If you experience any difficulties, contact citrix emuelx support. Some limitations will apply when using the lpfc driver in a system with. Emulex drivers for linux release notes 3 pub005463 note. Run the following commands to stop the emulex application daemons. If we are adding physical disk it will show as devsda based of the disk type. After you have installed the emulex host bus adapter hba and the driver on the sun sparc host, you must configure the emulex hba. Looking for online definition of lpfc or what lpfc stands for.
Emulex drivers for linux release notes broadcom inc. Solaris is a nonfree unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. How to identify the hba cardsports and wwn in solaris the geek. Type name latest commit message commit time failed to load latest commit information. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author s experience as a linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. Fix endian issue in logical link config command ivan vecera 1442979 1436527 scsi lpfc.
When the volumes are created and mapped, restart the host with the reboot r command. This document describes how to install, configure, and test the sun storagetek enterprise pcix 4 gb fibre channel fc single or dual port emulex host bus. Oracle solaris operating system solaris 10 1 u11 sparc and 3 minimum patch revisions, 14888802, 14208803, and 15011502 oracle solaris cluster software4,5 maximum number of nodes6 multipath driver oracle solaris oracle san driver bundled in os for oracle solaris 10 host adapters3 sgxpci1fcqf2, sgxpci1fcql2, sgxpci2fcqf2, sg. How to check the hba name, make, model, firmware, driver. This activity was done on a clustered hostand the steps below will be for a clustered hostfolks, its much easier on nonclustered environment take a backup of important files. The lpfc driver has been upstream for many years and can be readily found in the distributions. How to rescan for new luns on a emulex fc controller. The sun driver does automatically persistent binding, in lpfc driver you have to edit.
I dont know how i wound up with two lpfc driver on the system, but the lsmod info says to me that only the 8. We recently had an issue with a brief fabric outage causing vxvm dmp to disable the path down one hba lp0 using the lpfc driver on a pair of solaris 8 vcs cluster nodes. These instructions start at the point where the cards are physically installed and the lpfc drivers are in place. After you install the emulex host bus adapter hba and the driver on the oracle sparc host, you must configure the emulex hba. Removal of the etcnf file in oracle solaris 10 and previous releases, the etcnf file is where details about all of the printers that are set up by using the lp print service is stored. Download latest helper apps and firmware from emulex. This module installs a driver called lpfcdfc that sits on top of the lpfc driver. Check hba card and its drivers info on linuxrhel6 fibrevillage. Configuring the emulex hba by using emulex lpfc driver for oracle sparc hosts. This emulex lpfc driver enables support for emulexs lpe16000 did. This is a database server, and the io is very busy to the array. Recent driver kits can be found on the website as well as websites for various oems.
Download and install the lpfc driver from the emulex website. Installing an emulex adapter and driver on a sun host. X that contains the emlxs driver which is supplied with the installation cds of solaris 10. By downloading, you agree to the terms and conditions of the hewlett packard enterprise software license agreement. It was specifically written for intel 440bx based motherboards. In the cases where a cable was pulled, link 35 jitter, or a device temporarily loses connectivity due to its cable 36 being removed, a switch rebooting, or a device reboot, the driver could. Configuring amcc, emulex, and qlogic host device drivers. Configuring the emulex hba using emulex lpfc driver for sun sparc hosts. How to configure tape drive on solaris for veritas. Contribute to torvaldslinux development by creating an account on github. This message indicates 1 a possible lack of memory resources.
A readme file that describes the patch naming scheme, and directions and instructions on how. Configuring the emulex hba by using emulex lpfc driver for. After completing the solaris 10 is installation, the emlxs diver for the emulex 16g fc hba was automatically installed and configured. Hi i am wondering how solaris decides the disk names in a san environment.
