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.