it was a vsan mismatch because of the brocade.  so currently one side of the cluster is a different vsan.  ... View more

I openned a case.  looks like it was an issue with the new firmware and the Brocade Switch we have.  2.02(Q) has the VSAN ID 1111 and the brocade needed it to be 1 so we modified the FCoE VLAN ID to something other than default.  The HBA's are online and available. Obscure fix but it is working correctly now. ... View more

License looks good.  and NPIV is enabled.  I may have to open a case. Feat Name                      Scope Default Total Quant Used Quant State          Peer Count Comparison   Grace Used ------------------------------ ----- ------- ----------- ---------- ----------- -------- ----------------------- ---------- ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG        A           8           8          5 License Ok          Matching                         0 ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG        B           8           8          5 License Ok          Matching                         0 ... View more

the upstream switch is a brocade 48K.  VSANs are mapped to Fabricdual/default vsan ID they are the same on A and B.  ... View more

Thanks for your reply.  So I have 4 blades with Service Profiles associated and VMware installed on all 4 blades. They are powered on and they see the A side, I have disabled/ enabled the FC uplink ports for B.  But 3 out of 4 servers still show the NPV upstream port unavailable.  None of the B side ports are able to be seen by the san manager.  On the switch A side ports shows F-Port  1 N Port + 2 NPIV Bside just shows the NN for the port. Any idea? ... View more