: 1355:FCIP21: Delete the DE [2]0xd802cdc0

Mar 14 23:26:07  port1: 1356:FCIP21: Set lep operation state to DOWN

Mar 14 23:26:07  port1: 1357:FCIP21: Delete the DE object [2] 0xd802cdc0

Mar 14 23:26:07  port1: 1358:FCIP21: Try 8 to bring up the tunnel

Mar 14 23:26:07  port1: 1359:FCIP21: Start the bringup tunnel timer, timeout: 128000

MDS2(config-if)# peer-info ipaddr 10.10.10.2 port 3225

(This changes the start active connection port to match the default port 3225.)

Or you can use this command: 

MDS2(config-if)# no peer-info ipaddr 10.10.10.2 port 13

(Removing port 13 will also set it to the default of 3225.) 


MDS2# show interface fcip 21

fcip21 is trunking

    Hardware is GigabitEthernet

    Port WWN is 20:42:00:0b:5f:d5:9f:c0

    Peer port WWN is 20:42:00:05:30:00:59:de

    Admin port mode is auto, trunk mode is on

    Port mode is TE

    vsan is 1

    Trunk vsans (allowed active) (1-2)

    Trunk vsans (operational)    (1-2)

    Trunk vsans (up)             (1-2)

    Trunk vsans (isolated)       ()

    Trunk vsans (initializing)   ()

    Using Profile id 21  (interface GigabitEthernet2/1)

    Peer Information

      Peer Internet address is 10.10.10.2 and port is 3225

      Special Frame is disabled

    Maximum number of TCP connections is 2

    Time Stamp is disabled

    B-port mode disabled

    TCP Connection Information

      2 Active TCP connections

        Control connection: Local 10.10.11.2:65330, Remote 10.10.10.2:3225

        Data connection: Local 10.10.11.2:65332, Remote 10.10.10.2:3225

Displaying Passive Mode Set on Both Sides of the FCIP Tunnel with the CLI

In the following example, passive mode is set on both sides of the FCIP tunnel. 

module-2# Mar 14 23:49:06  port1: 1870:FCIP21: SUP-> Set Port mode 1

Mar 14 23:49:06  port1: 1871:FCIP21: SUP-> Port VSAN (1) already set to same value

Mar 14 23:49:06  port1: 1872:FCIP21: SUP-> Trunk mode (1) already set to same value

Mar 14 23:49:06  port1: 1873:FCIP21: SUP-> Enable tunnel ADMIN UP

Mar 14 23:49:06  port1: 1874:FCIP21: Try to Bring UP the Tunnel

Mar 14 23:49:06  port1: 1875:FCIP21: Start TCP listener with peer: 10.10.10.2:3225

Mar 14 23:49:06  port1: 1876:FCIP: Create a new listener object for 10.10.11.2:3225

Mar 14 23:49:06  port1: 1877:FCIP: Create FCIP Listener with local info: 10.10.11.2:3225

Mar 14 23:49:06  port1: 1878:FCIP21: Passive mode set, don't initiate TCP connection

(A TCP connection will not be established when passive mode is set.The Gigabit Ethernet port will only listen.) 

MDS2# show interface fcip 21

fcip21 is down (Link failure or not-connected)

    Hardware is GigabitEthernet

    Port WWN is 20:42:00:0b:5f:d5:9f:c0

    Admin port mode is auto, trunk mode is on

    vsan is 1

    Using Profile id 21  (interface GigabitEthernet2/1)

    Peer Information

      Peer Internet address is 10.10.10.2 and port is 3225

      Passive mode is enabled

(Passive mode is set, so a TCP connection will not be established.) 

Special Frame is disabled

MDS1# show interface fcip 21

fcip21 is down (Link failure or not-connected)

    Hardware is GigabitEthernet

    Port WWN is 20:42:00:05:30:00:59:de

    Admin port mode is auto, trunk mode is on

    vsan is 1

    Using Profile id 21  (interface GigabitEthernet2/1)

    Peer Information

      Peer Internet address is 10.10.11.2 and port is 3225

      Passive mode is enabled

(Both sides are set to passive mode. You must change one or both sides to no passive-mode under the FCIP interface.) 

Special Frame is disabled

MDS2(config)# interface fcip 21

MDS2(config-if)# no passive-mode

(Change one or both sides to no passive-mode.) 


MDS2# show interface fcip 21

fcip21 is trunking

Displaying a Time Stamp Acceptable Difference Failure Using the CLI

The following example shows a time stamp acceptable difference failure, or no NTP server connected to synchronize clocks. When using time stamps, the MDS switch must be a synchronized clock. NTP is configurable on the MDS 9000 switch. 

MDS2(config)# interface fcip 21

MDS2(config-if)# time-stamp


module-2# debug ips fcip fsm port 1

Mar 15 00:01:35  port1: 3248:FCIP21: IPS-> Enable timestamp acceptable difference 1000

(Time stamp is enabled under the FCIP interface. The default acceptable difference is 1000.) 

Mar 15 00:01:35  port1: 3249:FCIP21: IPS-> acc diff in sec: 0x1 frac: 0x0

Mar 15 00:01:35  port1: 3250:FCIP21: Sending response code: 0

Mar 15 00:01:48  port1: 3251:FCIP21: Time stamp tolerance check failed local time: 
0x3e726d6c2db994b7 tolerance: 0x100000000 recv time: 0x3e7251ace20db73a

(The timestamp difference failed the acceptable difference.) 

Mar 15 00:01:48  port1: 3252:FCIP21: Time stamp tolerance check failed local time: 
0x3e726d6c2db994b7 tolerance: 0x100000000 recv time: 0x3e7251ace20db73a

Mar 15 00:01:48  port1: 3253:FCIP21: Time stamp tolerance check failed local time: 
0x3e726d6c2db994b7 tolerance: 0x100000000 recv time: 0x3e7251ace20db73a

<<< cut >>> 
Mar 15 00:01:48  port1: 3290:FCIP21: Time stamp tolerance check failed local time: 
0x3e726d6c2db994b7 tolerance: 0x100000000 recv time: 0x3e7251ace20db73a

Mar 15 00:01:48  port1: 3291:FCIP21: (fcip_de_rcv): Previous partial packet - 
Concatenating

Mar 15 00:01:48  port1: 3292:FCIP21: Time stamp tolerance check failed local time: 
0x3e726d6c2db994b7 tolerance: 0x100000000 recv time: 0x3e7251ace20db73a

Mar 15 00:01:48  port1: 3293:FCIP21: FCIP frame len 0x300 is not within correct range <<< 
?? >>>

Mar 15 00:01:48  port1: 3294:FCIP21: Delete the DE [2]0xd802d680

Mar 15 00:01:48  port1: 3295:FCIP21: replace the eport entry at index: 1

Mar 15 00:01:48  port1: 3296:FCIP21: DE [-670902656] 0x00000002 terminate tcp connection 
0xd8072800

(The TCP connection is disconnected because the time stamp difference is too large.) 

Mar 15 00:01:48  port1: 3297:FCIP21: Delete the DE object [2] 0xd802d680

Mar 15 00:01:48  port1: 3298:FCIP21: Delete the DE [1]0xd802cf00

Mar 15 00:01:48  port1: 3299:FCIP21: Unregister from flamingo port_index: 0x21

Mar 15 00:01:48  port1: 3300:FCIP21: Send Link down to SUP

Mar 15 00:01:48  port1: 3301:FCIP21: Start the bringup tunnel timer, timeout: 18470

Mar 15 00:01:48  port1: 3302:FCIP21: replace the eport entry at index: 0

Mar 15 00:01:48  port1: 3303:FCIP21: Set lep operation state to DOWN

Mar 15 00:01:48  port1: 3304:FCIP21: DE [-670904576] 0x00000001 terminate tcp connection 
0xd8072c00

Mar 15 00:01:48  port1: 3305:FCIP21: Delete the DE object [1] 0xd802cf00

Mar 15 00:01:50  port1: 3306:FCIP21: Received new TCP connection from peer: 
10.10.10.2:65066

(The TCP connection begins trying to reestablish the connection.) 

Mar 15 00:01:50  port1: 3307:FCIP21: Tunnel is not ADMIN UP state, reject new TCP 
connection from 10.10.10.2:65066

Mar 15 00:01:50  port1: 3308:FCIP21: Received new TCP connection from peer: 
10.10.10.2:65064

Mar 15 00:01:50  port1: 3309:FCIP21: Tunnel is not ADMIN UP state, reject new TCP 
connection from 10.10.10.2:65064

Mar 15 00:01:56  port1: 3310:FCIP21: SUP-> Set Port mode 1

Mar 15 00:01:56  port1: 3311:FCIP21: SUP-> Port VSAN (1) already set to same value

Mar 15 00:01:56  port1: 3312:FCIP21: SUP-> Set trunk mode: 1

Mar 15 00:01:56  port1: 3313:FCIP21: SUP-> Enable tunnel ADMIN UP

Mar 15 00:01:56  port1: 3314:FCIP21: Try to Bring UP the Tunnel

Mar 15 00:01:56  port1: 3315:FCIP21: tunnel bring-up debounce timer set, wait for timer to 
pop

(Connect the NTP server or synchronized clocks, or increase the acceptable difference.) 


module-2# debug ips fcip fsm port 1

module-2# 

Jan 14 14:22:08  port1: 854886:FCIP21: IPS-> Enable timestamp acceptable difference 2000

Jan 14 14:22:08  port1: 854887:FCIP21: IPS-> acc diff in sec: 0x2 frac: 0x0

(The time stamp acceptable difference passes and the tunnel continues to be brought up.) 

module-2# 

module-2# Jan 14 14:22:39  port1: 854932:FCIP21: Received new TCP connection from peer: 
10.10.10.2:64172

Jan 14 14:22:39  port1: 854933:FCIP21: Create a DE 0xd802d5c0 for this tunnel

Jan 14 14:22:39  port1: 854934:FCIP21: Bind the DE 0xd802d5c0 [1] to tunnel LEP 0x80111570

Jan 14 14:22:39  port1: 854935:FCIP21: Bind DE 1 to TCP-hdl 0xd8071000

Jan 14 14:22:39  port1: 854936:FCIP21: Bind DE 1 to eport 0x80110550

Jan 14 14:22:39  port1: 854937:FCIP21: bind de 1 in eport 0x80110550, hash = 1 num-conn: 2

Jan 14 14:22:39  port1: 854938:FCIP21: Received new TCP connection from peer: 10

.10.10.2:64170

Jan 14 14:22:39  port1: 854939:FCIP21: Create a DE 0xd802c900 for this tunnel

Jan 14 14:22:39  port1: 854940:FCIP21: Bind the DE 0xd802c900 [2] to tunnel LEP 

0x80111570

Jan 14 14:22:39  port1: 854941:FCIP21: Bind DE 2 to TCP-hdl 0xd8070000

Jan 14 14:22:39  port1: 854942:FCIP21: Bind DE 2 to eport 0x80110550

Jan 14 14:22:39  port1: 854943:FCIP21: bind de 2 in eport 0x80110550, hash = 2 n

um-conn: 2

Jan 14 14:22:39  port1: 854944:FCIP21: Send LINK UP to SUP

Jan 14 14:22:39  port1: 854945:FCIP21: *** Received eisl frame in E mode

Jan 14 14:22:39  port1: 854946:FCIP21: SUP-> Set trunk mode: 2

Jan 14 14:22:39  port1: 854947:FCIP21: Change the operational mode to TRUNK

MDS2# show interface fcip 21

fcip21 is trunking

    Hardware is GigabitEthernet

    Port WWN is 20:42:00:0b:5f:d5:9f:c0

    Peer port WWN is 20:42:00:05:30:00:59:de

    Admin port mode is auto, trunk mode is on

    Port mode is TE

    vsan is 1

    Trunk vsans (allowed active) (1-2)

    Trunk vsans (operational)    (1-2)

    Trunk vsans (up)             (1-2)

    Trunk vsans (isolated)       ()

    Trunk vsans (initializing)   ()

    Using Profile id 21  (interface GigabitEthernet2/1)

    Peer Information

      Peer Internet address is 10.10.10.2 and port is 3225

      Special Frame is disabled

    Maximum number of TCP connections is 2

    Time Stamp is enabled, acceptable time difference 2000 ms

    B-port mode disabled

    TCP Connection Information

Figure 20-7 shows a trace of time stamp difference failure.

