[Info-vax] RX4640 and Fibre channels

[Joukj]

Jilly wrote:
> 
> "Joukj" <joukj at hrem.nano.tudelft.nl> wrote in message 
> news:jkcpju$9dp$2 at speranza.aioe.org...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a Rx4640,which boots OpenVMS V8.4 fine. Presently I try to get 
>> a FibreChannel storage (DS2400) working, but up to now no success.
>>
>> The controler looks within OpenVMS like this:
>> Device FGA0:, device type QLogic ISP23xx FibreChannel, is offline, 
>> shareable,
>>     error logging is enabled.
>>
>>     Error count                    2    Operations completed 3
>>     Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC [SYSTEM]
>>     Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G,W
>>     Reference count                0    Default buffer size 0
>>     Current preferred CPU Id       0    Fastpath 1
>>     Current Interrupt CPU Id       0
>>     FC Port Name 2100-00E0-8B02-6299    FC Node Name 2100-00E0-8B02-6299
>>
>> Device FGB0:, device type QLogic ISP23xx FibreChannel, is online, 
>> shareable,
>>     error logging is enabled.
>>
>>     Error count                    0    Operations completed 3
>>     Owner process                 ""    Owner UIC [SYSTEM]
>>     Owner process ID        00000000    Dev Prot S:RWPL,O:RWPL,G,W
>>     Reference count                0    Default buffer size 0
>>     Current preferred CPU Id       1    Fastpath 1
>>     Current Interrupt CPU Id       1
>>     FC Port Name 2100-00E0-8B02-049D    FC Node Name 2100-00E0-8B02-049D
>>
>> (The only difference between FGA and FGB is that FGB has no cable 
>> connected and that FGA is connected to the storage array.)
>>
>> No disk-devices are visible.
>>
>>
>> What bothers me is that when I go into the EFI-shell before booting, I 
>> do not see the device at all (I gave the command "devices")
>>
>> One Idea was that maybe the EFI driver was missing. However when 
>> invoking the efiutil command from the firm-ware- CD
>> ( 
>> http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?swItem=ux-36767-1& 
>>
>> taskId=135&swLang=8&swEnvOID=2061&prodNameId=331475&lang=en&cc=us&idx=0&mode=4& 
>>
>> )
>> it tells me that no FC-devices are present and that the driver cannot 
>> be "updated"
>>
>>
>>
>> Any idea what maybe the problem?
>>
>>
>>                                       Jouk
> 
> Have the fibre ports of the storage appliance been zoned to either/both 
> of these HBAs?
> 
> $ SET TERM/WID=132
> $ ANALYZE/SYSTEM
> FC SET DEV FGA
> FC SHOW NAME
> FC SET DEV FGB
> FC SHOW NAME
not much info:
FGA0: / N-Port Handle Table 893C59D0 / FC-LA Table 893C7E50
-----------------------------------------------------------

  FC-LA     | LID  Node WWID            Port WWID           | FC-LA 
  Address  State  Flags  Marker   | FC_LA$   NPH$
  --------- + ---  -------------------  ------------------- + --------- 
  -------  -----  -----  -------- + -------- -------




> 
> Do you see the WWPN's of the storage ports.
no...


> 
> Have the storage luns been presented to these HBAs with a non-zero 
> device identifier that VMS requires?
I wonder, since I do not see anything in the EFI-shell.


> 
> SAN config in VMS is passive.  VMS can only use the luns that have been 
> presented to it thru the storage ports that have been zoned in with the 
> system's HBAs.  Once VMS can 'see' these luns it will create UCBs for 
> them when a SYSMAN IO AUTO is executed.
Reading this, I think I have to focus on the problem, how to make the 
controler+disks visisble in the EFI-shell

> 
> You can also use the following to get a bit more detail as to what is 
> 'seen' on the SAN.
> 
> $ DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC IOGEN$VERBOSE TRUE
> $ MCR SYSMAN IO AUTO/LOG
> $ DEASSIGN/SYSTEM/EXEC IOGEN$VERBOSE
%IOGEN-I-FIBREPOLL, scanning for devices through FIBRE port FGA0
%IOGEN-F-FTLIOERR, fatal I/O error while trying to access device
%IOGEN-I-FIBREPOLL, scanning for devices through FIBRE port FGB0

> 
> $ MCR SYS$ETC:FIBRE_SCAN

**************************************************************************
**************************************************************************
**                                                                      **
**    Scanning port FGA for all Fibre Channel devices (display only)    **
**                                                                      **
**************************************************************************
**************************************************************************

Probing Target 1 ==========================================================

Target = 1. LUN = 0.
----------------------
Standard Inquiry failed, status = 2c
None found on this port.
End of scan for port FGA.


*************************************************************************
**************************************************************************
**                                                                      **
**    Scanning port FGB for all Fibre Channel devices (display only)    **
**                                                                      **
**************************************************************************
**************************************************************************

Probing Target 1 ==========================================================

Target = 1. LUN = 0.
----------------------
Standard Inquiry failed, status = a58 (SS$_NOMOREDEV)
None found on this port.
End of scan for port FGB.


The status on FGB is to be expected since no device is connected. I have 
no idea what "status = 2" for FGA means
> 
> Jilly