Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Fibre Channel Guide
- About NetBackup Fibre Transport and SAN Client
- About optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
- About backup to tape support
- VMware support
- Supported Fibre Channel features on NetBackup appliances
- NetBackup Appliance rear panel configurations
- About the HBA port mode configuration
- Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 5220 and 5230 appliances
- Supported Fibre Channel port configuration for the NetBackup 5240 appliances
- Supported Fibre Channel port configurations for the NetBackup 53xx appliances
- About the factory default port mode configuration
- Default port mode configuration for FTMS, optimized duplication, and Auto Image Replication
- Zoning the FC SAN
- About the Fibre Transport page on the NetBackup Appliance Web Console
- Configuring Fibre Transport on the appliance
- How to configure Fibre Transport media server for SAN Client
- Guidelines for changing NetBackup appliance FT target ports to receive data streams from multiple SAN Client FC initiator ports
- How to configure Fibre Transport for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication over FC
- Configuring Fibre Transport to other NetBackup appliances
- Configuring Fibre Transport on a target appliance for optimized duplication and replication
- About Fibre Transport Deduplication target mode port verification
- How to configure two NetBackup 52xx or 53xx appliances in different domains for MSDP replication
About HBA link status on the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
The HBA link status on a Fibre Chanel (FC) HBA port shows the current FC link status on the port. By monitoring the link status, you can know whether a port is correctly connected or whether it is ready for work.
To monitor the HBA link status, run the Main > Manage > FibreChannel > Show [Ports] command from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu. The output shows the link status of all the HBA ports.
The following list shows the possible status of a port in the standard initiator mode:
Online
The initiator port is connected to an FC switch.
The initiator port is directly connected to a target port for SAN Client Fibre Transport media server (FTMS).
Offline
The initiator port is connected to an FC switch but the negotiation has failed.
Linkdown
The initiator port has no FC connection
The following list shows the possible link status of a port in target mode for SAN Client FTMS:
Fabric
The target port is connected to an FC switch with an active FC zone.
Disconnected
The target port is connected to an FC switch but the FC zone is not active.
The target port is connected to another target port for SAN Client FTMS through an FC switch.
Note:
If two target ports for SAN Client FTMS are connected through an FC switch, you can find that one port shows Disconnected, and the other shows Loop.
Loop
The target port is connected to another target port for SAN Client FTMS through an FC switch.
Ptp
The target port is connected to an FC switch and the negotiation is ongoing.
The following list shows the possible link status of a port in the target mode for optimized duplication and Auto Image Replication:
Online
The target port is connected to an FC switch.
Offline
The target port is connected to an FC switch but the negotiation has failed.
Linkdown
The target port has no FC connection.
To monitor the link status of the ports that are used to duplicate data between two 52xx or 53xx appliances, you can also use the NetBackup Appliance Web Console. The Settings > Network > FibreTransport page displays a simplified status of up or down for those ports.
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