Figure 20-7 Trace of Time-stamp Difference Failure

Figure 20-8 shows a trace of timestamp difference accepted.

Figure 20-8 Trace of Time-stamp Difference Accepted

FCIP Special Frame Tunnel Creation and Monitoring

The FCIP tunnel configuration (see the "One-to-One FCIP Tunnel Creation and Monitoring" section and the "One-to-Three FCIP Tunnel Creation and Monitoring" section) must be completed before adding the FCIP special frame configuration. This section describes how to correctly configure and show an FCIP tunnel with a special frame.

Configuring and Displaying an FCIP Tunnel with Special Frame Using the CLI

To configure an display an FCIP tunnel with a special frame using the CLI, follow these steps:

Step 1 Use the show wwn switch command to verify the WWN of each MDS 9000 Family switch end point. 

MDS2# show wwn switch 

Switch WWN is 20:00:00:0b:5f:d5:9f:c0

Step 2 Use the special-frame peer-wwn command to enable the FCIP special frame that is used in creating the FCIP tunnel. 

MDS2(config)# interface fcip 21

MDS2(config-if)# special-frame peer-wwn 20:00:00:05:30:00:59:de profile-id 1


module-2# 

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857314:FCIP21: SUP-> Set Port mode 1

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857315:FCIP21: SUP-> Port VSAN (1) already set to same value

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857316:FCIP21: SUP-> Trunk mode (1) already set to same value

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857317:FCIP21: SUP-> Enable tunnel ADMIN UP

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857318:FCIP21: Try to Bring UP the Tunnel

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857319:FCIP21: Start TCP listener with peer: 10.10.10.2:3225

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857320:FCIP: Create a new listener object for 10.10.11.2:3225

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857321:FCIP: Create FCIP Listener with local info: 10.10.11.2:3225

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857322:FCIP21: Create a DE 0xd802cd00 for this tunnel

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857323:FCIP21: Bind the DE 0xd802cd00 [1] to tunnel LEP 0x80111570

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857324:FCIP21: Start the active connection [1] to 10.10.10.2:3225

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857325:FCIP21: Create a DE 0xd802db40 for this tunnel

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857326:FCIP21: Bind the DE 0xd802db40 [2] to tunnel LEP 0x80111570

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857327:FCIP21: Start the active connection [2] to 10.10.10.2:3225

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857328:FCIP21: Active Connect creation SUCCEEDED [1]

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857329:FCIP21: Bind DE 1 to TCP-hdl 0xd8072c00

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857330:FCIP21: Setup for Special Frame handling: I'm Originator

(This begins the Special Frame setup of the Originator.)

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857331:FCIP21: Send the SF as Originator & wait for response

(The Special Frame is sent.)

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857332:FCIP21: Setup timer to wait for SF

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857333:FCIP21: Active Connect creation SUCCEEDED [2]

(The Special Frame is correctly configured with the WWN of the remote MDS 9000 switch.)

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857334:FCIP21: Bind DE 2 to TCP-hdl 0xd8072000

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857335:FCIP21: Setup for Special Frame handling: I'm Originator

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857336:FCIP21: Send the SF as Originator & wait for response

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857337:FCIP21: Setup timer to wait for SF

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857338:FCIP21: processing SF frame, I'm Originator 

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857339:FCIP21: Bind DE 1 to eport 0x80110550

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857340:FCIP21: bind de 1 in eport 0x80110550, hash = 1 num-conn: 2

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857341:FCIP21: processing SF frame, I'm Originator 

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857342:FCIP21: Bind DE 2 to eport 0x80110550

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857343:FCIP21: bind de 2 in eport 0x80110550, hash = 2 num-conn: 2

Jan 14 15:25:38  port1: 857344:FCIP21: Send LINK UP to SUP

Jan 14 15:25:39  port1: 857345:FCIP21: SUP-> Set trunk mode: 2

Jan 14 15:25:39  port1: 857346:FCIP21: Change the operational mode to TRUNK

Jan 14 15:25:39  port1: 857347:FCIP21: *** Received non-eisl frame in TE mode 64 64

Step 3 Use the show interface fcip command to verify that a special frame is enabled. 

MDS2# show interface fcip 21

fcip21 is trunking

    Hardware is GigabitEthernet

    Port WWN is 20:42:00:0b:5f:d5:9f:c0

    Peer port WWN is 20:42:00:05:30:00:59:de

    Admin port mode is auto, trunk mode is on

    Port mode is TE

    vsan is 1

    Trunk vsans (allowed active) (1-2)

    Trunk vsans (operational)    (1-2)

    Trunk vsans (up)             (1-2)

    Trunk vsans (isolated)       ()

    Trunk vsans (initializing)   ()

    Using Profile id 21  (interface GigabitEthernet2/1)

    Peer Information

      Peer Internet address is 10.10.10.2 and port is 3225

      Special Frame is enabled

      Peer switch WWN is 20:00:00:05:30:00:59:de

    Maximum number of TCP connections is 2

    Time Stamp is enabled, acceptable time difference 3000 ms

    B-port mode disabled

    TCP Connection Information

      2 Active TCP connections

        Control connection: Local 10.10.11.2:64792, Remote 10.10.10.2:3225

        Data connection: Local 10.10.11.2:64794, Remote 10.10.10.2:3225

      372 Attempts for active connections, 345 close of connections

    TCP Parameters

      Path MTU 1500 bytes

      Current retransmission timeout is 300 ms

      Round trip time: Smoothed 10 ms, Variance: 5

      Advertized window: Current: 64 KB, Maximum: 64 KB, Scale: 1

      Peer receive window: Current: 64 KB, Maximum: 64 KB, Scale: 1

      Congestion window: Current: 2 KB, Slow start threshold: 1048560 KB

Step 4 Use the show wwn switch command on the remote switch to verify the peer switch WWN.

Figure 20-9 shows a trace of an FCIP tunnel with a special frame.

Figure 20-9 Trace of FCIP Tunnel with a Special Frame

Special Frame Misconfiguration Example

The following example shows an incorrect peer WWN when using a special frame.

Example 20-1 Annotated Example of Incorrect Peer WWN with Special Frame Enabled 

module-2# Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855278:FCIP21: SUP-> Set Port mode 1

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855279:FCIP21: SUP-> Port VSAN (1) already set to same value

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855280:FCIP21: SUP-> Trunk mode (1) already set to same 

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855281:FCIP21: SUP-> Enable tunnel ADMIN UP

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855282:FCIP21: Try to Bring UP the Tunnel

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855283:FCIP21: Start TCP listener with peer: 10.10.10.2:3225

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855284:FCIP: Create a new listener object for 10.10.11.2:3225

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855285:FCIP: Create FCIP Listener with local info: 10.10.11.2:3225

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855286:FCIP21: Create a DE 0xd802d240 for this tunnel

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855287:FCIP21: Bind the DE 0xd802d240 [1] to tunnel LEP 0x80111570

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855288:FCIP21: Start the active connection [1] to 10.10.10.2:3225

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855289:FCIP21: Create a DE 0xd802d200 for this tunnel

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855290:FCIP21: Bind the DE 0xd802d200 [2] to tunnel LEP 0x80111570

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855291:FCIP21: Start the active connection [2] to 10.10.10.2:3225

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855292:FCIP21: Active Connect creation SUCCEEDED [1]

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855293:FCIP21: Bind DE 1 to TCP-hdl 0xd8072c00

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855294:FCIP21: Setup for Special Frame handling: I'm Originator

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855295:FCIP21: Send the SF as Originator & wait for response

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855296:FCIP21: Setup timer to wait for SF

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855297:FCIP21: Active Connect creation SUCCEEDED [2]

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855298:FCIP21: Bind DE 2 to TCP-hdl 0xd8072000

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855299:FCIP21: Setup for Special Frame handling: I'm Originator

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855300:FCIP21: Send the SF as Originator & wait for response

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855301:FCIP21: Setup timer to wait for SF

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855302:FCIP21: TCP Received a close connection [1] reason 1

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855303:FCIP21: Delete the DE [1]0xd802d240

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855304:FCIP21: DE [-670903744] 0x00000001 terminate tcp connection 
0xd8072c00

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855305:FCIP21: Delete the DE object [1] 0xd802d240

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855306:FCIP21: lep not bound, close only de [1]

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855307:FCIP21: TCP Received a close connection [2] reason 1

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855308:FCIP21: Delete the DE [2]0xd802d200

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855309:FCIP21: Set lep operation state to DOWN

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855310:FCIP21: Start the bringup tunnel timer, timeout: 38740

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855311:FCIP21: DE [-670903808] 0x00000002 terminate tcp connection 
0xd8072000

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855312:FCIP21: Delete the DE object [2] 0xd802d200

Jan 14 15:14:30  port1: 855313:FCIP21: lep not bound, close only de [2]

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855314:FCIP21: Received new TCP connection from peer: 
10.10.10.2:64050

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855315:FCIP21: Create a DE 0xd802d080 for this tunnel

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855316:FCIP21: Bind the DE 0xd802d080 [1] to tunnel LEP 0x80111570

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855317:FCIP21: Bind DE 1 to TCP-hdl 0xd8072000

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855318:FCIP21: Setup for Special Frame handling: I'm Responder

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855319:FCIP21: Setup timer to wait for SF

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855320:FCIP21: processing SF frame, I'm Responder 

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855321:FCIP21: Source FC fabric name in SF (0x20000005300059de) 
does not match LEP's peer fabric WWN (0x20010005300059df)

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855322:FCIP21: Delete the DE [1]0xd802d080

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855323:FCIP21: Set lep operation state to DOWN

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855324:FCIP21: DE [-670904192] 0x00000001 terminate tcp connection 
0xd8072000

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855325:FCIP21: Delete the DE object [1] 0xd802d080

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855326:FCIP21: Received new TCP connection from peer: 
10.10.10.2:64048

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855327:FCIP21: Create a DE 0xd802d200 for this tunnel

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855328:FCIP21: Bind the DE 0xd802d200 [1] to tunnel LEP 0x80111570

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855329:FCIP21: Bind DE 1 to TCP-hdl 0xd8072c00

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855330:FCIP21: Setup for Special Frame handling: I'm Responder

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855331:FCIP21: Setup timer to wait for SF

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855332:FCIP21: processing SF frame, I'm Responder 

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855333:FCIP21: Source FC fabric name in SF (0x20000005300059de) 
does not match LEP's peer fabric WWN (0x20010005300059df)

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855334:FCIP21: Delete the DE [1]0xd802d200

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855335:FCIP21: Set lep operation state to DOWN

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855336:FCIP21: DE [-670903808] 0x00000001 terminate tcp connection 
0xd8072c00

Jan 14 15:14:31  port1: 855337:FCIP21: Delete the DE object [1] 0xd802d200

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855338:FCIP21: Received new TCP connection from peer: 
10.10.10.2:64046

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855339:FCIP21: Create a DE 0xd802d5c0 for this tunnel

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855340:FCIP21: Bind the DE 0xd802d5c0 [1] to tunnel LEP 0x80111570

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855341:FCIP21: Bind DE 1 to TCP-hdl 0xd8071000

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855342:FCIP21: Setup for Special Frame handling: I'm Responder

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855343:FCIP21: Setup timer to wait for SF

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855344:FCIP21: processing SF frame, I'm Responder 