I am using emulex lp0 hbas connected to an ibm ds400 disk array. Configuring the emulex hba using emulex lpfc driver for. Emc host connectivity guide for oracle solaris pn 300000607 rev a53. Remember that luxadm command only work on hbas that are bound to the oracle drivers. What is the meaning of lpfc driver messages in varlogmessages. Fujitsu storage eternus multipath driver oracle solaris. Lpfc is listed in the worlds largest and most authoritative dictionary database of abbreviations and acronyms the free dictionary. In solaris 10, type fcinfo hbaport to verify the existing fc hba port status. Installing an emulex adapter and driver on a solaris host. In oracle solaris 11, this file is no longer generated after a fresh installation. In 2010, after the sun acquisition by oracle, it was renamed oracle solaris solaris is known for its scalability, especially on sparc systems, and for originating many innovative features such as dtrace, zfs and time slider. To partition a particular hard disk, for example devxvdc. Looking for help as to why solaris 8 lpfc path didnt recover. To configure the emulex hba for a sun sparc host, use the following steps.
What are the host requirements for systems with both qlogic and. Solaris printing chapter 5 administering printers by using solaris print manager and lp print commands tasks administering printers and the print scheduler by using lp print commands task map how to restart the print scheduler. The emulex onecore storage sdk supports the service level interface 4 sli4 api and is compatible with the latest generation of emulex 8 and 16 gbs fibre channel hbas lpe15000 and lpe16000 series, as well as. When using emulex fc hba for fc connections, make sure you to use the emlxs driver instead of the original lpfc driver. On other servers attached to the same fabric, the path recovered at the os level on its own and. It had a bug in it somewhere, where it couldnt quit fully support the xorg calls to use it, but it is 99% featurecomplete. I have a linux server and i need to update the hba card. Today, lets see how to do emulex driver and firmware upgrades on solaris hosts. The functionality of emulex lpfc driver has not been modified since its first release with xenserver 6. Preventing user interaction when installing and upgrading solaris 10 packages. Emulex corporation thorx lightpulse fibre channel host adapter rev 01.
How to change emulex drivers in solaris from lpfc to emxls. How to restart the print scheduler system administration. Reboot the box into singleuser mode im hoping that the san volumes dont get mounted at runlevel 1. This project is a development area for a linux device driver for emulex fibre channel hbas, targetting the linux 2. Are there any plans to emulex lpfc to a newer kernel soon. For example, the smart array, sil2424 and ata hba, as shown in the above configuration, do not supply that information. Emulex corporation zephyrx lightpulse fibre channel host adapter rev 02 subsystem. List all hbas start a rescan for new luns on a hbameans real fc ports not adapters get some fibre channel information the fabric a hba is connected to the wwnn world wide node name the wwpn world wide port name port speed current porttype port state you can also use the systool. How to check the hba name, make, model, firmware, driver version.
Find answers to 2x e4500s solaris8 connected to 1x cx400 diskarray, oracle databases from the expert community at experts exchange. After about 24 or 48 hours, the lpfc driver goes in a loop of. What are the files called and where are the files located. Do not use linux inbox drivers when performing the firmware update. So if native non oracle emulex driver is in use then the luxadm. Emulex installation and configuration zimbra tech center. Hi, rescan for new luns on a emulex fibre channel controller.
Solaris 10 update 2 systems use the native emlxs and qlc drivers for. Updating firmware on an emulex or qlogic fibre channel hba. Although most fibre channel drivers register a model name and description within sysfs, not all scsi drivers will. Solaris view topic disk devices in a san environment. The array controller typically is able to inform the host about the priority for each path, so you have 2 paths with higher priority and 2 with lower priority. For rhel4 installations that already have the driver, emulex provides a helper module. The standard emulex lpfc driver is only available for solaris 8 and 9. After installing the san storage foundation kit, use the emlxdrv utility to bind the emlxs driver to the desired emulex hba.
If you are updating from a firmware version earlier than 10. Created attachment 462095 patchset to update emulex lpfc driver to 8. Some software requires a valid warranty, current hewlett packard enterprise support contract, or a license fee. Download and install the lpfc driver from the emulex web site. Hang using lpfc driver when deleting devices and rescanning. Emulex believes there is exposure to this issue in large san environment where the device discovery process could see delayed responses which result in iocbs being queued. What is the meaning of lpfc driver messages in varlog. Howto reconfigure fibre channel attached disk storage devices in. For solaris 8 and 9, the sun sfs emlxs driver is available starting from hba model lp900x to later models lpx, lpe1100x, lpe1200x for solaris 10, the only driver supported is sun sfs emlxs driver.