Netapp E2800 periodically disconnects

Possible causes and solution(s)

• Causes

System overview:

• BVMS 11.0
• VRM 4.00
• Netapp 11.70.R2

Also, the behavior explained below was encountered in:

• BVMS: 10.01
• VRM: 3.82.0057
• Netapp: 11.60.2

Netapp DSA E2800 single controllers are disconnecting for a short period of time.

This is sometimes regular once an hour and even in shorter cycles.

The cameras aren’t recording during the disconnection period.

The ping from the VRM and BVMS server runs without problems on management port and iSCSI.

• Solution

Activate the flow control on the management port from the switch.

Useful:

• What should I check first if Channel 5 & 6 of DSA E2800 are showing as disconnected?
• How to configure iSCSI ports of DSA E2800 dual or single controller & configure it in BVMS CC?

According to the NetApp KB, the default management port IP addresses for each controller is shown below:

Default IP addresses for all platforms except EF600 running 11.60 or earlier:

Note: Default IP addresses are in the form 192.168.XXX.10Y, where:
    XXX = 128 is the first port and 129 is the second port on a controller.
    Y      = 1 is for controller A and 2 is for controller B.

Default IP addresses for all platforms running 11.60.2 and later, or EF600 running 11.60 or later:

Note: Default IP addresses are in the form 169.254.XXX.10Y, where:
    XXX = 128 is the first port and 129 is the second port on a controller.
    Y      = 1 is for controller A and 2 is for controller B.