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855345:FCIP21: Source FC fabric name in SF (0x20000005300059de) 
does not match LEP's peer fabric WWN (0x20010005300059df)

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855346:FCIP21: Delete the DE [1]0xd802d5c0

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855347:FCIP21: Set lep operation state to DOWN

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855348:FCIP21: DE [-670902848] 0x00000001 terminate tcp connection 
0xd8071000

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855349:FCIP21: Delete the DE object [1] 0xd802d5c0

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855350:FCIP21: Received new TCP connection from peer: 
10.10.10.2:64044

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855351:FCIP21: Create a DE 0xd802cac0 for this tunnel

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855352:FCIP21: Bind the DE 0xd802cac0 [1] to tunnel LEP 0x80111570

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855353:FCIP21: Bind DE 1 to TCP-hdl 0xd8071400

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855354:FCIP21: Setup for Special Frame handling: I'm Responder

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855355:FCIP21: Setup timer to wait for SF

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855356:FCIP21: processing SF frame, I'm Responder 

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855357:FCIP21: Source FC fabric name in SF (0x20000005300059de) 
does not match LEP's peer fabric WWN (0x20010005300059df)

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855358:FCIP21: Delete the DE [1]0xd802cac0

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855359:FCIP21: Set lep operation state to DOWN

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855360:FCIP21: DE [-670905664] 0x00000001 terminate tcp connection 
0xd8071400

Jan 14 15:14:37  port1: 855361:FCIP21: Delete the DE object [1] 0xd802cac0

Troubleshooting FCIP Link Flaps

If you have an FCIP link that flaps, adjust the TCP keepalive and max retransmission values. In Fabric Manager, choose ISLs > FCIP, select the Profiles tab and set the Keepalive field. In the CLI, use the tcp keepalive-timeout and tcp max-retransmissions commands in FCIP profile submode.

Troubleshooting FCIP ISL Link Failures

If you have an FCIP ISL link that experiences unexplained failures, the FCIP profile in use may not be configured to match the underlying physical link characteristics and the shared traffic constraints.

For example, if you have a 200 Mbps physical link and you have configured two FCIP tunnels across that link, each with 155 Mbps traffic, link failures will occur because the physical connection cannot handle the traffic.

To resolve the problem, tune the TCP parameters in the FCIP profile to match the characteristic and constraints of the physical link and any other traffic shared on that link.

See "Verifying the Configuration of the Profiles Using the CLI" section for details on the adjustable parameters in the FCIP profile.

Troubleshooting FCIP and Compression

If you have an FCIP tunnel between an IPS module and a Cisco MDS 14/2, 9221i or MDS 18/4 module, use the same compression mode on both sides of the FCIP tunnel. In this specific configuration, avoid compression mode 1, because the Cisco MDS module could send compressed traffic faster than the IPS module could process.

iSCSI Issues

This section contains information on troubleshooting iSCSI and includes the following topics:

•Troubleshooting iSCSI Authentication

•Displaying iSCSI Authentication Using Fabric Manager

•Displaying iSCSI Authentication Using the CLI

•Troubleshooting User Name and Password Configuration

•RADIUS Configuration Troubleshooting

•Troubleshooting RADIUS Routing Configuration

•Troubleshooting Dynamic iSCSI Configuration

Troubleshooting iSCSI Authentication

iSCSI user login authentication is required with the Cisco MDS 9000 Family switch. There are two ways to authenticate iSCSI users: either locally in the switch's configuration file or using the RADIUS server database.

Figure 20-10 shows a successful iSCSI login for the Windows 2000 driver.

Figure 20-10 Successful iSCSI Login Status Window

On Solaris systems, a successful login is found in the /var/adm/messages directory and should look similar to the following example: 

Mar 14 12:53:23 ca-sun1 iscsid[12745]: [ID 702911 daemon.notice] discovery process for 
172.22.91.223 finished, exiting

Mar 14 12:58:45 ca-sun1 iscsid[12802]: [ID 448557 daemon.notice] logged into 
DiscoveryAddress 172.22.91.223:3260 isid 023d0040

Mar 14 12:58:45 ca-sun1 iscsid[12802]: [ID 702911 daemon.notice] iSCSI target 2 = 
iqn.com.domainname.vrrp-11.gw.21000020375aff77 at0

Mar 14 12:58:45 ca-sun1 iscsid[12809]: [ID 529321 daemon.notice] logged into target 
iqn.com.domainname.vrrp-11.gw.21000020375aff77 7

Mar 14 12:58:45 ca-sun1 iscsid[12802]: [ID 702911 daemon.notice] iSCSI target 3 = 
iqn.com.domainname.vrrp-11.gw.21000020374baf02 at0

Mar 14 12:58:45 ca-sun1 iscsid[12810]: [ID 529321 daemon.notice] logged into target 
iqn.com.domainname.vrrp-11.gw.21000020374baf02 7

Figure 20-11 shows a failed iSCSI login for the Windows 2000 driver.

Figure 20-11 Failed iSCSI Login Status Window

On Solaris systems, a failed login is found in the /var/adm/messages directory and should look similar to the following example: 

Mar 14 11:44:42 ca-sun1 iscsid[12561]: [ID 702911 daemon.notice] login rejected: initiator 
error (01)

Mar 14 11:44:42 ca-sun1 iscsid[12561]: [ID 702911 daemon.error] Hard discovery login 
failure to 172.22.91.223:3260 - exiting

Mar 14 11:44:42 ca-sun1 iscsid[12561]: [ID 702911 daemon.notice] discovery process for 
172.22.91.223 finished, exiting

Displaying iSCSI Authentication Using Fabric Manager 

Whenever you experience a login failure, choose End Devices > iSCSI, select the Globals tab, and 
view the AuthMethod field to see if the iSCSI authentication is correctly defined.

Displaying iSCSI Authentication Using the CLI

Whenever you experience a login failure, use the show authentication command to see if the iSCSI authentication is correctly defined. This is an example of local authentication: 

switch# show authentication 

authentication method:none

         console:not enabled

         telnet/ssh:not enabled

authentication method:radius

         console:not enabled

         telnet/ssh:not enabled

         iscsi:not enabled

authentication method:local  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

         console:enabled

         telnet/ssh:enabled

         iscsi:enabled       <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

switch#

If iSCSI is configured for RADIUS authentication, it should looks like this: 

switch# show authentication 

authentication method:none

         console:not enabled

         telnet/ssh:not enabled

authentication method:radius  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

         console:not enabled

         telnet/ssh:not enabled

         iscsi:enabled        <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

authentication method:local

         console:enabled

         telnet/ssh:enabled

         iscsi:enabled

switch#

Troubleshooting User Name and Password Configuration

Check the client side user name and password with either the switch's local configuration file or the RADIUS server.

Verifying iSCSI User Account Configuration Using Fabric Manager

If iSCSI user authentication is through the switch's local user database, choose Switches > Security > Users and Roles and select the Users tab to verify that the iSCSI users are configured correctly with the user name and password

Note The iSCSI password must be at least 16 characters.

Verifying iSCSI User Account Configuration Using the CLI

If iSCSI user authentication is through the switch's local user database, use the show user-account command to verify that the iSCSI users are configured correctly with the user name and password,

Note The iSCSI password must be at least 16 characters. 

switch# show user-account iscsi

username:iscsi

secret:1234567812345678


username:iscsiuser

secret:1234567812345678

RADIUS Configuration Troubleshooting

If iSCSI authentication is through the RADIUS server, ping the RADIUS server to and from the switch to make sure it can be reached over IP.

Verifying RADIUS Key and Port for Authentication and Accounting

Choose Switches > Security > AAA > RADIUS in Fabric Manager to verify the RADIUS key and port for authentication.

Or use the show radius-server CLI command to verify that the RADIUS key and port for authentication and accounting are an exact match with what is configured on the RADIUS server. 

switch# show radius-server 

retransmission count:3

timeout value:5


following RADIUS servers are configured:

        171.71.49.197:

                available for authentication on port:1812

                available for accounting on port:1813

                RADIUS shared secret:radius

Adjust the RADIUS timeout and retransmission accordingly, as they have a default value of 1 second and 1 time.

Figure 20-12 shows a Windows-based RADIUS server configuration.

Figure 20-12 Windows-Based RADIUS Server Configuration Dialog Box

If the items in Figure 20-12 match your switch's configuration, then verify that the client user name and password also match those in the RADIUS server.

The following example shows the output of the debug security radius command, if the iSCSI client logs in successfully. 

switch# 

switch# Mar  4 23:16:20 securityd: received CHAP authentication request for user002

Mar  4 23:16:20 securityd: RADIUS is enabled, hence it will be tried first for CHAP 
authentication

Mar  4 23:16:20 securityd: reading RADIUS configuration

Mar  4 23:16:20 securityd: opening radius configuration for group:default

Mar  4 23:16:20 securityd: opened the configuration successfully

Mar  4 23:16:20 securityd: GET request for RADIUS global config

Mar  4 23:16:20 securityd: got back the return value of global radius configuration 
operation:success

Mar  4 23:16:20 securityd: closing RADIUS pss configuration

Mar  4 23:16:20 securityd: opening radius configuration for group:default

Mar  4 23:16:20 securityd: opened the configuration successfully

Mar  4 23:16:20 securityd: GETNEXT request for radius index:0 addr:

Mar  4 23:16:20 securityd: got some reply from 171.71.49.197

Mar  4 23:16:20 securityd: verified the response from:171.71.49.197

Mar  4 23:16:20 securityd: RADIUS server sent accept for authentication request for 
user002

Mar  4 23:16:25 securityd: received CHAP authentication request for user002

Mar  4 23:16:25 securityd: RADIUS is enabled, hence it will be tried first for CHAP 
authentication

Mar  4 23:16:25 securityd: reading RADIUS configuration

Mar  4 23:16:25 securityd: opening radius configuration for group:default

Mar  4 23:16:25 securityd: opened the configuration successfully

Mar  4 23:16:25 securityd: GET request for RADIUS global config

Mar  4 23:16:25 securityd: got back the return value of global radius configuration 
operation:success

Mar  4 23:16:25 securityd: closing RADIUS pss configuration

Mar  4 23:16:25 securityd: opening radius configuration for group:default

Mar  4 23:16:25 securityd: opened the configuration successfully

Mar  4 23:16:25 securityd: GETNEXT request for radius index:0 addr:

Mar  4 23:16:25 securityd: got some reply from 171.71.49.197

Mar  4 23:16:25 securityd: verified the response from:171.71.49.197

Mar  4 23:16:25 securityd: RADIUS server sent accept for authentication request for 
user002

Mar  4 23:16:25 securityd: got some reply from 171.71.49.197

Mar  4 23:16:25 securityd: verified the response from:171.71.49.197

Mar  4 23:16:25 securityd: RADIUS server sent accept for authentication request for 
user002

The previous example shows that the iSCSI client has been authenticated three times, first for the switch login, and the second and third times for the iSCSI driver login. The switch sends RADIUS attributes 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 60 and 61 to the RADIUS server. The RADIUS server only needs to respond with request accept or request reject.

The following example shows a RADIUS authentication. 


639 2003y3m14d 15h12m48s ------------------------------------------------

640 2003y3m14d 15h12m48s Message Type=Access_Request

641 2003y3m14d 15h12m48s ID=243, Length=90

642 2003y3m14d 15h12m48s User name=user002

643 2003y3m14d 15h12m48s NAS IP address=2887147911

644 2003y3m14d 15h12m48s CHAP password=‰j÷<¸Wøøë-K-ëÙ<]

645 2003y3m14d 15h12m48s CHAP challenge=n8NÝgø§"__Ó4}Ôx

646 2003y3m14d 15h12m48s NAS port=1426

647 2003y3m14d 15h12m48s NAS port type=5

648 2003y3m14d 15h12m48s Service type=8

649 2003y3m14d 15h12m48s User (user002) authenticate OK.

