Lpfc driver upgrade today, lets see how to do emulex driver and firmware upgrades on solaris hosts. How do i check the emulex adapter model, firmware version. What is the meaning of lpfc driver messages in varlogmessages. Emulex drivers for linux release notes 3 pub005463 note. Recent driver kits can be found on the website as well as websites for various oems. For those types of cards you must use lspci k to retrieve the information.
Solaris 10 os update 1 and later include the sfs driver with the os. Target mode kits may be found at, the scst sourceforge product, or via. Emc host connectivity guide for oracle solaris dell. Changing host group modes for ports where servers are already installed and configured is disruptive and requires the server to be rebooted. What is the meaning of lpfc driver messages in varlog. The emlxdrv utility is intended to be used for binding associating. Solaris 9 os or solaris 8 os download and install the appropriate driver from the oracle website. How do i know which hba cards hardware i have on solaris. Managing devices in the oracle solaris os oracle solaris.
How to identify the hba cardsports and wwn in solaris. Installing drivers for the oracle solaris os sun storage 16 gb. Looking for help as to why solaris 8 lpfc path didnt recover. Installing an emulex adapter and driver on a sun host ibm. On other servers attached to the same fabric, the path recovered at. Today, lets see how to do emulex driver and firmware upgrades on solaris hosts. 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. The devices are even configure correctly on the os under dev0cbn and dev1cbn. Solaris sfs operating system see the broadcom website for thelist. Fujitsu eternus dx configuration manual pdf download. Solaris instructions for migration of emulex host bus adapters to leadville stack prerequisites. This package contains a software solution that has been replaced by a more recent version available for download from the citrix support website support. When using pw008fc2a, pw008fc2g, pw008fc3, gp7b8fc1a, gp7b8fc1g, gp7b8fc1.
Lpxxxxxxs are sun emulex hba cards ie has a s for sun at end. Configuring amcc, emulex, and qlogic host device drivers. Pcie host bus adapter, emulex installation guide for hba model 7101684. All times are gmt once the driver has been installed, the server must be emulex lpfc, in order for the driver to be loaded. Fujitsu storage eternus multipath driver oracle solaris. Tabletandstylus pairs the oracle solaris software does not directly communicate with all these devices. For emulex hbas using solaris native drivers, go to the solaris os download section. Please useas a guide and tailor to your site and needs. However, since vmware doesnt appear to use a nf file, i cannot find an equivalent vmware setting for the emulex driver that tells the vmware host os to queue the readswrites in the event that both paths are down for x period of time. Follow the instructions on the download page to get the driver software.
The access path is managed automatically in this software using wwpn world wide port name. Solaris 10 os driver does not work for infiniband hca 6732922 the driver provided with solaris 10 508 does not work for the infiniband hca x4217az. For more information on oracle solaris device drivers, please read device driver tutorial. Install the snia hba api library by installing the driver fujitsu pci fibre channel 2. Configuring the emulex hba using emulex lpfc driver for. Some products hbas, software, os may not becovered. Installing the emulex driver for solaris version 6. On other servers attached to the same fabric, the path recovered at the os level on its own and the dmp path was reenabled shortly after. On a working node, it is found that emlxs driver loaded correctly. For example, the smart array, sil2424 and ata hba, as shown in the above configuration, do not supply that information. 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. Lpe11002m4 the procedure for all model will remain same.
Oracle solaris version installation information eternus multipath driver oracle solaris version installation information. When agent is installed, the following functions are available. Although most fibre channel drivers register a model name and description within sysfs, not all scsi drivers will. Hba wwnn world wide node name and pid binding storage affinity settings are not supported. View and download fujitsu eternus dx configuration manual online. Installing an emulex adapter and driver on a solaris host. A device driver is a lowlevel program that allows the operating system to communicate with a specific piece of hardware. To remove the emulex applications, libraries and base hbaapi library, type. 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. If you are using that driver, you do not need to modify the nf and nf files described in this topic. This will install the emulex applications and libraries. After installing the san storage foundation kit, use the emlxdrv utility to bind the emlxs driver to the desired emulex hba.
Installing an emulex adapter and driver on a sun host. This project is a development area for a linux device driver for emulex fibre channel hbas, targetting the linux 2. Before using the hba, update the hba driver software for the oracle solaris os with the. Emulex drivers for linux release notes broadcom inc. The driver to install varies with the type of solaristm operating system. 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. How to configure tape drive on solaris for veritas. T he limitations when solaris os server nodes are managed using the a gent. It includes instructions on how to install and configure software and hardware devices. Fibre channel for oracle solaris driver settings for nonfujitsu fibre channel cards. Two methods are used for managing solaris os server nodes. The following hbas and drivers are supported for a solaris os.
Oracle solaris driver bnx for broadcom netextreme ii devices support matrix. Fujitsu storage eternus multipath driver oracle solaris version installation information. Eternus disk storage systems server connection guide. I can even run a luxadm inq dev0cbn and same on the other and have it show me the serial number of that drive. This message indicates 1 a possible lack of memory resources. Driver installation is not necessary because the osbundled driver is used. Emulex hba unresponsive during error recovery red hat. To manage the hbas that are installed at solaris os server nodes, the snia hba api library that an hba vendor distributes must be installed. Hello there, 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. Do not use linux inbox drivers when performing the firmware update. For solaris, host group mode 7 should always be set because this is a prerequisite when using the oracle san driver.
The standard emulex lpfc driver is only available for solaris 8 and 9. Each type of device requires different data formats, protocols, and transmission rates. From the modinfo, it is found that there are no lpfc or emlxs that are loaded. You can use either the emulex driver for linux provided on. Configure kerneldrvnf so that the solaris st driver wont take over any of the tapes in question. Sources can easily found on, the website, or on various oem websites. This guide provides an overview of solaris io multipathing features for the oracle solaris os. These unsupported sample script files can help you migrate from the solaris lpfc driver to the solaris sfs driver.
You can customize these scripts and run them to automate the migration process. X that contains the emlxs driver which is supplied with the installation cds of solaris 10. Emulex adapters enable you to load and boot the linux operating system from a sanattached drive. Table 9 leadville driver version and package solaris os version leadville driver released mu driver level oracle patch solaris 10 sparc mu11 1 qlc 201207174.
If you are updating from a firmware version earlier than 10. How to change emulex drivers in solaris from lpfc to emxls. The lpfc driver has been upstream for many years and can be readily found in the distributions. Eternus disk storage systems server connection guide fibre channel for oracle solaris driver settings for emulex fibre channel cards p3am270204enz0. 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.
How to manually configure a fc device oracle solaris. This application kit has been designed to work only with the open source linux driver kit, version 1. The emlxdrv utility temporarily associates the emulex emlxs solaris sfs driver and the solaris lpfc driver to the various models of emulex fibre channel adapters, for use during migration from the solaris lpfc driver to the solaris sfs driver. How to load and view hba and associated san software. A solaris os install under vmware with the recommended minimum virtual memory 512 mb and more than 2 virtual network interface cards will fail. The nf file and nf and the nf files are configured correctly. Solaris is a nonfree unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. Configuring the emulex hba using emulex lpfc driver for oracle sparc hosts after you install the emulex host bus adapter hba and the driver on the oracle sparc host, you must configure the emulex hba.