Connectivity problem EVA 4000 with IBM AIX 5.3 ML5

[ovaisrehman]

We have configured V-RAID 5 and and Presented it to IBM AIX 5.3 host at the AIX side it gives the error that " devices.fcp.array not found " it is showing some disks space but not correctly kindly give some suggestion from where i can download this file

[Ivan Ferreira · Accepted solution]

You must install a HP provided software for this.

You can download the software from here:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=421504&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=421503&swLang=8&taskId=135&swEnvOID=1043

Points are welcome ;).

[Bret Graham]

You can ignore the 'devices.fcp.array'. This message shows up frequently for unknown reasons to me. However, that error should not cause any issues at all in accessing the EVA storage from your AIX server.

You can determine the size of a disk using the 'bootinfo -s hdiskx' command. This will only work before the disk is part of a volume group.

The software kit that Ivan referred you to contains ODM entries to properly define the EVA disks as MPIO-capable devices as well as their attributes. It also provides some commands which are put into the /opt/hphsv/bin directory upon installation. And as Ivan pointed out, that kit is required.

Installing the kit Ivan pointed you to requires that the IBM MPIO fileset be installed first - devices.common.IBM.mpio.rte

A good document that describes the installation process and using the commands, etc is located here:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual〈=en&cc=us&docIndexId=179111&taskId=135&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=421503

Best regards,
Bret Graham

[ovaisrehman]

with the help of the forum i have found the solution of my question thanks alot