650 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s ------------------------------------------------

651 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s Message Type=Access_Request

652 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s ID=60, Length=90

653 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s User name=user002

654 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s NAS IP address=2887147911

655 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s CHAP password=_¿Éò_à!_AëC0__`								õ

656 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s CHAP challenge=_/Ô½Ÿ×!âßÈ 4_´ZH

657 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s NAS port=1426

658 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s NAS port type=5

659 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s Service type=8

660 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s User (user002) authenticate OK.

661 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s ------------------------------------------------

662 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s Message Type=Access_Request

663 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s ID=179, Length=90

664 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s User name=user002

665 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s NAS IP address=2887147911

666 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s CHAP password=							--5Àùrfàxh

667 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s CHAP challenge=#ùÊÝü{_"__"´_Ux

668 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s NAS port=1426

669 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s NAS port type=5

670 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s Service type=8

671 2003y3m14d 15h12m54s User (user002) authenticate OK.

Troubleshooting RADIUS Routing Configuration

The switch sends the RADIUS authentication request from the mgmt0 interface, so the correct route to the RADIUS server must be defined. If no correct route is defined, the switch may send the RADIUS request from the Gigabit Ethernet port. In that case, the RADIUS server returns the accept to the Gigabit Ethernet port and the switch does not get the response.

Displaying the Debug Output for RADIUS Authentication Request Routing Using the CLI

The following example shows the output from the debug security radius command. 

switch# Mar  5 00:51:13 securityd: received CHAP authentication request for user002

Mar  5 00:51:13 securityd: RADIUS is enabled, hence it will be tried first for CHAP 
authentication

Mar  5 00:51:13 securityd: reading RADIUS configuration

Mar  5 00:51:13 securityd: opening radius configuration for group:default

Mar  5 00:51:13 securityd: opened the configuration successfully

Mar  5 00:51:13 securityd: GET request for RADIUS global config

Mar  5 00:51:13 securityd: got back the return value of global radius configuration 
operation:success

Mar  5 00:51:13 securityd: closing RADIUS pss configuration

Mar  5 00:51:13 securityd: opening radius configuration for group:default

Mar  5 00:51:13 securityd: opened the configuration successfully

Mar  5 00:51:13 securityd: GETNEXT request for radius index:0 addr:

Mar  5 00:51:18 securityd: sending data to 171.71.49.197

Mar  5 00:51:18 securityd: waiting for response from 171.71.49.197

Mar  5 00:51:23 securityd: sending data to 171.71.49.197

Mar  5 00:51:23 securityd: waiting for response from 171.71.49.197

Mar  5 00:51:28 securityd: sending data to 171.71.49.197

Mar  5 00:51:28 securityd: waiting for response from 171.71.49.197

Mar  5 00:51:33 securityd: trying out next server

Mar  5 00:51:33 securityd: no response from RADIUS server for authentication user002

Mar  5 00:51:33 securityd: doing local chap authentication for user002

Mar  5 00:51:33 securityd: local chap authentication result for user002:user not present

Troubleshooting Dynamic iSCSI Configuration

A physical Fibre Channel target (target pWWN) presented as an iSCSI target, makes the physical target accessible to an iSCSI initiator. The IPS module presents physical Fibre Channel targets as iSCSI targets to iSCSI initiators in one of two ways: dynamic mapping or static mapping.

By default, the IPS module does not automatically import Fibre Channel targets. Either dynamic or static mapping must be configured before the IPS module makes Fibre Channel targets available to iSCSI initiators. When both are configured, statically mapped Fibre Channel targets have the configured name. Targets that are not mapped will be advertised with the name created by the conventions explained in this section.

Checking the Configuration

Use the following guidelines to verify the configuration of the Gigabit Ethernet interface.

•Ensure that you are configuring the proper slot or port.

•Ensure that the Gigabit Ethernet interfaces are not shut down. Each Gigabit Ethernet interface is "partnered" with a virtual iSCSI interface. For iSCSI to operate on a particular Gigabit Ethernet, the virtual iSCSI interface for that port must be in a "no shutdown" state:


–Choose Switches > Interfaces > Gigabit Ethernet in Fabric Manager.


–Or use the interface CLI command: 

interface Gigabit Ethernet 3/1

no shutdown

.

.

.

interface iscsi 3/1

no shutdown

•Verify that the IP parameters are correct.

•Verify that the authentication on the Gigabit Ethernet interface (none or chap) matches the authentication configured on the iSCSI initiator.

Note Configuring authentication at the interface level overrides the global authentication setting.

•Verify that the Gigabit Ethernet switchport parameters are correct (MTU, mode, and so on.).

Performing Basic Dynamic iSCSI Troubleshooting

Use the following guidelines to perform basic dynamic iSCSI troubleshooting:

•Enable dynamic mapping of Fibre Channel targets:

–Choose End Devices > iSCSI, select the Initiators tab and check the Dynamic check box in Fabric Manager to allow iSCSI targets to be discovered by the logged-in iSCSI initiators.

–Use the iscsi import target fc CLI command to allow iSCSI targets to be discovered by the logged-in iSCSI initiators.

•Dynamic iSCSI configuration places all iSCSI initiators logging into the MDS 9000 switch into VSAN 1 by default.

•Any zoning in effect on the default VSAN (VSAN1) will also be applied to iSCSI-connected devices.

Useful Show Commands to Debug Dynamic iSCSI Configuration

The show commands in this section are used to debug dynamic iSCSI configuration. The following command output indicates correctly established iSCSI sessions. Run these commands on your switch and compare the output with these samples to help identify possible issues.

•show iscsi session detail

•show iscsi remote-node initiator

•show iscsi stats

•show iscsi stats detail

•show iscsi local-node

•show fcns data vsan 1

•show flogi database vsan 1

show iscsi session detail Command Output 

switch# show iscsi session detail

Initiator iqn.1987-05.com.cisco.02.F984BCA7E08C307E2D87A099B2D452F3.FULLMOON (FULLMOON)

  Session #1 (index 2)

    Target iqn.com.domainname.IPS-TEST.02-07.gw.202300a0b80b14da

    VSAN 1, ISID 000000000000, TSID 134, Status active, no reservation

    Type Normal, ExpCmdSN 44, MaxCmdSN 53, Barrier 0

    MaxBurstSize 0, MaxConn 0, DataPDUInOrder No

    DataSeqInOrder No, InitialR2T Yes, ImmediateData No

    Registered LUN 0, Mapped LUN 0

    Stats:

      PDU: Command: 42, Response: 36

      Bytes: TX: 4960, RX: 0

    Number of connection: 1

    Connection #1

      Local IP address: 0xa021ec8, Peer IP address: 0xa021eca

      CID 0, State: LOGGED_IN

      StatSN 43, ExpStatSN 0

      MaxRecvDSLength 524288, our_MaxRecvDSLength 1024

      CSG 3, NSG 3, min_pdu_size 48 (w/ data 48)

      AuthMethod none, HeaderDigest None (len 0), DataDigest None (len 0)

      Version Min: 0, Max: 0

      FC target: Up, Reorder PDU: No, Marker send: No (int 0)

      Received MaxRecvDSLen key: Yes

show iscsi remote-node initiator Command Output 

switch# show iscsi remote-node initiator

iSCSI Node name is iqn.1987-05.com.cisco.02.F984BCA7E08C307E2D87A099B2D452F3.FULLMOON 

    iSCSI alias name: FULLMOON 

    Node WWN is 20:0c:00:0b:be:77:72:42 (dynamic) 

    Member of vsans: 1

    Number of Virtual n_ports: 1

    Virtual Port WWN is 20:0d:00:0b:be:77:72:42 (dynamic)

      Interface iSCSI 2/7, Portal group tag: 0x86 

        VSAN ID 1, FCID 0x750105

show iscsi local-node Command Output 

switch# show iscsi local-node

target: iqn.com.domainname.IPS-TEST.02-07.gw.202300a0b80b14da 

    Port WWN 20:23:00:a0:b8:0b:14:da , VSAN 1

    Auto-created node

show fcns data vsan 1 Command Output 

switch# show fcns data vsan 1


VSAN 1:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

FCID        TYPE  PWWN                    (VENDOR)        FC4-TYPE:FEATURE

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

0x750000    N     20:23:00:a0:b8:0b:14:da (SymBios)       scsi-fcp:target 

0x750102    N     10:00:00:00:c9:30:ba:06 (Emulex)        scsi-fcp:init 

0x750105    N     20:0d:00:0b:be:77:72:42                 scsi-fcp:init isc..w 

0x750201    N     50:08:05:f3:00:04:96:71                 scsi-fcp 

0x750301    N     50:08:05:f3:00:04:96:79                 scsi-fcp 

0x750400    N     20:00:00:02:3d:07:05:c0 (NuSpeed)       scsi-fcp:init

show flogi database vsan 1 Command Output 

switch# show flogi database vsan 1

-----------------------------------------------------------

INTERFACE  VSAN    FCID            PORT NAME               NODE NAME       

-----------------------------------------------------------

fc1/1      1     0x750400  20:00:00:02:3d:07:05:c0  10:00:00:02:3d:07:05:c0

fc1/6      1     0x750000  20:23:00:a0:b8:0b:14:da  20:22:00:a0:b8:0b:14:d9

fc1/8      1     0x750102  10:00:00:00:c9:30:ba:06  20:00:00:00:c9:30:ba:06

fc1/9      1     0x750201  50:08:05:f3:00:04:96:71  50:08:05:f3:00:04:96:70

fc1/10     1     0x750301  50:08:05:f3:00:04:96:79  50:08:05:f3:00:04:96:70

iscsi2/7   1     0x750105  20:0d:00:0b:be:77:72:42  20:0c:00:0b:be:77:72:42

Virtual Target Access Control

Use the following guidelines when creating a virtual target:

•Did you specify the correct pWWN?

•If you are creating a virtual target from a subset of LUN(s) of a physical device, did you specify the correct Fibre Channel (physical) LUN(s) and iSCSI (virtual) LUN(s)?

•If using an access list to control access to the virtual target, did you specify the correct initiator(s)? If you are not using an access list to restrict access, did you choose End Devices > iSCSI, select the Targets tab and check the Initiator Access All check box in Fabric Manager or use the all-initiator-permit CLI option to insure all initiators have access?

•If restricting access to a particular interface(s), did you specify the correct Gigabit Ethernet interface(s)?

Useful Show Commands to Debug Static iSCSI Configuration

The show commands in this section are used to debug static iSCSI configuration. The following command output indicates correctly established iSCSI sessions. Run these commands on your switch and compare the output with these samples to help identify possible issues.

