SAN paths do not come back online after rebooting SAN switch on RHEL 8.2 with qedf driver

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After rebooting the FC switch paths do not get online even if the switch already go alive.

    Mar  1 16:22:45 localhost kernel: host13: libfc: Link down on port (920106)  <<< host13 port went down
    Mar  1 16:23:46 localhost kernel: scsi 13:0:1:0: alua: Detached
    Mar  1 16:23:46 localhost kernel: scsi 13:0:1:1: alua: Detached
    Mar  1 16:23:46 localhost kernel: scsi 13:0:3:2: alua: Detached
    Mar  1 16:23:46 localhost kernel: scsi 13:0:2:2: alua: Detached
    Mar  1 16:23:46 localhost kernel: scsi 13:0:1:2: alua: Detached
    Mar  1 16:23:46 localhost kernel: scsi 13:0:1:3: alua: Detached
    Mar  1 16:23:46 localhost kernel: scsi 13:0:3:3: alua: Detached
    Mar  1 16:23:46 localhost kernel: scsi 13:0:2:3: alua: Detached
    Mar  1 16:23:47 localhost kernel: host13: libfc: Link up on port (000000)   <<< host13 link up but no device logs
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.2
    • 4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64
  • FCoE devices using qedf driver
    • QLogic Corp. FastLinQ QL41000 Series 10/25/40/50GbE Controller (FCoE) [1077:8080]

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