Knowledge Article: ID B0F00F001: Communication problems between an Open Fabric Manager device and a storage target at blade %d

Description

After applying Open Fabric Manager settings on the blade server, the blade server cannot access the target storage device.

Causes

A communication problem between an Open Fabric Manager device and target storage at the specified blade server.

Implications

A communication problem between a BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager (BOFM) device and target storage generates this event.

Resolutions

Perform these steps:

1. Check the zoning configuration for the blade server and target storage device.
2. Verify the path from the blade server to the target storage device.
3. Update any configuration settings, if needed, and apply Open Fabric Manager again.

Additional information

To find additional troubleshooting help, visit the "IBM Support & downloads" Web site, select "BladeCenter" for "Browse products for support" panel. At "Support & downloads quick start" page, select your product for "Choose your products", and "Troubleshooting" for "Choose your page", then select "View your page" for "See your results". To narrow the results, search with keywords that are related to this article, such as "fail", "Chassis", etc. in the "Search support" field at the right panel.

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