•show iscsi session detail

•show iscsi stats

•show iscsi stats detail

•show fcns data vsan 5

•show flogi data vsan 5

•show iscsi remote-node iscsi-session-detail tcp-parameters

show iscsi session detail Command Output 

switch# show iscsi session detail

Initiator iqn.1987-05.com.cisco.02.8cb3c18879bf356ce18e09679103235f.my-kayak (MY-KAYAK)

  Session #1 (index 84)

    Target iqn.com.domainname.IPS-TEST.02-08.gw.2200002037c52d6d

    VSAN 5, ISID 00023d000054, TSID 135, Status active, no reservation

    Type Normal, ExpCmdSN 1356, MaxCmdSN 1366, Barrier 0

    MaxBurstSize 0, MaxConn 0, DataPDUInOrder No

    DataSeqInOrder No, InitialR2T Yes, ImmediateData No

    Registered LUN 0, Mapped LUN 0

    Stats:

      PDU: Command: 13, Response: 13

      Bytes: TX: 1344, RX: 0

    Number of connection: 1

    Connection #1

      Local IP address: 0xa011d64, Peer IP address: 0xa011d65

      CID 0, State: LOGGED_IN

      StatSN 1356, ExpStatSN 0

      MaxRecvDSLength 524288, our_MaxRecvDSLength 1392

      CSG 3, NSG 3, min_pdu_size 48 (w/ data 48)

      AuthMethod none, HeaderDigest None (len 0), DataDigest None (len 0)

      Version Min: 0, Max: 0

      FC target: Up, Reorder PDU: No, Marker send: No (int 0)

      Received MaxRecvDSLen key: Yes


  Session #2 (index 85)

    Target iqn.com.domainname.IPS-TEST.02-08.gw.2200002037c52e2e

    VSAN 5, ISID 00023d000055, TSID 135, Status active, no reservation

    Type Normal, ExpCmdSN 1356, MaxCmdSN 1366, Barrier 0

    MaxBurstSize 0, MaxConn 0, DataPDUInOrder No

    DataSeqInOrder No, InitialR2T Yes, ImmediateData No

    Registered LUN 0, Mapped LUN 0

    Stats:

      PDU: Command: 13, Response: 13

      Bytes: TX: 1344, RX: 0

    Number of connection: 1

    Connection #1

      Local IP address: 0xa011d64, Peer IP address: 0xa011d65

      CID 0, State: LOGGED_IN

      StatSN 1356, ExpStatSN 0

      MaxRecvDSLength 524288, our_MaxRecvDSLength 1392

      CSG 3, NSG 3, min_pdu_size 48 (w/ data 48)

      AuthMethod none, HeaderDigest None (len 0), DataDigest None (len 0)

      Version Min: 0, Max: 0

      FC target: Up, Reorder PDU: No, Marker send: No (int 0)

      Received MaxRecvDSLen key: Yes


  Session #3 (index 86)

    Target iqn.com.domainname.IPS-TEST.02-08.gw.2200002037c52356

    VSAN 5, ISID 00023d000056, TSID 135, Status active, no reservation

    Type Normal, ExpCmdSN 1356, MaxCmdSN 1366, Barrier 0

    MaxBurstSize 0, MaxConn 0, DataPDUInOrder No

    DataSeqInOrder No, InitialR2T Yes, ImmediateData No

    Registered LUN 0, Mapped LUN 0

    Stats:

      PDU: Command: 13, Response: 13

      Bytes: TX: 1344, RX: 0

    Number of connection: 1

    Connection #1

      Local IP address: 0xa011d64, Peer IP address: 0xa011d65

      CID 0, State: LOGGED_IN

      StatSN 1356, ExpStatSN 0

      MaxRecvDSLength 524288, our_MaxRecvDSLength 1392

      CSG 3, NSG 3, min_pdu_size 48 (w/ data 48)

      AuthMethod none, HeaderDigest None (len 0), DataDigest None (len 0)

      Version Min: 0, Max: 0

      FC target: Up, Reorder PDU: No, Marker send: No (int 0)

      Received MaxRecvDSLen key: Yes


  Session #4 (index 87)

    Target iqn.com.domainname.IPS-TEST.02-08.gw.2200002037c5260a

    VSAN 5, ISID 00023d000057, TSID 135, Status active, no reservation

    Type Normal, ExpCmdSN 1356, MaxCmdSN 1366, Barrier 0

    MaxBurstSize 0, MaxConn 0, DataPDUInOrder No

    DataSeqInOrder No, InitialR2T Yes, ImmediateData No

    Registered LUN 0, Mapped LUN 0

    Stats:

      PDU: Command: 13, Response: 13

      Bytes: TX: 1344, RX: 0

    Number of connection: 1

    Connection #1

      Local IP address: 0xa011d64, Peer IP address: 0xa011d65

      CID 0, State: LOGGED_IN

      StatSN 1356, ExpStatSN 0

      MaxRecvDSLength 524288, our_MaxRecvDSLength 1392

      CSG 3, NSG 3, min_pdu_size 48 (w/ data 48)

      AuthMethod none, HeaderDigest None (len 0), DataDigest None (len 0)

      Version Min: 0, Max: 0

      FC target: Up, Reorder PDU: No, Marker send: No (int 0)

      Received MaxRecvDSLen key: Yes

show iscsi stats Command Output 

switch# show iscsi stats iscsi2/7

iscsi2/7 

    5 minutes input rate 3336 bits/sec, 417 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec

    5 minutes output rate 120 bits/sec, 15 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec

    iSCSI statistics 

      4112871 packets input, 4022464380 bytes 

        303100 Command pdus, 3740086 Data-out pdus, 3815901300 Data-out bytes, 0

 fragments 

      1283306 packets output, 778111088 bytes 

        303069 Response pdus (with sense 3163), 195108 R2T pdus 

        715480 Data-in pdus, 715214528 Data-in bytes

show iscsi stats detail Command Output 

switch# show iscsi stats detail

iscsi2/7 

    5 minutes input rate 3336 bits/sec, 417 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec

    5 minutes output rate 120 bits/sec, 15 bytes/sec, 0 frames/sec

    iSCSI statistics 

      4113028 packets input, 4022586092 bytes 

        303140 Command pdus, 3740200 Data-out pdus, 3816015476 Data-out bytes, 0

 fragments 

      1283382 packets output, 778114736 bytes 

        303109 Response pdus (with sense 3163), 195141 R2T pdus 

        715480 Data-in pdus, 715214528 Data-in bytes 

  iSCSI Forward:

    Command: 303140 PDUs (Received: 303140)

    Data-Out (Write): 3740200 PDUs (Received 3740200), 0 fragments, 3816015476 b

ytes

    TMF Request: 0 (Received 28)

  FCP Forward:

    Xfer_rdy: 195141 (Received: 195141)

    Data-In: 715480 (Received: 715622), 715214528 bytes

    Response: 303109 (Received: 303322), with sense 3163

    TMF Resp: 0


  iSCSI Stats:

    Login: attempt: 16726, succeed: 114, fail: 16606, authen fail: 0

    Rcvd: NOP-Out: 36164, Sent: NOP-In: 36160

          NOP-In: 0, Sent: NOP-Out: 0

          TMF-REQ: 28, Sent: TMF-RESP: 0

          Text-REQ: 39, Sent: Text-RESP: 0

          SNACK: 0

          Unrecognized Opcode: 0, Bad header digest: 0

          Command in window but not next: 0, exceed wait queue limit: 0

          Received PDU in wrong phase: 0

  FCP Stats:

    Total: Sent: 4110679

           Received: 1281518 (Error: 0, Unknown: 0)

    Sent: PLOGI: 66367, Rcvd: PLOGI_ACC: 71, PLOGI_RJT: 66296

          PRLI: 71, Rcvd: PRLI_ACC: 71, PRLI_RJT: 0, Error resp: 0

          LOGO: 0, Rcvd: LOGO_ACC: 0, LOGO_RJT: 0

          ABTS: 87, Rcvd: ABTS_ACC: 0

          TMF REQ: 0

          Self orig command: 213, Rcvd: data: 142, resp: 213

    Rcvd: PLOGI: 614, Sent: PLOGI_ACC: 490

          LOGO: 197, Sent: LOGO_ACC: 111

          PRLI: 0, Sent: PRLI_ACC: 0

          ABTS: 183


  iSCSI Drop:

    Command: Target down 0, Task in progress 0, LUN map fail 0

             CmdSeqNo not in window 0, No Exchange ID 0, Reject 0

             Persistent Resv 0    Data-Out: 0, TMF-Req: 0

  FCP Drop:

    Xfer_rdy: 0, Data-In: 0, Response: 0


  Buffer Stats:

    Buffer less than header size: 48475, Partial: 2524437, Split: 3550971

    Pullup give new buf: 48475, Out of contiguous buf: 0, Unaligned m_data: 0

show fcns database Command Output 

switch# show fcns data vsan 5


VSAN 5:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

FCID        TYPE  PWWN                    (VENDOR)        FC4-TYPE:FEATURE

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

0x610002    N     20:0b:00:0b:be:77:72:42                 scsi-fcp:init isc..w 

0x6101e1    NL    22:00:00:20:37:c5:2d:6d (Seagate)       scsi-fcp:target 

0x6101e2    NL    22:00:00:20:37:c5:2e:2e (Seagate)       scsi-fcp:target 

0x6101e4    NL    22:00:00:20:37:c5:23:56 (Seagate)       scsi-fcp:target 

0x6101e8    NL    22:00:00:20:37:c5:26:0a (Seagate)       scsi-fcp:target 


Total number of entries = 5

show flogi database Command Output 

switch# show flogi data vsan 5

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

INTERFACE  VSAN    FCID            PORT NAME               NODE NAME       

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

fc1/12     5     0x6101e8  22:00:00:20:37:c5:26:0a  20:00:00:20:37:c5:26:0a

fc1/12     5     0x6101e4  22:00:00:20:37:c5:23:56  20:00:00:20:37:c5:23:56

fc1/12     5     0x6101e2  22:00:00:20:37:c5:2e:2e  20:00:00:20:37:c5:2e:2e

fc1/12     5     0x6101e1  22:00:00:20:37:c5:2d:6d  20:00:00:20:37:c5:2d:6d

iscsi2/8   5     0x610002  20:0b:00:0b:be:77:72:42  20:0a:00:0b:be:77:72:42


Total number of flogi = 5.

show iscsi remote-node iscsi-session-detail tcp-parameters Command Output 

switch# show iscsi remote-node iscsi-session-detail tcp-parameters

iSCSI Node name is iqn.1987-05.com.cisco.02.8cb3c18879bf356ce18e09679103235f.my-kayak 

    iSCSI alias name: MY-KAYAK 

    Node WWN is 20:0a:00:0b:be:77:72:42 (dynamic) 

    Member of vsans: 5

    Number of Virtual n_ports: 1


    Virtual Port WWN is 20:0a:00:0b:be:77:72:42 (dynamic)

      Interface iSCSI 2/8, Portal group tag is 0x87 

        VSAN ID 0, FCID 0x0

        No. of FC sessions: 1

        No. of iSCSI sessions: 1


        iSCSI session details 


          Target node: 

          Statistics:

            PDU: Command: 0, Response: 0

            Bytes: TX: 0, RX: 0

            Number of connection: 1

          TCP parameters 

            Connection Local 10.1.29.100:3260, Remote 10.1.29.101:1026

            Path MTU 1500 bytes

            Current retransmission timeout is 310 ms

            Round trip time: Smoothed 179 ms, Variance: 33

            Advertized window: Current: 62 KB, Maximum: 62 KB, Scale: 0

            Peer receive window: Current: 63 KB, Maximum: 63 KB, Scale: 0

            Congestion window: Current: 63 KB

        VSAN ID 5, FCID 0x610002

        No. of FC sessions: 4

        No. of iSCSI sessions: 4


        iSCSI session details 


          Target node: iqn.com.domainname.IPS-TEST.02-08.gw.2200002037c5260a

          Statistics:

            PDU: Command: 13, Response: 13

            Bytes: TX: 1344, RX: 0

            Number of connection: 1

          TCP parameters 

            Connection Local 10.1.29.100:3260, Remote 10.1.29.101:1048

            Path MTU 1500 bytes

            Current retransmission timeout is 300 ms

            Round trip time: Smoothed 165 ms, Variance: 35

            Advertized window: Current: 61 KB, Maximum: 62 KB, Scale: 0

            Peer receive window: Current: 63 KB, Maximum: 63 KB, Scale: 0

            Congestion window: Current: 63 KB


          Target node: iqn.com.domainname.IPS-TEST.02-08.gw.2200002037c5260a

          Statistics:

