SAN Client doesn't use FC to backup to 5230 Appliance

[Frank_R]

Hello everybody, I wanted to thank you in advance for any help or clarification.

We just zoned one SAN client to a new 5230 appliance. After zoning was done, we did the following:

- Enable SAN Client Fibre Transport on the Media Server [use FT for backups to this Appliance] and we rebooted the appliance.

When I ran Show FC, it showed the 2 ports I zoned in the appliance (slot5 and slot 6) as Targets (that's what I wanted) and the status is "Fabric".

I tried to run a test backup but it was using the LAN, not the SAN. What am I missing?

Here is the result of the Show command on the appliance:

FC HBA card(s) are configured correctly.
**** FC HBA Cards ****
07:00.0 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)
07:00.1 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)
08:00.0 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)
08:00.1 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)
81:00.0 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)
81:00.1 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)
82:00.0 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)
82:00.1 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)

**** Drivers ****
qla2xxx is loaded
windrvr6 is loaded

**** Ports ****
Bus ID Slot Port WWN Status Mode Speed Remote Ports
07:00.0 Slot5 21:00:00:24:FF:4F:E6:FC Fabric Target 8 gbit/s ------------
07:00.1 Slot5 21:00:00:24:FF:4F:E6:FD Online Initiator 8 gbit/s 0x500104f000baf899
0x500104f000baf83f
0x500104f000baf809
08:00.0 Slot6 21:00:00:24:FF:4F:E5:9C Fabric Target 8 gbit/s ------------
08:00.1 Slot6 21:00:00:24:FF:4F:E5:9D Online Initiator 8 gbit/s 0x500104f000baf85d
0x500104f000baf875
0x500104f000baf84e
81:00.0 Slot4 21:00:00:24:FF:4F:E8:6C Online Initiator 8 gbit/s 0x500104f000baf854
0x500104f000baf80c
0x500104f000baf84b
81:00.1 Slot4 21:00:00:24:FF:4F:E8:6D Linkdown Initiator 8 gbit/s
82:00.0 Slot2 21:00:00:24:FF:4F:E6:CE Online Initiator 8 gbit/s 0x500104f000baf878
0x500104f000baf86c
0x500104f000baf860
82:00.1 Slot2 21:00:00:24:FF:4F:E6:CF Linkdown Initiator 8 gbit/s

*** Devices ****
Device Vendor ID Type Remote Port
/dev/sg10 HP Ultrium 4-SCSI 0x500104f000baf875
/dev/sg11 HP Ultrium 4-SCSI 0x500104f000baf84e
/dev/sg12 HP Ultrium 4-SCSI 0x500104f000baf899
/dev/sg13 HP Ultrium 4-SCSI 0x500104f000baf85d
/dev/sg14 HP Ultrium 4-SCSI 0x500104f000baf80c
/dev/sg15 HP Ultrium 4-SCSI 0x500104f000baf84b
/dev/sg16 HP Ultrium 4-SCSI 0x500104f000baf854
/dev/sg17 HP Ultrium 4-SCSI 0x500104f000baf860
/dev/sg18 HP Ultrium 4-SCSI 0x500104f000baf86c
/dev/sg19 HP Ultrium 4-SCSI 0x500104f000baf878
/dev/sg8 HP Ultrium 4-SCSI 0x500104f000baf83f
/dev/sg9 HP Ultrium 4-SCSI 0x500104f000baf809

*** Remote Appliances over FC ****
Please scan for remote appliances over FC first

*** Notes ****
(NOTE: Ports in mode "Initiator*" are configured for target mode when SAN Client FT Media
Server is active, however, are currently running in initiator mode, i.e. SAN Client
is disabled or inactive.)

[chashock · Accepted solution]

Have you configured the client?  Have a look at the SAN Client Guide:

7.5 http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC5189 

7.6 http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC6469  

[Frank_R]

Hello Chashock, THANK YOU for your guidance.

Now my test backup is using the FT, and I can see my client listed under Devices > SAN Clients.

However, I'm running my test backup and I see the speed is almost half of the speed the same backup ran when I was backing it up to the tape library instead of the appliance.

Any idea of why?

[chashock]

That's a full can of worms.  There are a lot of factors that can affect that.  Was the system that is now a SAN Client a SAN Media server before?  

What did the config look like before you made this switch?

[Frank_R]

Before we were backing up to tape to a SAN connected library. The SAN client used to be a media server. Now the media server is the appliance. Speed used to be around 20000 Kb per Sec. Now it is around 9000.