This topic describes some errors that you might encounter
when applying your BOFM configuration.
Parsing failures
If the configuration file
contains errors while being parsed, the AMM Web interface displays
the Open Fabric Manager Configuration Failure page. The page contains
a table that shows the line number of each error and a brief description
of the error. You must fix all of the errors in the configuration
file before continuing.
For a detailed description of these errors,
see Error messages.
Connection failures
If the AMM is unable to
connect to any of the chassis' that are listed in the configuration
file, the Web interface displays the Open Fabric Manager Configuration
Failure page. The page contains a table that shows the IP address
of the chassis it is unable to connect to. If you want to ignore this
chassis and apply the configuration anyway, you can press Ignore.
Ignoring a chassis might result in duplicate addresses, because the
AMM cannot compare the addresses against the ones that are being used
by the unreachable chassis. You can also suppress this warning by
selecting the Continue on error advanced option on the Apply
a Configuration page.
Login failures
The AMM uses the user name and
password that you used to login to the current AMM to attempt to login
to the other AMMs. If the AMM fails to login to the other AMMs using
these credentials, the Web interface displays the Open Fabric Manager
Authentication Failure page. This page gives you the option to provide
an alternate user name and password for the chassis. If you check
the
use this user and password for the rest of the AMMs box,
this user name and password combination is attempted on all other
chassis to which the AMM fails to connect.
After you fill in the
user name and password, click
Retry. If you wish to ignore
this chassis and continue to apply the configuration anyway click
Ignore.
If you wish to ignore all the chassis to which the AMM fails to login
click
Ignore All. Ignoring a chassis might result in duplicate
addresses since the AMM cannot compare the addresses against the ones
that are being used by the unreachable chassis. You can also suppress
this warning by selecting the
Continue on error advanced option
on the Apply a Configuration page.
Important: You can get
a login failed message in cases where all the TCP Command Mode
connections to the AMM are in use. If you get the login failed message
when using a valid user name and password, make sure that the AMM
connection limit of the AMM you failed to login to is more than the
number of connections in use (if, for example, Director is using one
connection). This is controlled through the AMM Web interface on MM
Control→Network Protocols→TCP Command
Mode Protocol.
Retrieve failure
If the AMM fails to retrieve
the
BOFM configuration
from any of the chassis, the Web interface displays the Open Fabric
Manager Retrieve Failure page. Failure to retrieve the
BOFM configuration
usually occurs when the other chassis' do not support
BOFM or if
there are communication errors.
If you want to ignore this chassis
and apply the configuration anyway, you can press Ignore. Ignoring
a chassis might result in duplicate addresses, because the AMM cannot
compare the addresses against the ones that are being used by the
unreachable chassis. You can also suppress this warning by selecting
the Continue on error advanced option on the Apply a Configuration page.
Blade power state failure
Before applying a
configuration, the AMM validates that all the blades that are about
to be re-configured are powered off. If any of these blades are powered
on, the Web interface displays the Open Fabric Manager Configuration
Error - Found Powered On Blades page. The page contains a table that
shows the blades that are currently powered on (indicated by a red
X icon).
You can optionally force the configuration changes to these
powered on blades by clicking Force. This keeps the blades
powered on and causes the configuration to be applied to those blades
during their next reboot. Forcing the configuration might result in
duplicate addresses. You can also force the configuration changes
by selecting the Force the configuration to be applied to powered
on blades advanced option on the Apply a Configuration page.
Disable BOFM failure
As
described in
Avoiding address duplication,
before applying the new configuration, the AMM disables the
BOFM configuration
for the slots that are about to be re-configured. If there is a failure
disabling the
BOFM configuration
for any of the blades, the Web interface displays the Open Fabric
Manager Configuration Failure page. The page contains a table that
shows the blades that could not be disabled (indicated by a red X
icon). A green check mark icon indicates blades that were properly
disabled.
Important: This is a critical error so you must
resolve this issue before continuing. If it is not resolved immediately,
blades in your BOFM environment
can be disabled when that was not your intent.
Apply BOFM failure
If
there is a failure applying the BOFM configuration
to any of the slots, the AMM continues to apply the BOFM configuration
to all the other slots. After the process completes, the Web interface
displays The configuration file could not be successfully applied
to one or more blades page. The page contains a table that shows the
blades to which the configuration could not be applied (indicated
by a red X icon). If you apply the configuration again, the AMM attempts
to configure only the slots that it failed to configure on the previous
attempt.