            PDU: Command: 13, Response: 13

            Bytes: TX: 1344, RX: 0

            Number of connection: 1

          TCP parameters 

            Connection Local 10.1.29.100:3260, Remote 10.1.29.101:1048

            Path MTU 1500 bytes

            Current retransmission timeout is 300 ms

            Round trip time: Smoothed 165 ms, Variance: 35

            Advertized window: Current: 61 KB, Maximum: 62 KB, Scale: 0

            Peer receive window: Current: 63 KB, Maximum: 63 KB, Scale: 0

            Congestion window: Current: 63 KB


          Target node: iqn.com.domainname.IPS-TEST.02-08.gw.2200002037c5260a

          Statistics:

            PDU: Command: 13, Response: 13

            Bytes: TX: 1344, RX: 0

            Number of connection: 1

          TCP parameters 

            Connection Local 10.1.29.100:3260, Remote 10.1.29.101:1048

            Path MTU 1500 bytes

            Current retransmission timeout is 300 ms

            Round trip time: Smoothed 165 ms, Variance: 35

            Advertized window: Current: 61 KB, Maximum: 62 KB, Scale: 0

            Peer receive window: Current: 63 KB, Maximum: 63 KB, Scale: 0

            Congestion window: Current: 63 KB


          Target node: iqn.com.domainname.IPS-TEST.02-08.gw.2200002037c5260a

          Statistics:

            PDU: Command: 13, Response: 13

            Bytes: TX: 1344, RX: 0

            Number of connection: 1

          TCP parameters 

            Connection Local 10.1.29.100:3260, Remote 10.1.29.101:1048

            Path MTU 1500 bytes

            Current retransmission timeout is 300 ms

            Round trip time: Smoothed 165 ms, Variance: 35

            Advertized window: Current: 61 KB, Maximum: 62 KB, Scale: 0

            Peer receive window: Current: 63 KB, Maximum: 63 KB, Scale: 0

            Congestion window: Current: 63 KB

iSCSI TCP Performance Issues

Generally there are two segments that effect the iSCSI performance. First is the Fibre Channel side flow control mechanism, buffer to buffer credits (BB_credits), Fibre Channel maximum frame size. Second is the TCP/IP side segment.

As in all TCP/IP-related throughput issues, the most important criteria are the Receive/Send Window Sizes on both TCP endpoints, RTT (round trip time), actual available bandwidth between the TCP peers, the MSS (maximum segment size), and the support for higher MTUs between the peers.

CLI Commands Used to Access Performance Data

Use the following CLI commands to access performance data.

•show iscsi remote-node iscsi-session-detail tcp-parameters

•show ips stats tcp interface gigabitethernet slot/port detail

•show interface iscsi slot/port

•show interface gigabitethernet slot/port

•show interface fc slot/port

•show iscsi remote-node fcp-session-detail

Understanding TCP Parameters for iSCSI

The default MTU size of an Ethernet network is 1500, while the Fibre Channel networks generally support maximum frame sizes of 2148 bytes. This means that an iSCSI gateway must divide the Fibre Channel frames into two TCP segments or IP fragments while transferring from the Fibre Channel side to the IP side depending on how this division is implemented within the device.

This section refers to the scenario in Figure 20-13.

Figure 20-13 IPS Window Scaling

The IPS module adjusts the Receive Data Field Size that it advertises to its Fibre Channel partner, according to the MTU that is configured on the corresponding Gigabit Ethernet port of an iSCSI client.

If left to the default MTU size, the Fibre Channel frame size from the target device is decreased to match the maximum Ethernet frame size, so the switching of the packet through the switch is faster. One point of performance tuning is to increase the MTU of the IP network between the peers.

Jumbo support was enabled for the IPS ports, and the MTU for the VLAN corresponding to these ports was increased.

The second point of performance tuning is to increase the TCP window size of the iSCSI endpoints. Depending on the latency between the iSCSI client and the IPS, this will need fine tuning. The switch's iSCSI configuration defines the TCP window size in kilobytes.

Any value starting with 64K (> 65535 = 0xFFFF bytes) will automatically trigger TCP window scaling according to RFC 1323. The IPS TCP window scaling begins only when the remote peer (iSCSI client in this case) requests it. This means that you need to configure the TCP stack of your client to trigger this functionality (see Figure 20-13).

For the Fibre Channel side, depending on the direction of the traffic, the BB_credit of the ports corresponding to the input interfaces (sending/receiving traffic to/from the iSCSI side) could be increased, especially in the case of local Gigabit Ethernet attached iSCSI clients.

Lab Setup

This is the lab setup that was used in collecting the performance-related information.

•The server was an IBM Pentium III server: Dual CPU @ 1.13 GHz.

•The TCP window size at both ends was set to 1MB (1024K).

•The IBM ESS Shark had a hardcoded BB_credit value of 64 (not configurable).

•The fcrxbbcredit on the corresponding switch port (fc1/3) was set to the same value.

•The C4 and C8 represented the corresponding port WWNs (pWWN) for the IBM Shark storage subsystem. The full pWWN is as follows:

–C4 50:05:07:63:00:c4:94:4c (in VSAN 778)

–C8 50:05:07:63:00:c8:94:4c (in VSAN 777)

Configuring from the Bottom Switch Using the CLI

The following example is the configuration for the 9216 switch shown in Figure 20-13. 

iscsi initiator name iqn.1987-05.com.cisco:02.75af2f95624c.shark-nas

pWWN 20:05:00:0c:30:6c:24:42 

  vsan 777

  vsan 778


iscsi virtual-target name shark_nas

pWWN 50:05:07:63:00:c8:94:4c fc-lun 0000 iscsi-lun 0000 secondary-pwwn 
50:05:07:63:00:c4:94:4c

pWWN 50:05:07:63:00:c8:94:4c fc-lun 0001 iscsi-lun 0001 secondary-pwwn 
50:05:07:63:00:c4:94:4c

initiator iqn.1987-05.com.cisco:02.75af2f95624c.shark-nas permit


interface GigabitEthernet2/1

ip address 10.48.69.251 255.255.255.192

iscsi authentication none

no shutdown

vrrp 1

priority 110

address 10.48.69.250

(This is the iSCSI target IP address for the Windows iSCSI client.) 

no shutdown


interface iscsi2/1

tcp pmtu-enable

tcp window-size 1024

(To increase the receive window size of the IPS module (in kilobytes).) 

tcp sack-enable

no shutdown

Verifying Connectivity Between Client and IPS iSCSI Service

The following example verifies the connectivity between the client and the IPS iSCSI service: 

MDS_BOTTOM# show ips stats tcp interface gigabitethernet 2/1

TCP Statistics for port GigabitEthernet2/1

    Connection Stats

      0 active openings, 24 accepts

      0 failed attempts, 0 reset received, 24 established

    Segment stats

      7047380 received, 56080130 sent, 0 retransmitted

      0 bad segments received, 0 reset sent


    TCP Active Connections 

      Local  Address        Remote Address        State      Send-Q   Recv-Q

      10.48.69.250:3260     10.48.69.233:1026     ESTABLISH  0        0

      10.48.69.250:3260     10.48.69.233:1057     ESTABLISH  34560    0

      0.0.0.0:3260          0.0.0.0:0             LISTEN     0        0


MDS_BOTTOM# show flogi database vsan 777

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

INTERFACE  VSAN    FCID            PORT NAME               NODE NAME       

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

fc1/3      777   0x610000  50:05:07:63:00:c8:94:4c  50:05:07:63:00:c0:94:4c

iscsi2/1   777   0x610001  20:05:00:0c:30:6c:24:42  20:00:00:0c:30:57:5e:c2


Total number of flogi = 2.


MDS_BOTTOM# show fcns dabase vsan 777


VSAN 777:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

FCID        TYPE  PWWN                    (VENDOR)        FC4-TYPE:FEATURE

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

0x610000    N     50:05:07:63:00:c8:94:4c (IBM)           scsi-fcp:target fc.. 

0x610001    N     20:05:00:0c:30:6c:24:42                 scsi-fcp:init isc..w 


Total number of entries = 2

MDS_BOTTOM# 

MDS_BOTTOM# show module

Mod  Ports  Module-Type                     Model              Status

---  -----  ------------------------------- ------------------ ------------

1    16     1/2 Gbps FC/Supervisor          DS-X9216-K9-SUP    active *

2    8      IP Storage Module               DS-X9308-SMIP      ok


Mod  Sw           Hw      World-Wide-Name(s) (WWN)

---  -----------  ------  --------------------------------------------------

1    1.1(0.133c)  1.0     20:01:00:0c:30:57:5e:c0 to 20:10:00:0c:30:57:5e:c0 

2    1.1(0.133c)  0.2     20:41:00:0c:30:57:5e:c0 to 20:48:00:0c:30:57:5e:c0 


Mod  MAC-Address(es)                         Serial-Num

---  --------------------------------------  ----------

1    00-0b-be-f8-7f-00 to 00-0b-be-f8-7f-04  JAB070804Q3

2    00-05-30-00-a8-56 to 00-05-30-00-a8-62  JAB070205am


* this terminal session 


MDS_BOTTOM# show iscsi remote

iSCSI Node name is iqn.1987-05.com.cisco:02.75af2f95624c.shark-nas 

    iSCSI alias name: SHARK-NAS 

    Node WWN is 20:00:00:0c:30:57:5e:c2 (dynamic) 

    Member of vsans: 777, 778

    Number of Virtual n_ports: 1

    Virtual Port WWN is 20:05:00:0c:30:6c:24:42 (configured)

      Interface iSCSI 2/1, Portal group tag: 0x1001 

        VSAN ID 778, FCID 0x7c0000

        VSAN ID 777, FCID 0x610001


MDS_BOTTOM# show iscsi local

target: shark_nas 

    Port WWN 50:05:07:63:00:c8:94:4c

(This is the port of the Shark connected to MDS 9216_Bottom.) 

Secondary PWWN 50:05:07:63:00:c4:94:4c

(This is the port of the Shark connected to MDS 9216_Top.) 

Configured node

    No. of LU mapping: 2

      iSCSI LUN: 0000, FC LUN: 0000

      iSCSI LUN: 0001, FC LUN: 0001

    No. of initiators permitted: 1 

      initiator iqn.1987-05.com.cisco:02.75af2f95624c.shark-nas is permitted 

    all initiator permit is disabled 


MDS_BOTTOM# 

MDS_BOTTOM# show interface iscsi 2/1


iscsi2/1 is up

    Hardware is GigabitEthernet

    Port WWN is 20:41:00:0c:30:57:5e:c0

    Admin port mode is ISCSI

    Port mode is ISCSI

    Speed is 1 Gbps

    Number of iSCSI session: 2, Number of TCP connection: 2 

    Configured TCP parameters 

    Local Port is 3260 

        PMTU discover is enabled (default)

(This is especially required if there are devices without jumbo support in the path. The initial TCP 3-way handshake will establish a session with a high MSS value (provided both the IPS module and the iSCSI client are configured or capable) even if there are devices without jumbo frame support in the path. Without PMTU discovery, there will be problems.) 

        Keepalive-timeout 60

        Initial-retransmit-time 300

(If there is high delay between the peers, this parameter that can be adjusted. There's no real formula; instead use trial and error to find the optimum value for your network. Try lower values as well as higher ones, and get hints from the show ips stats tcp output.) 

