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Dell EMC Unity: Arrays's own FC Port WWNs visible in the initiators tab in Unisphere after upgrade to 4.4 (User Correctable)

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Symptoms

Upgrade of Unity to 4.4.x

The  user may see the array's own FC port WWNs under host initiators tab in Unisphere after the upgrade of the Unity to 4.4.1.
Deleting the WWN from the initiator tab doesn't wors as the initiators will reappear after the job completes.
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Fig 1 shows the FC port information in the GUI.

Before Upgrade:
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Below is the Initiator tab in Unity GUI where the FC port WWNs are visible these highlighted entries were not visible before the unity had upgraded to 4.4.1

After upgrade:

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Cause

This issue was introduced in 4.4.0 due to 2-way NDMP feature.
The Unity identifies the array's own FC port as targets.

Resolution

Fix will be included in upcoming Unity OE release 4.5 due late January

Affected Products

Dell EMC Unity Family

Products

Dell Unity 300, Dell EMC Unity 300F, Dell EMC Unity 350F, Dell EMC Unity 400, Dell EMC Unity 400F, Dell EMC Unity 450F, Dell EMC Unity 500, Dell EMC Unity 500F, Dell EMC Unity 550F, Dell EMC Unity 600, Dell EMC Unity 600F, Dell EMC Unity 650F , Dell EMC Unity Family |Dell EMC Unity All Flash, Dell EMC Unity Family, Dell EMC Unity Hybrid ...
Article Properties
Article Number: 000057297
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 20 Nov 2020
Version:  2
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