If the link between the switch and HP EVA8000 cannot be set up after the cable is removed and then inserted or the FC switch is restarted, how to recover the linkA local storage system is connected to an HP EVA8000 storage system through a Fibre Channel switch. After the cable between the HP EVA8000 and the switch is removed and reinserted or the switch is restarted, the switch sends LIP-loop initialization frames (loop acknowledgement) to the HP EVA8000. However, the HP EVA8000 does not support the loop mode and therefore does not return a response message. As a result, the switch resets the link connected to the HP EVA8000. Afterwards, the HP EVA8000's port mode becomes abnormal intermittently and the link fails to resume.
On the HP EVA8000, set its port mode to Fabric for the link to resume.
