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How to identify disk hardware path from device file

dictum9 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:02:47 GMT

This is rx4640 running 11.23
from the disk device file such as /dev/dsk/c3t0d0, I need to get the hardware path programmatically. Is there an ioscan option that will combine the two?

#: ioscan -funC disk
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
============================================================================
disk 0 0/0/3/0.0.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE TEAC DV-28E-B
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0
disk 2 0/1/1/0.1.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 73.4GST373454LC
/dev/dsk/c2t1d0 /dev/dsk/c2t1d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0 /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0s2
/dev/dsk/c2t1d0s1 /dev/dsk/c2t1d0s3 /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0s1 /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0s3
disk 1 0/1/1/1.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 73.4GMAU3073NC
/dev/dsk/c3t0d0 /dev/dsk/c3t0d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c3t0d0 /dev/rdsk/c3t0d0s2
/dev/dsk/c3t0d0s1 /dev/dsk/c3t0d0s3 /dev/rdsk/c3t0d0s1 /dev/rdsk/c3t0d0s3
disk 3 0/2/1/0.4.124.0.0.4.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HITACHI OPEN-V
/dev/dsk/c4t4d0 /dev/rdsk/c4t4d0
disk 4 0/3/1/0.3.124.0.0.4.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HITACHI OPEN-V
/dev/dsk/c6t4d0 /dev/rdsk/c6t4d0

Re: How to identify disk hardware path from device file

sujit kumar singh — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:32:26 GMT

hi

ioscan -fnCdisk
/dev/dsk/c4t4d0 -- c4 refers to teh Controller Instance number 4, t$-- SCSI target ID 4 and d0 - LUN ID 0.
and 0/2/1/0.4.124.0.0.4.0 is the hardware path of the disk.
The second column in ioscan -fnCdisk is the HW_path for the disk.

ioscan -fnC ext_bus

shows you the Interface Instances in which at Instcnace 4 you shall find the Controller to which the disk /dev/dsk/c3t0d0 is attached.
0/2/1/0 is the hardware path of the controller to which the Disk is connected, can be SCSI or FC interface.

The second column in the ioscan -fnCext_bus is the HW_Path of the Interface.
regards
sujit

Re: How to identify disk hardware path from device file

uwoodyjk — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:32:58 GMT

you can run print_manifest and then view the "Disk Layout" section.

Disk layout

LVM disk Device file HW Addr size vol. grp
IBM DMVS09D /dev/dsk/c1t0d0 0/0/1/1.0.0 8683 /dev/vg01
IBM DMVS09D /dev/dsk/c2t0d0 0/0/2/0.0.0 8683 /dev/vg01
SEAGATE ST318404LC /dev/dsk/c1t2d0 0/0/1/1.2.0 17366 /dev/vg00
IBM DMVS18D /dev/dsk/c2t2d0 0/0/2/0.2.0 17366 /dev/vg00
SEAGATE ST39102LC /dev/dsk/c4t0d0 0/4/0/0.0.0 8683 /dev/vg02
SEAGATE ST39204LC /dev/dsk/c5t0d0 0/7/0/0.0.0 8683 /dev/vg02
IBM DMVS09D /dev/dsk/c4t1d0 0/4/0/0.1.0 8683 /dev/vg04
IBM DMVS09D /dev/dsk/c5t3d0 0/7/0/0.3.0 8683 /dev/vg04
SEAGATE ST39204LC /dev/dsk/c4t3d0 0/4/0/0.3.0 8683 /dev/vg03
SEAGATE ST39204LC /dev/dsk/c5t2d0 0/7/0/0.2.0 8683 /dev/vg03
HP 73.4GATLAS10K3_73_SCA /dev/dsk/c4t13d0 0/4/0/0.13.0 70007 /dev/vg05
HP 73.4GATLAS10K3_73_SCA /dev/dsk/c5t1d0 0/7/0/0.1.0 70007 /dev/vg05
non-LVM disk Device file HW Addr size swap
HP DVD-ROM 304 /dev/dsk/c3t2d0 0/0/2/1.2.0

Re: How to identify disk hardware path from device file

uwoodyjk — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:52:03 GMT

The following command will give you the hardware path and the character device file from the ioscan output.

# ioscan -funC disk | tr -s '[:space:]'| cut -f 3 -d " "

H/W
======================================================================
0/0/1/1.0.0
/dev/rdsk/c1t0d0
0/0/1/1.2.0
/dev/rdsk/c1t2d0
0/0/2/0.0.0
/dev/rdsk/c2t0d0
0/0/2/0.2.0
/dev/rdsk/c2t2d0
0/0/2/1.2.0
/dev/rdsk/c3t2d0
0/4/0/0.0.0
/dev/rdsk/c4t0d0
0/4/0/0.1.0
/dev/rdsk/c4t1d0
0/4/0/0.3.0
/dev/rdsk/c4t3d0
0/4/0/0.13.0
/dev/rdsk/c4t13d0
0/7/0/0.0.0
/dev/rdsk/c5t0d0
0/7/0/0.1.0
/dev/rdsk/c5t1d0
0/7/0/0.2.0
/dev/rdsk/c5t2d0
0/7/0/0.3.0
/dev/rdsk/c5t3d0

Re: How to identify disk hardware path from device file

dictum9 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:43:41 GMT

Here is what I am trying to do, I am scriting the procedure to mirror disks in Itanium.

The only user input is the PRIMARY_DISK and MIRROR_DISK. Such as c3t0d0 and c1t0d0. The rest I want the script to figure out.

The script needs to set booth path, via setboot -p

I need the script to find out the Hardware path, such as 0/1/1/0.1.0 from the /dev/dsk/c3t0d0.

Re: How to identify disk hardware path from device file

VK2COT — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:08:01 GMT

Hello,

Take a look at the script I wrote when
I was teaching HP-UX SNA I last year:

http://www.circlingcycle.com.au/Unix-sources/HP-UX-11x-LVM-mirroring.sh.txt

You can use it or modify if you wish.

Cheers,

VK2COT

Re: How to identify disk hardware path from device file

Duncan Edmonstone — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:45:21 GMT

wow a lot of folks making something that is really simple very complex...

the "lssf" commadn will of course show you the HW path for a device so simnply do:

lssf /dev/dsk/c2t1d0

And to just get the HW path?

lssf /dev/dsk/c2t1d0 | awk '{ print $15 }'

HTH

Duncan

Re: How to identify disk hardware path from device file

dictum9 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:38:47 GMT

That was what I wanted, thank you.

lssf /dev/dsk/c2t1d0 | awk '{ print $15 }'

Re: How to identify disk hardware path from device file

dictum9 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:39:39 GMT

Thanks for the script also.

Re: How to identify disk hardware path from device file

dictum9 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:56:21 GMT

I just noticed that another place they show up is in

lvlnboot -v

But it does not guarantee that it will have the mirror disk in there.
lssf is the best way to go.

Re: How to identify disk hardware path from device file

Yash413215 — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 14:35:12 GMT

Hello Sujit,

What does the s in the /dev/dsk/c16t0d0s1 stands for?

Thanks in advance :)

Re: How to identify disk hardware path from device file

Dennis Handly — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 19:50:15 GMT

> What does the s in the /dev/dsk/c16t0d0s1 stands for?

I think it stands for slice.

Re: How to identify disk hardware path from device file

Torsten. — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 08:32:21 GMT

Consider it as partitions:

see

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table