        Max-retransmissions 8

        Window-size 1024000

        Sack is enabled 

    Forwarding mode: pass-thru

    5 minutes input rate 410824 bits/sec, 51353 bytes/sec, 1069 frames/sec

    5 minutes output rate 581291520 bits/sec, 72661440 bytes/sec, 53302 frames/sec

    iSCSI statistics 

      1072393 packets input, 51482588 bytes 

        1072305 Command pdus, 0 Data-out pdus, 0 Data-out bytes, 0 fragments 

      53430805 packets output, 72837086312 bytes 

        1072273 Response pdus (with sense 9), 0 R2T pdus 

        52358444 Data-in pdus, 70272402880 Data-in bytes 


MDS_BOTTOM# show iscsi remote initiator iqn.1987-05.com.cisco:02.75af2f95624c.shark-nas 
iscsi tcp

iSCSI Node name is iqn.1987-05.com.cisco:02.75af2f95624c.shark-nas 

    iSCSI alias name: SHARK-NAS 

    Node WWN is 20:00:00:0c:30:57:5e:c2 (dynamic) 

    Member of vsans: 777, 778

    Number of Virtual n_ports: 1


    Virtual Port WWN is 20:00:00:0c:30:57:5e:c2 (configured)

      Interface iSCSI 2/1, Portal group tag is 0x1001 

        VSAN ID 0, FCID 0x     0

        No. of FC sessions: 1

        No. of iSCSI sessions: 1


        iSCSI session details 


          Target node: 

            Statistics:

              PDU: Command: 0, Response: 0

              Bytes: TX: 0, RX: 0

              Number of connection: 1

            TCP parameters 

              Local 10.48.69.250:3260, Remote 10.48.69.233:1026

              Path MTU: 1500 bytes

              Retransmission timeout: 300 ms

              Round trip time: Smoothed 150 ms, Variance: 31

              Advertized window: Current: 998 KB, Maximum: 1000 KB, Scale: 4

              Peer receive window: Current: 1000 KB, Maximum: 1000 KB, Scale: 4

              Congestion window: Current: 12 KB

        VSAN ID 777, FCID 0x610001

        No. of FC sessions: 1

        No. of iSCSI sessions: 1


        iSCSI session details 


          Target node: shark_nas

            Statistics:

              PDU: Command: 392051, Response: 392042

              Bytes: TX: 25692593152, RX: 0

              Number of connection: 1

            TCP parameters 

              Local 10.48.69.250:3260, Remote 10.48.69.233:1057

              Path MTU: 1500 bytes

              Retransmission timeout: 300 ms

              Round trip time: Smoothed 2 ms, Variance: 1

(Watch out for these numbers. The output is for a TCP session that goes only through one Gigabit Ethernet switch. When there are multiple router hops, as well as WAN links in the middle, the RTT will grow, and the variance will fluctuate with higher values. You may need to adjust the retransmission timeout.) 

              Advertized window: Current: 1000 KB, Maximum: 1000 KB, Scale: 4

(This is the window size set on the Windows client. See Figure 20-14.) 

              Peer receive window: Current: 1000 KB, Maximum: 1000 KB, Scale: 4

(This is the window size set on the IPS iSCSI interface. See Figure 20-14.)

Figure 20-14 Congestion Window: Current: 24 kB

TCP Parameter Changes

To change TCP parameters in the Windows registry, use the registry parameters shown in Figure 20-14 as an example.

Setting the Tcp1323Opts (circled in green) to 3, sets two bits on, one for window scaling and the other for the time-stamp option. We are only interested in the window scaling here.

Caution Editing the registry is a very high risk operation, it can render the system unusable, requiring a reinstallation of the entire operating system. Only advanced users should perform this operation.

Displaying the Gigabit Ethernet Interface

Choose Switches > Interfaces > Gigabit Ethernet using Fabric Manager to view the Gigabit Ethernet status.

Or use the show interface CLI command to view the Gigabit Ethernet status (see Example 20-2).

Example 20-2 Annotated Output of show interface gigabitethernet CLI Command 

MDS_BOTTOM# show interface gigabitethernet 2/1

GigabitEthernet2/1 is up

    Hardware is GigabitEthernet, address is 0005.3000.a85a

    Internet address is 10.48.69.251/26

    MTU 1500  bytes, BW 1000000 Kbit


Port mode is IPS

    Speed is 1 Gbps

    Beacon is turned off

    5 minutes input rate 3957384 bits/sec, 494673 bytes/sec, 6716 frames/sec

    5 minutes output rate 609420144 bits/sec, 76177518 bytes/sec, 53267 frames/sec

    6979248 packets input, 514206826 bytes

      0 multicast frames, 0 compressed

      0 input errors, 0 frame, 0 overrun 0 fifo

    55551272 packets output, 79456286344 bytes, 0 underruns

      0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 fifo

      0 carrier errors

Better throughput can be achieved if the MTU of both the client NIC and the IPS Gigabit Ethernet interface is changed to a higher MTU, provided the network in the middle supports jumbo frames.

Use the show ips stats tcp CLI command to view TCP statistics (see Example 20-3). If the retransmitted value in the segment continues to increase, it shows that either the IP network in the middle has issues or the TCP peer has problems acknowledging the data that the IPS sends to it. If the MTU of this interface is higher than the MSS of the iSCSI client, then the split packets value increases. For example, the client MTU default is 1500, which equates to an MSS value of 1460, but the IPS Gigabit Ethernet MTU changed to 2500.

Example 20-3 show ips stats tcp Command Output 

MDS_BOTTOM# show ips stats tcp interface gigabit 2/1 detail

TCP Statistics for port GigabitEthernet2/1

    TCP send stats

      56252632 segments, 76746280484 bytes

      56100434 data, 152173 ack only packets

      1 control (SYN/FIN/RST), 0 probes, 24 window updates

      0 segments retransmitted, 0 bytes 


0 retransmitted while on ethernet send queue, 0 packets split 


3 delayed acks sent

    TCP receive stats

      7068115 segments, 1061853 data packets in sequence, 54245464 bytes in sequence

      0 predicted ack, 187 predicted data

      0 bad checksum, 0 multi/broadcast, 0 bad offset

      0 no memory drops, 0 short segments

      0 duplicate bytes, 0 duplicate packets

      0 partial duplicate bytes, 0 partial duplicate packets

      0 out-of-order bytes, 0 out-of-order packets

      0 packet after window, 0 bytes after window

      0 packets after close

      7067879 acks, 76746255713 ack bytes, 0 ack toomuch, 21 duplicate acks

      0 ack packets left of snd_una, 0 non-4 byte aligned packets

      5980106 window updates, 0 window probe

      50 pcb hash miss, 0 no port, 0 bad SYN, 0 paws drops

    TCP Connection Stats

      0 attempts, 24 accepts, 24 established

      22 closed, 2 drops, 0 conn drops

      0 drop in retransmit timeout, 0 drop in keepalive timeout

      0 drop in persist drops, 0 connections drained

    TCP Miscellaneous Stats

      7054414 segments timed, 7067879 rtt updated

      0 retransmit timeout, 0 persist timeout

      19 keepalive timeout, 19 keepalive probes

    TCP SACK Stats

      0 recovery episodes, 54218621 data packets, 77791012992 data bytes

      0 data packets retransmitted, 0 data bytes retransmitted

      1 connections closed, 0 retransmit timeouts

    TCP SYN Cache Stats

      24 entries, 24 connections completed, 0 entries timed out

      0 dropped due to overflow, 0 dropped due to RST

      0 dropped due to ICMP unreach, 0 dropped due to bucket overflow

      0 abort due to no memory, 0 duplicate SYN, 2 no-route SYN drop

      0 hash collisions, 0 retransmitted


    TCP Active Connections 

      Local  Address        Remote Address        State      Send-Q   Recv-Q

      10.48.69.250:3260     10.48.69.233:1026     ESTABLISH  0        0

      10.48.69.250:3260     10.48.69.233:1057     ESTABLISH  29296    0

      0.0.0.0:3260          0.0.0.0:0             LISTEN     0        0

Use the show iscsi remote-node fcp-session-detail CLI command to view details of the session status. (See Example 20-4.) The RcvDataFieldSize will be set to the maximum 2048 if the MTU is increased on the Gigabit Ethernet interface that corresponds to this iSCSI remote node. Use the Target FCID field to verify that the local port, rather than a remote port that is reached through an ISL link, is used for the storage target to avoid suboptimal access to storage.

Example 20-4 show iscsi remote-node fcp-session-detail Command Output 

MDS_BOTTOM# show iscsi remote-node fcp-session-detail

iSCSI Node name is iqn.1987-05.com.cisco:02.75af2f95624c.shark-nas 

    iSCSI alias name: SHARK-NAS 

    Node WWN is 20:00:00:0c:30:6c:24:42 (dynamic) 

    Member of vsans: 777, 778

    Number of Virtual n_ports: 1


    Virtual Port WWN is 20:00:00:0c:30:6c:24:42 (configured)

      Interface iSCSI 2/1, Portal group tag is 0x1001 

        VSAN ID 0, FCID 0x610001

        No. of FC sessions: 1

        No. of iSCSI sessions: 1


        FCP Session details 


          Target FCID: 0x000000 (S_ID of this session: 0x000000)

                 pWWN: 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 

                 nWWN: 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 

            Session state: INIT 

            1 iSCSI sessions share this FC session 

              Target: 

            Negotiated parameters

              RcvDataFieldSize 2048 our_RcvDataFieldSize 1392

              MaxBurstSize 0, EMPD: FALSE 

              Random Relative Offset: FALSE, Sequence-in-order: Yes 

            Statistics:

              PDU: Command: 0, Response: 0

        VSAN ID 777, FCID 0x610001

        No. of FC sessions: 1

        No. of iSCSI sessions: 1


        FCP Session details 


          Target FCID: 0x610000 (S_ID of this session: 0x610001)

                 pWWN: 50:05:07:63:00:c8:94:4c 

                     nWWN: 50:05:07:63:00:c8:94:4c 

            Session state: LOGGED_IN 

            1 iSCSI sessions share this FC session 

              Target: shark_nas

            Negotiated parameters

              RcvDataFieldSize 2048 our_RcvDataFieldSize 1392

              MaxBurstSize 0, EMPD: FALSE 

              Random Relative Offset: FALSE, Sequence-in-order: Yes 

            Statistics:

              PDU: Command: 0, Response: 1612007

Verifying that the Host Is Configured for High MTU or MSS with the CLI

To get the real benefit of an increased MTU and higher Fibre Channel frame size, the path between the iSCSI client and the IPS iSCSI interface (as well as the host NIC) has to be capable of supporting this high MTU.

If you do not have access to the host, one way to see if the host is also configured for high MTU/MSS (as well as the path in the middle) is to check the split packets field in the show ips stats tcp display.

However this is a generic display for all TCP sessions. That is, if you have some hosts with high MTU-capable NICs, and some others without, it may be difficult to assess which is which. (See Example 20-5.)

Example 20-5 Sample Output for Low Packet Split Count 

MDS_Top# show ips stats tcp interface gigabitethernet 2/1 detail (truncated output)

TCP Statistics for port GigabitEthernet2/1

    TCP send stats

      10 segments, 240 bytes

      5 data, 5 ack only packets

      0 control (SYN/FIN/RST), 0 probes, 0 window updates

      0 segments retransmitted, 0 bytes

      0 retransmitted while on ethernet send queue, 0 packets split

...


    TCP Active Connections 

      Local  Address        Remote Address        State      Send-Q   Recv-Q

      10.48.69.250:3260     10.48.69.233:1026     ESTABLISH  0        0

      10.48.69.250:3260     10.48.69.233:1040     ESTABLISH  0        0

      0.0.0.0:3260          0.0.0.0:0             LISTEN     0        0

Afterward, traffic starts flowing from the FC storage towards the server that is connected via iSCSI to the IPS.

Example 20-6 Sample Output for Large Packet Split Count 

MDS_Top# show ips stats tcp interface gigabitethernet 2/1 detail

TCP Statistics for port GigabitEthernet2/1

    TCP send stats

      715535 segments, 943511612 bytes

      712704 data, 2831 ack only packets

      0 control (SYN/FIN/RST), 0 probes, 0 window updates

      0 segments retransmitted, 0 bytes

      0 retransmitted while on ethernet send queue, 345477 packets split

...

iSLB Issues

This section describes common troubleshooting issues for iSLB and includes the following topics:

•iSLB Configuration Not Distributed to All Switches in the Fabric

•iSCSI Initiator and Virtual Target Configuration Not Distributed

•iSLB Configuration, Commit, or Merge Failed—"VSAN ID is Not Yet Configured"

•iSLB Configuration, Commit, or Merge Failed—"Failed to Allocate WWN"

•iSLB Configuration, Commit, or Merge Failed—"Duplicate WWN Found as..."

