StorageWorks 64-Bit/66-Mhz Fibre Host Bus Adapter

[sgunelius]

I've got a number of these HBAs installed in various older ProLiant servers and while the latest driver has been installed to support them (HP StorageWorks Fibre Channel Support for Windows 2000/Server 2003 Package, v5.30.0.32), I can't seem to find a management tool compatible with them. While I have used both HBAnywhere or SANsurfer for HP-branded HBAs, this HBA appears to be neither Emulex or QLogic. Based on the manufacturer related section of the WWN, this appears to be Compaq, but if so, what management utility, if any is available for it? Thank you in advance for your response.

Scott

[Mark Poeschl_2]

Compaq never manufactured FC HBAs. It is almost certainly an Emulex of some ilk. Can you provide a part number? It's usually printed on a sticker on the card and is either in the '6-3' or '2-5-2' format. The older management utility was called LPUTILNT. You might try searching for it on the HP web site or if you have the CD that came with the HBAs it should be on there as well.

[sgunelius]

Mark,

I thought the HBA was most likely Emulex or QLogic, but neither HBAnywhere or SANsurfer were able to identify the HBA. I was able to interpret the WWN using the article below:

http://www.techworld.com/storage/features/index.cfm?featureid=156&pagtype=samecatsamechan

WWNs for these cards are IEEE Registered Names (NAA=5) and section 2 of the WWNs (00-50-8B) is documented by IEEE (http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/oui.txt) and lists Computer Corporation as the manufacturer.

I'll download the LPUTILNT file to see if that works. I've also submitted a question to HP technical support on the matter. Thank you for your response.

Scott

[Thomas Martin · Accepted solution]

Hi Scott,

I think you have the following Adapter 120186-B21. This adapter was for Raid Array RA4x00 and RA8000 under NW. Lputil or some other HBA utilities will not work with this adapter. It is some times ago I work with these adapters. Chipset was from Tachyon, i believe. These adapters will not work with new Storage systems like MSA1x00 and EVA.

Quickspecs are attached.

Thomas

[sgunelius]

Thomas,

Thanks for the QuickSpecs. I'm sure you're right about these HBAs. I hadn't planned on trying to reuse them, but wanted to know how to interrogate them to identify the WWN for our inventory documentation.

I guess it really doesn't matter since we don't use them anymore. We have a few servers that still use this class of HBA to connect to an RA4x00 through the 7-port hubs, but these should be replaced once we implement an enterprise storage array in our environment. Thank you again for your response.

Scott

[sgunelius]

See previous post.