HBA model, firmware, and driver determination

[Adam Garsha]

How can I tell what model HBA, what firmware version and which driver version I have for my HP-UX HBA's?

From ioscan, I get:

HP Tachyon XL2 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapter

From fcmsutil I get:

@(#) PATCH_11.11: libtd.a : Dec 12 2003, 14:34:15, PHSS_28509

But in EVA docs I see names like:

A6795, etc? How do I match "Tachyon XL2" to a "AXXXX"?

Also, in EVA docs I see driver names like:

"11.11.09", etc. that don't look like the fcmsutil output: How do I find what driver I am using?

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Adam,

Well the A6795 is a Tachyon XL2 2GB fiber channel HBA. I guess you could look it up on PartSurfer to verify.

To find the driver level run:

swlist -l product | grep Tach

You should ge a line like

FC-TACHYON-TL B.11.11.09 PCI/HSC FibreChannel;Supptd HW=A6684A,A6685A,A5158A,A6795A

The B.11.11.09 indicates the driver level. You'll probably also get any Tachyon patches as well like the PHSS_28509 you got from the fcmsutil command.

HTH,
Jeff

[Stuart Abramson]

I thought that you got the HBA part number from an ioscan, but you don't.

You can get a LAN card part number from an ioscan...

In general the cards are:

On K's the cards are:

A6685A: Tachyon
A3404A: Old FC-AL.

On all the other new servers, the cards are PCI type:

A5158A: Tachyon or Tachlite. 1 GBit/sec
A6945A: 2 GBit/sec
A6795A: 2 GBit/sec (A-180)

You can shine a flashlight on the back of the server chassis and read the number off the card...

[Ranjith_5 · Accepted solution]

Hi Adam,

Get the info with fcmsutil.


#fcmsutil /dev/td2 vpd



V I T A L P R O D U C T D A T A
--------- ------------- -------

Product Discription :'A6795A 2Gbps/1Gbps Fibre Channel 4X PCI HBA'

Part number :'A6795-62001'

Engineering Date Code :'B-4322'

Part Serial number :'A56A00147965'

Misc. Information :'PW=15W'

Mfd. Date :'A-4302'

Check Sum : 0x50

EFI version : '001.10'

Asset Tag :'NA'



Regards,
Syam

[Cem Tugrul]

Adam,
as an additon to other replies take a look
thread asked before;

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=946339

Good Luck,