HP 8.20q Fibre Channel Switch - Manual (Page 144)

144 Troubleshooting
Why is the Linux Server on my local SAN not discovered?
How do I prevent losing aliases when updating SAN Connection Manager to a new version?
Symptoms: A new Linux server has been added to the SAN, and it has the appropriate SAN
Connection Manager Agent running, but the Linux server is not being discovered by the
Windows 2003 SAN Connection Manager server.
Solution: I f the local SAN is not running DNS, there is no Domain Name Server to perform the
name server-to-IP resolution for the newly-attached server. You must manually add the
Linux Server Name and IP address to the SAN Connection Manager hosts file.
NOTE: Most distributions of Linux have the firewall enabled by default. The user must
add the portmap and qlremote service TCP/IP ports to allow traffic to pass through.
The file is located at:
C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Example of hosts file:
# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names.
# Each entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address
# should be placed in the first column followed by the
# corresponding host name. The IP address and the host name should
# be separated by at least one space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on
# individual lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#'
# symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
127.0.0.1 localhost
10.1.6.65 apsun01
10.3.8.5 DL145-1
10.3.8.127 DL380G3-2
10.3.8.107 DL320-1
10.3.8.109 ml370-1
Symptoms: I updated SAN Connection Manager to a newer version and when I re-launched the
program, all of my aliases were lost. How do I save them before updating to a newer
version?
Solution: Before removing, reinstalling, or updating the SAN Connection Manager application,
preserve your aliases by saving the file HP_SSCM.ALI. This file is located in the same
directory as the SAN Connection Manager executable. After the new version has been
installed, copy the file back to the directory where the new executable is installed.
This also applies when you install and launch SAN Connection Manager on a new
server and want to preserve the aliases created when running SAN Connection
Manager on an older server.