Mac mini server + SANLink adapter Thunderbolt  to Fibre ..long Delay to connect to fiber xsan

We replace the old Xseve with new Mac mini server (10.8.2 ) with PROMISE SANLink adapter " Thunderbolt  to Fibre Channel)
we have 2 mac pro machines ( 10.7.5) with Apple fiber channel card in both machine (firmware 1.3 ) and 2 active storage (12x2TB ) , Qlogic 1400 fibe switch 8 Ports
our xsan system was runing with xserve as MDC from long time
Now we replace the xserve with new mac mini + SANLink adapter  and recreate the new XSAN Volume again as clean installation and mounted it on the server and on both machines
But unfortunately we found many problems
1- Mac mini server with PROMISE SANLink adapter takes about 20 Min to detect the fiber connection with LUNs we got LUNs not found message on xsan admin for about 20 Min , and then he found it and mounted on mac mini desktop
2-All mac pro ( 10.7.5 ) take about 20 min to detect the fiber channel ( get red and not connected for about 20 min after booting ) this happen only when I update the OSX from 10.6.8 to 10.7.5 ..!!!!
3-All client can not mount the xsan volume and computers did not authenticate .
4- I deleted the computers and can't add it again to computers list ..always can't authenticate
So what can it to to solve this problem  ???  , Is ther any firmware update for Apple fiber channel card for 10.7.5 , why
PROMISE SANLink adapter " Thunderbolt  to Fibre Channel)  takes 20 min to detect the fiber ???

Some of this is heavy opinion and some is experience.  First, 10.7 was a terrible OS for Xsan support.  Some of the issues you may be experiencing may be due to 10.7.  I for one, avoided it like the plague. 
Next, the issues you are describing sound like they could be DNS related or possibly related to how you defined your zones and your ports (target vs initiator).  The place to look is your system log on these units.  You should be seeing SCSI initialization errors from the FC cards.  You may have loop arbitration issues or something else related to the way the FC ports are configured.
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