topic Re: Fibreutils support matrix in Operating System - Linux

Fibreutils support matrix

ossupport55 — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:46:49 GMT

Dear all,
Following is the environment:

Hardware
Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2432-based 4Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)
Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2432-based 4Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)

Driver version:
8.02.00-k5-rhel5.2-04 - Output of modinfo on qla2xxx

Firmware:
4.03.02 [IP] [Multi-ID]

Product Name: ProLiant BL460c G1

Redhat release
2.6.18-92.el5

Architecture
x86_64

I'm using the linux inbox driver and planning to have native multipathing(DM-Multipath). Most importantly i would like to have storage addition witout a reboot. Given the above details. Should i install fibreutils which would upgrade the HBA driver and would it be compatible with the firmware of the HBA. Details of the firmware of the HBAs are given above. Does HP have a compatibility matrix for my purpose?

Cheers

Re: Fibreutils support matrix

Jimmy Vance — Wed, 13 May 2009 11:43:00 GMT

Create an account in SPOCK and you can view all the storage matrix information

http://www.hp.com/storage/spock

The new fibreutils package that works with RHEL 5.3 is in the hp-fc-enablement package located here

For Qlogic
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=1844104&prodNameId=1844105&swEnvOID=4004&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=co-69719-1

For Emulex
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&swItem=co-69655-1&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

I'd also suggest getting the HPDMmultipathing kit as it contains a valid multipath.conf file for HP storage products

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&swItem=co-68651-1&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

Re: Fibreutils support matrix

ossupport55 — Thu, 14 May 2009 06:13:27 GMT

Dear all,

I'm confused the OS shows that i have :
Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2432-based 4Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)
Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2432-based 4Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)

But when i search the HP site for the details it shows me:
QLogic QMH2462 4Gb Fibre Channel HBA for c-Class BladeSystem
QLogic QMH2562 8Gb Fibre Channel HBA for c-Class BladeSystem

Is there a connection between ISP2432 and any of the above ?

Please help.

Re: Fibreutils support matrix

Uwe Zessin — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:15:47 GMT

ISP2432 is the QLogic name for the chip that sits on the HP QMH2462 mezzanine adapter board.