VIC 1240 and SAN Troubleshooting

When connecting to a VIC 1240 and running the "lunlist x" command I don't get PLOGI session I think I should....
Steps to reproduce:
adapter 1/3/1 (fls):5# lunmap 7
lunmapid: 0 port_cnt: 1
lif_id: 4
PORTNAME NODENAME LUN PLOGI
20:00:00:1f:93:00:12:9e 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00 0000000000000000 Y
adapter 1/3/1 (fls):6# lunlist 7
Should I not get something like the following from the lunlist X command:
vnic : 7 lifid: 4
- FLOGI State : flogi est (fc_id 0xa70804)
- PLOGI Sessions
- WWNN 20:00:00:1f:93:00:12:9e WWPN 20:00:00:1f:93:00:12:9e fc_id 0xa70400
- LUN’s configured (SCSI Type, Version, Vendor, Serial No.)
LUN ID : 0×0000000000000000 (0×0, 0×4, XIOTECH , 3BCC01C4)
- REPORT LUNs Query Response
LUN ID : 0×0000000000000000
- Nameserver Query Response
- WWPN : 20:00:00:1f:93:00:12:9e
Thanks

Hi Terry
When you run the lunlist, and lunmap commands, what exactly do you get? From the output you provided, looks like the adapter
can see the lun and is plogi into the storage.
Is this a new install or the server has been working before?
Is the storage connected directly to the fabric interconnects, or through a SAN switch?
If you don't see anything when running these commands most likely there is a configuration issue.
Can you see the adapter flogi?
Can you see the vhbas' wwpn on the stotage or the switch?

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