hp-ux QLogic QMH2462

[Dan Matlock_1]

Has any used the qmh2462 card in the itanium blade running 11.23 hp-ux? I have everything installed and cabled, but can't seem to get a link on the switch. Ioscan shows claimed, with desc. as 4gb and HOPE it can auto-neg down to 2gb since thats all we have here. FCMSUTIL shows proper driver and 'awaiting link'. Bottomline is that I never used this type of card nor the Itanium blade. Is there another tool to check the fiber card spec and/or change settings?

[Joelmel Roche]

Hi,



To set the card to one of the
following:

AUTO, 1G & 2G


To set the speed to 1gb run the following example.

# fcmsutil /dev/td1 force_speed 1g

WARNING: This is a DESTRUCTIVE test.
This might result in failure of current I/O requests.
Do you want to continue? (y/n) [n]...y
NOTE: This operation may take upto 30 seconds
# fcmsutil /dev/td1

Vendor ID is = 0x00103c
Device ID is = 0x001029
XL2 Chip Revision No is = 2.2
PCI Sub-system Vendor ID is = 0x00103c
PCI Sub-system ID is = 0x00128c
Topology = PTTOPT_FABRIC
Link Speed = 1Gb
Local N_Port_id is = 0x011000
N_Port Node World Wide Name = 0x50060b0000101507
N_Port Port World Wide Name = 0x50060b0000101506
Driver state = ONLINE
Hardware Path is = 0/0/2/0/0
Number of Assisted IOs = 471517
Number of Active Login Sessions = 1
Dino Present on Card = NO
Maximum Frame Size = 960


IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE TEST TO RUNNING IO's
AND THE CHANGE WILL NOT SURVIVE A REBOOT

[Dan Matlock_1]

Thanks for feedback, but NO link, NO speed... found other references in forums to firmware issue with this card.

Will open call with HP as well....

I did swap fiber cables with another server and that other server did get link, so i know the fiber cable is good... It must be the card and/or firmware.

Here is my output:

fcmsutil /dev/fcd0

Vendor ID is = 0x001077
Device ID is = 0x002432
PCI Sub-system Vendor ID is = 0x00103c
PCI Sub-system ID is = 0x001705
PCI Mode = PCI Express x4
ISP Code version = 4.0.90
ISP Chip version = 2
Previous Topology = UNINITIALIZED
Link Speed = UNKNOWN
Local N_Port_id is = None
Previous N_Port_id is = None
N_Port Node World Wide Name = 0x500143800081b905
N_Port Port World Wide Name = 0x500143800081b904
Switch Port World Wide Name = 0x0000000000000000
Switch Node World Wide Name = 0x0000000000000000
Driver state = AWAITING_LINK_UP
Hardware Path is = 0/3/0/0/0/0
Maximum Frame Size = 2048
Driver-Firmware Dump Available = NO
Driver-Firmware Dump Timestamp = N/A
Driver Version = @(#) libfcd.a HP Fibre Channel ISP 23xx & 24xx Driver B.11.23.08 /ux/core/isu/FCD/kern/src/common/wsio/fcd_init.c:Mar 27 2007,15:29:17

[Sameer_Nirmal]

I would suggest to check out this link at
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=1844105&prodTypeId=329290&prodSeriesId=1844104&swLang=8&taskId=135&swEnvOID=7 for latest drivers/firmware.

[Dave Hutton]

Just poking around, it sure doesn't look like its supported under hpux:

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/fibrechannel/qlogic/index.html

Under:
Multiple OS Support
Microsoft® Windows® and Linux operating systems

Another part that doesn't mention hpux:
This new adapter is RoHS compliant, has low power requirements, 150,000 IOPS per port 4Gb performance and driver support for Windows and Linux. The Linux driver includes a new and improved failover feature that now includes dynamic load balancing. QLogic embraces the use of common drivers which means that customers can standardize on one QLogic driver whether they are using the QMH2462 or other 4Gb and 2Gb HBAs powered by QLogic.

It talks about driver support for Windows and Linux. Nothing about hpux.

[Dave Hutton]

Sorry for second post. Just poking around a bit more, if you click on Supported OS's it doesn't say hpux.

ProLiant Servers

» Microsoft Windows
» Debian
» IBM OS2 Warp server
» NetWare
» Oracle Enterprise Linux
» SCO OpenServer
» SCO UnixWare
» Solaris
» SUSE
» Red Hat
» VMware

Under software and drivers though, it does state hpux 11.x
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=1844105&prodTypeId=329290&prodSeriesId=1844104&swLang=8&taskId=135&swEnvOID=7

Are you using what they suggest?
B.11.23.08.01
27 Jun 2007

Strange, sorry for the mixed message.

[Dan Matlock_1]

Yup, using the recommended driver:

fcmsutil /dev/fcd1

Vendor ID is = 0x001077
Device ID is = 0x002432
PCI Sub-system Vendor ID is = 0x00103c
PCI Sub-system ID is = 0x001705
PCI Mode = PCI Express x4
ISP Code version = 4.0.90
ISP Chip version = 2
Previous Topology = UNINITIALIZED
Link Speed = UNKNOWN
Local N_Port_id is = None
Previous N_Port_id is = None
N_Port Node World Wide Name = 0x500143800081b907
N_Port Port World Wide Name = 0x500143800081b906
Switch Port World Wide Name = 0x0000000000000000
Switch Node World Wide Name = 0x0000000000000000
Driver state = AWAITING_LINK_UP
Hardware Path is = 0/3/0/0/0/1
Maximum Frame Size = 2048
Driver-Firmware Dump Available = NO
Driver-Firmware Dump Timestamp = N/A
Driver Version = @(#) libfcd.a HP Fibre Channel ISP 23xx & 24xx Driver B.11.23.08.01 /ux/core/isu/FCD/kern/src/common/wsio/fcd_init.c:Jun 1 2007,16:56:21

[Ron Lawson_1 · Accepted solution]

Your OS driver looks good. The card is supported with 11.23 (we call it 403621-B21, and you can see it listed in the HP-UX Fibre Channel Support Matrix at http://docs.hp.com/en/FCJ-SM/FCJ-SM.htm)

Perhaps there is some issue in the path from the mezzanine card through the I/O module in back of the BL860c to the storage.

By the way, the card auto-negotiates. You don't need to set the speed.

[Dan Matlock_1]

Found the issue, apparently the fiber card was factory installed in SLOT 1. For our configuration, I found that the card must be in SLOT 2. So OS looked good, storage/fiber cable was good = just the qlogic card couldn't connect to the enclouser's fiber switch. Bottomline, moved card from slot 1 to 2 and everything works now!

[Dan Matlock_1]

see my previous note.