Thanks to two great responces I got from Drew O'Donnell and Adam Fox tghe problem was fixed:
Drew O'Donnell:
toaster>priv set advanced toaster>fcadmin reset_adapter "adapter#"
Adam Fox:
filer> storage enable adapter <adapter_name>
Original question: We had an outage on the Brocade fiber switch that attaches STK tape drives to 3 filers
1 filer that is running 6.2.1 pick the drive after the fiber switch went live again The other 2 are running 6.1R1 and they do not see their drives any more
Short of rebooting the Filers running 6.1R1, what can be done
Here is a log from filer with 6.1R1 Wed Sep 11 11:28:23 CDT [filer1: ispfc_main:warning]: Loop break detected on Fibre Channel adapter 5. Wed Sep 11 11:28:54 CDT [filer1: ispfc_timeout:error]: Could not recover loop on Fibre Channel adapter 5 after 30 seconds. Wed Sep 11 11:28:54 CDT [filer1: ispfc_timeout:error]: Offlining loop attached to Fibre Channel adapter 5. Wed Sep 11 11:28:54 CDT [filer1: ispfc_init_3:notice]: Fibre Channel adapter 5 is now offline.
Here is the log from Filer 6.2.1 Wed Sep 11 11:37:53 CDT [ispfc_main:warning]: Link break detected on Fibre Channel adapter 5. Wed Sep 11 11:37:53 CDT [ispfc_timeout:warning]: Resetting Fibre Channel adapter 5. Wed Sep 11 11:38:10 CDT [ispfc_timeout:warning]: Resetting Fibre Channel adapter 5. Wed Sep 11 11:38:27 CDT [ispfc_timeout:error]: Offlining Fibre Channel adapter 5. Wed Sep 11 11:38:27 CDT [ispfc_init_2:notice]: Fibre Channel adapter 5 is now offline. Wed Sep 11 11:40:14 CDT [ispfc_init_2:warning]: Fibre Channel switch attached to Fibre Channel adapter 5 advertises an R_A_TOV value of 10000 mSecs. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message (including any attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Please note that e-mails are susceptible to change. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (including its group companies) shall not be liable for the improper or incomplete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt or damage to your system. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (or its group companies) does not guarantee that the integrity of this communication has been maintained nor that this communication is free of viruses, interceptions or interference. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------