•iSLB Configuration, Commit, or Merge Failed—"Duplicate Node Name"

•iSLB Configuration Failed—"Pending iSLB CFS Config Has Reached Its Limit..."

•iSCSI Disable Failed—"Cannot Disable Iscsi - Large Iscsi Config Present..."

•iSLB Commit Timeout

•Session Down—"pWWN in Use At Remote Switch"

•Redirected Session Does Not Come Up

•iSLB Zones Not Present in Active Zone Set

•Traffic Description After iSLB Commit or Activation of Zone Set

•VRRP Master Overutilized

•iSLB Zone Set Activation Failed

•iSLB CFS Commit Fails

•Resolving an iSLB Merge Failure

iSLB Configuration Not Distributed to All Switches in the Fabric

Symptom    iSLB configuration is not distributed to all switches in the fabric.

Table 20-1 iSLB Configuration Not Distributed to All Switches in the Fabric

Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution

iSLB configuration not distributed to all switches in the fabric.

Not all switches are running Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(1) or later.

Update switches to Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0(1) or later.

CFS distribution is not enabled for iSLB.

Enable CFS distribution for iSLB. Use the show cfs application name islb CLI command to determine if CFS distribution is enabled. Or use the show cfs peers name islb CLI command and check to see if any switches are missing from the output.

Use the islb distribute CLI command to enable CFS distribution.


iSCSI Initiator and Virtual Target Configuration Not Distributed

Symptom    iSCSI initiator and virtual target configuration is not distributed to the fabric.

Table 20-2 iSCSI Initiator and Virtual Target Configuration Not Distributed

Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution

iSCSI initiator and virtual target configuration is not distributed to the fabric.

Normal operation.

Only the following iSCSI and iSLB configuration is distributed:

•iSLB initiator and iSLB initiator targets

•iSLB VRRP load-balancing configuration

•iSCSI global authentication parameters (authentication algorithm and CHAP user name or password)

•iSCSI dynamic initiator mode (iSCSI, iSLB, or deny)


iSLB Configuration, Commit, or Merge Failed—"VSAN ID is Not Yet Configured"

Symptom    iSLB configuration, commit, or merge failed with error VSAN ID is not yet configured.

Table 20-3 iSLB Configuration, Commit, or Merge Failed—"VSAN ID is Not Yet Configured."

Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution

iSLB configuration, commit, or merge failed with error VSAN ID is not yet configured.

The VSAN ID for one of the initiators is not configured on all switches in the fabric.

Check the output of the show islb cfs-session status, show islb merge status, and show ips internal event-history error CLI command for details on which initiator VSAN ID is not configured on a switch.

Use the vsan database vsan vsan-id CLI command to add the VSAN ID, or remove the VSAN ID from the initiator configuration.


iSLB Configuration, Commit, or Merge Failed—"Failed to Allocate WWN"

Symptom    iSLB configuration, commit, or merge failed with error Failed to allocate WWN.

Table 20-4 iSLB Configuration, Commit, or Merge Failed—"Failed to Allocate WWN"

Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution

iSLB configuration, commit, or merge failed with error Failed to allocate WWN.

The pWWN or nWWN for one for the initiators could not be reserved from the WWN manager. This implies that the particular WWN is already in use.

Check the output of the show islb cfs-session status, show islb merge status and show ips internal event-history error CLI commands for details on the specific WWN and initiator in error.

To fix the problem, use another WWN or allow the system to assign one for the initiator using the static [nWWN | pWWN] system-assign command.


iSLB Configuration, Commit, or Merge Failed—"Duplicate WWN Found as..."

Symptom    iSLB configuration, commit, or merge failed with error Duplicate WWN found as ..

Table 20-5 iSLB Configuration, Commit, or Merge Failed—"Duplicate WWN Found as ..."

Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution

iSLB configuration, commit, or merge failed with error Duplicate WWN found as ..

The pWWN or nWWN for one for the initiators is already in use by another initiator.

Check the output of the show islb cfs-session status, show islb merge status and show ips internal event-history error CLI commands for details on the specific WWN and initiator in error.

To fix the problem, use another WWN or allow the system to assign one for the initiator using the static [nWWN | pWWN] system-assign command.


iSLB Configuration, Commit, or Merge Failed—"Duplicate Node Name"

Symptom    iSLB configuration, commit, or merge failed with error Duplicate node name.

Table 20-6 iSLB Configuration, Commit, or Merge Failed—"Duplicate Node Name"

Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution

iSLB configuration, commit, or merge failed with error Duplicate node name.

Node name of one of the iSLB initiators is the same as an existing iSCSI initiator.

Check the output of the show islb cfs-session status, show islb merge status and show ips internal event-history error CLI commands for details on the specific initiator in error.

To fix the problem, use a different node name.


iSLB Configuration Failed—"Pending iSLB CFS Config Has Reached Its Limit..."

Symptom    iSLB configuration failed with error Pending iSLB CFS config has reached its limit..

Table 20-7 iSLB Configuration Failed—"Pending iSLB CFS Config Has Reached Its Limit..."

Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution

iSLB configuration failed with error Pending iSLB CFS config has reached its limit.

The limit of 200 initiators in the pending database has been reached, so no more configuration is allowed

Use the islb commit CLI command to commit the outstanding changes.


iSCSI Disable Failed—"Cannot Disable Iscsi - Large Iscsi Config Present..."

Symptom    iSCSI disable failed with error Cannot disable iSCSI - large iSCSI config present.

Table 20-8 iSCSI Disable Failed—"Cannot Disable Iscsi - Large Iscsi Config Present..."

Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution

iSCSI disable failed with error Cannot disable iSCSI - large iSCSI config present..

There are more than 200 initiators in the running config, so iSCSI disable is not allowed.

Delete initiators from the configuration until you have less than 200 initiators. Then use the no iscsi enable CLI command to disable iSCSI.


iSLB Commit Timeout

Symptom    iSLB commit timeout.

Table 20-9 iSLB Commit Timeout

Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution

iSLB commit timeout.

When a large configuration is present, it is possible for the iSLB commit to take a long time.

Check the output of the show islb cfs-session status CLI command to get the status of the commit.


Session Down—"pWWN in Use At Remote Switch"

Symptom    Session down with error pWWN in use at remote switch.

Table 20-10 Session Down—"pWWN in Use At Remote Switch"

Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution

Session down with error pWWN in use at remote switch.

An initiator pWWN can be used only once in the fabric.

If the same initiator tries to log in to two iSCSI ports at the same time, both ports will initially allow the sessions to come up and then try to reserve the pWWN in the fabric. If it is detected that this pWWN is already in use, the session will be destroyed.

To fix the problem, use another WWN or allow the system to assign one for the initiator using the static [nWWN | pWWN] system-assign CLI command.


Redirected Session Does Not Come Up

Symptom    Redirected session does not come up.

Table 20-11 Redirected Session Does Not Come Up

Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution

Redirected session does not come up.

Connection may be down, or initiator to interface mapping may be missing.

Use the ping CLI command to verify that the connection between the redirected port and initiator is up.

Use the show logging logfile CLI command to check the system messages to determine what the session creation failure reason is if any.

Use the show interface brief CLI command to verify that iSCSI and Gigabit Ethernet interfaces are up.

Bring down and then bring up the initiator and try again to see if the error is persistent. There are times initiators do not attempt to make connections to the redirected interface.

Use the debug ips islb vrrp flow CLI command to check if the redirection is performing correctly.

Use the show islb vrrp summary CLI command to see if the initiator to the interface mapping is set up.


iSLB Zones Not Present in Active Zone Set

Symptom    iSLB zones not present in active zone set.

Table 20-12 iSLB Zones Not Present in Active Zone Set

Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution

iSLB zones not present in active zone set.

Active zone set not configured.

Check if an active zone set is configured. If this is not the case then create and activate a new zone set for the VSAN in question. Then use the islb zoneset activate CLI command to trigger iSLB zoning.

Zone set activation failed.

If an active zone set is configured, then check for activation failures. See the "Traffic Description After iSLB Commit or Activation of Zone Set" section.


Traffic Description After iSLB Commit or Activation of Zone Set

Symptom    Traffic description after iSLB commit or activation of zone set (normal, IVR, or iSLB).

Table 20-13 Traffic Disruption After iSLB Commit or Activation of Zone Set

Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution

Traffic description after iSLB commit or activation of zone set (normal, IVR, or iSLB).

An iSLB commit must be done from the switch that has IVR configured.

Commit the iSLB configuration from a switch that has both IVR and iSLB enabled.

Use the islb commit CLI command.

Any zone set activation (normal, iSLB, or IVR) must be done from the switch that has IVR configured.

Activate the zone set from a switch that has both IVR and iSLB enabled.

Use the islb zoneset activate CLI command.


VRRP Master Overutilized

Symptom    VRRP master is overutilized.

Table 20-14 VRRP Master Overutilized

Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution

VRRP master is overutilized.

iSCSI interface parameters do not match the rest of the interfaces in the VRRP group.

Verify the interface parameters for all interfaces in the VRRP group.

Or use the show vrrp CLI command to view which interfaces are in the VRRP group, then use the show interface iscsi CLI command.

Load metric needs to be adjusted.

Raise the load metric.

Use the metric CLI command in iSLB configuration mode. The default value is 1000.


iSLB Zone Set Activation Failed

Symptom    iSLB zone set activation failed.

Table 20-15 iSLB Zone Set Activation Failed

Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution

iSLB zone set activation failed.

iSLB auto-zone is enabled but CFS distribution is not enabled.

Enable CFS distribution for iSLB to share load across multiple switches.

Use the islb distribute CLI command on each switch in the fabric.

Zone set activation is not from switch with IVR and iSLB enabled.

Activate the zone set from a switch that has IVR and iSLB enabled.

Use the islb zoneset activate CLI command.

Another zone set activation is in progress.

Only one zoning related action can occur at the same time (zone, IVR zone, or iSLB zone configuration or activation). Wait until the zone set activation completes and then retry the iSLB zone set activation.

Zoning database is locked because a configuration is pending.

Only one zoning related action can occur at the same time (zone, IVR zone, or iSLB zone configuration or activation). Commit the existing configuration change or discard the changes.

Use the show islb status, islb commit, or islb abort CLI command to view the status, to commit the changes or to discard the changes, respectively.

Also, verify that no zone or IVR zone changes are pending.


iSLB CFS Commit Fails

Symptom    iSLB CFS commit fails.

Table 20-16 iSLB CFS Commit Fails

Symptom
Possible Cause
Solution

iSLB CFS commit fails.

Zone set activation is not from the switch with IVR and iSLB enabled.

Activate the zone set from a switch that has IVR and iSLB enabled.

Use the islb commit CLI command.

Another zone set activation is n progress.

Wait until the zone set activation completes and then retry the iSLB zone set activation.

Zoning database is locked because a configuration is pending.

Commit the existing configuration change or discard the changes.

Use the show islb status, islb commit, or islb abort CLI command to view the status, to commit the changes or use islb abort to discard the changes.

Also, verify that no zone or IVR zone changes are pending.


Resolving an iSLB Merge Failure

To resolve an iSLB merge failure using the CLI, follow these steps:

Step 1 Determine the cause of merge failure using the output of the show islb merge status and the show ips internal event-history error commands.

Step 2 If the reason for the merge failure is the VSAN configuration, configure the VSAN on all the switches.

Step 3 Log in to the switch in the fabric whose running configuration you want to keep and issue the islb commit command.

Note The iSLB configuration on other switches will be overwritten. A commit after a merge failure synchronizes the fabric configuration to the running- config of the switch where the commit was performed.