Post on 25-Oct-2015
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Replace HBA via SYMCLI (Replace WWN)
EMC DMX Symmetrix - Replace HBA via SYMCLI (Replace WWN )
HBA card failure and require to swap to new HBA card? This artilcle will guide you how to replace the
HBA via Symcli, before the storage administrator do the masking update in Symcli, always check the fabic
zoning to ensure the zoneset has been updated with the new HBA WWN. After confirmed in fabric level,
proceed to the ECC server and perform the HBA replacement via Symcli
# Check the status of SAN switch fabric login. This also will confirm the zoning are configure
correctly
C:\> symmask -sid 1234 list logins -wwn 10000000C9611CE3
Symmetrix ID : 000190101234
Director Identification : FA-4B
Director Port : 0
User-generated Logged On
Identifier Type Node Name Port Name FCID In Fabric
---------------- ----- --------------------------------- ------ ------ ------
10000000C9611CE3 Fibre NULL NULL 6d0113 Yes Yes
Director Identification : FA-7B
Director Port : 0
User-generated Logged On
Identifier Type Node Name Port Name FCID In Fabric
---------------- ----- --------------------------------- ------ ------ ------
10000000C9611CE3 Fibre NULL NULL 6d0113 Yes Yes
symmask -sid 1234 -wwn oldhbawwn replace newhbawwn
# Run the command to replace HBA
# New HBA WWN 10000000C96113C3
# Old HBA WWN 10000000C9611CE3
C:\> symmask -sid 1234 -wwn 10000000C96113C3 replace 10000000C9611CE3
# To check the status
C:\ >symmaskdb -sid 1234 list database -wwn 10000000C9611CE3 -v
Symmetrix ID : 000190101234
Director Identification : FA-4B
Director Port : 0
Originator Port wwn : 10000000C9611CE3
Type : Fibre
User-generated Name : 10000000C96113C3/10000000C96113C3
Visibility : No
FCID Lockdown : No
Lun Offset : No
Heterogeneous Host : No
Dynamic Addressing : No
Authentication State : N/A
Devices : 040D 053E:054E 0636 063A 063E 0642
Director Identification : FA-7BDirector Port : 0
Originator Port wwn : 10000000C9611CE3 Type : Fibre User-generated Name : 10000000C96113C3/10000000C96113C3 Visibility : No FCID Lockdown : No Lun Offset : No Heterogeneous Host : No Dynamic Addressing : No Authentication State : N/A
Devices : 040D 053E:054E 0636 063A 063E 0642
# Save information to VMCDB database
C:\ >symmask -sid 1234 refresh
Refresh Symmetrix FA directors with contents of SymMask database 000190101234 (y/[n]) ? y
Symmetrix FA directors updated with contents of SymMask Database 000190101234.