AVIO lan

[Rikki hinn Ogurlegi]

I'm migrating a HPVM Guest running HP-UX 11.23 from an emulated lan to AVIO lan.

Host is 11.23 running HPVM3.5

I removed the existing lan with hpvmmodify and added a new avio lan. The settings now are as follows:

[Network Interface Details]
Interface Adaptor Name/Num PortNum Bus Dev Ftn Mac Address
========= ========== ========== ======= === === === =================
vswitch avio_lan Switch1 3 0 0 0 7e-68-3d-f7-c4-d4


on the guest I see:

bash-3.00# lanscan
Hardware Station Crd Hdw Net-Interface NM MAC HP-DLPI DLPI
Path Address In# State NamePPA ID Type Support Mjr#
0/0/0/0 0x7E683DF7C4D4 0 DOWN lan0 snap0 1 ETHER Yes 119

bash-3.00# kcmodule igssn
Module State Cause
igssn static best

bash-3.00# swlist | grep -i avio
GuestAVIOStor B.11.23.0903 HPVM Guest AVIO Storage Software
GuestAvioLan B.11.23.0812 HPVM Guest AVIO LAN Software
HostAVIOStor B.11.23.0808 HPVM Host AVIO Storage Software
HostAvioLan B.11.23.0910 HPVM Host AVIO LAN Software

The driver is in there apparently but I cant get the card to run propperly.

Can anyone help?

Thanks in advance :)

[Rikki hinn Ogurlegi]

I see in dmesg a few things:

gvsd: Initialized HPVM AVIO Stor Adapter at hardware path 0/0/4/0
0/0/4/0 gvsd


0/0/4/0.0.0 sdisk
Boot device's HP-UX HW path is: 0/0/4/0.0.0
The igssn driver for lan0 encountered an SSN open failure of 5.
igssn0: INITIALIZING HP IGSSN PCI 1000Base-T Adapter at hardware path 0/0/0/0

[Eric SAUBIGNAC]

Bonjour Rikki,

Some silly questions :

- Is your virtual switch Switch1 up and running (hpvmnet) ?
- Did you install HostAVIOStor and HostAvioLan on the host ?
- Don't know, but HostAVIOStor and HostAvioLan have nothing to do in the VM. Probably no impact, but ...
- Are the fileset correctly installed. Check with :
#swlist -l fileset -a state | egrep -v "configured|#"

Eric

[Rikki hinn Ogurlegi]

Switches are up and running (all other vm's are OK):

husacl1# hpvmnet
Name Number State Mode NamePPA MAC Address IP Address
======== ====== ======= ========= ======== ============== ===============
localnet 1 Up Shared N/A N/A
Switch1 6 Up Shared lan900 0x001a4b07ca84 10.7.6.10
Switch2 7 Up Shared lan2 0x001a4b07b500
Switch3 5 Up Shared lan3 0x001a4b07b501 10.99.99.10

The host:
husacl1# uname -a
HP-UX husacl1 B.11.23 U ia64 1595567396 unlimited-user license
husacl1# swlist | grep -i AVIO
GuestAVIOStor B.11.23.0903 HPVM Guest AVIO Storage Software
GuestAvioLan B.11.23.0812 HPVM Guest AVIO LAN Software
HostAVIOStor B.11.23.0808 HPVM Host AVIO Storage Software
HostAvioLan B.11.23.0910 HPVM Host AVIO LAN Software

no output from the swlist command on the host and guest.

[Rikki hinn Ogurlegi]

I forgot the gues's AVIO software:

bash-3.00# swlist | grep -i AVIO
GuestAVIOStor B.11.23.0903 HPVM Guest AVIO Storage Software
GuestAvioLan B.11.23.0812 HPVM Guest AVIO LAN Software
HostAVIOStor B.11.23.0808 HPVM Host AVIO Storage Software
HostAvioLan B.11.23.0910 HPVM Host AVIO LAN Software

:)

[Eric SAUBIGNAC]

HostAvioLan and GuestAvioLan have now a new release : B.11.23.1003. Don't think it is directly relevant but you should try to update ( https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=AVIO )

At this URL, you will find also some required patches or minimum release of some HP software. Have you checked that ?

"no output from the swlist command on the host and guest" --> filesets seem to be correctly installed and configured.

Switch1 is configured over an APA interface (lan900). You said "all other vm's are OK". Yes, but :
- connected on the same virtual switch ?
- other vm work with emulated lan or avio_lan ?

[Rikki hinn Ogurlegi]

All other guests use emulated lan. Due to lan performance issues we are experimenting with avio lan here for the first time so this guest Im working on today is the first.

husacl1# hpvmnet -S Switch1
Name Number State Mode NamePPA MAC Address IP Address
======== ====== ======= ========= ======== ============== ===============
Switch1 6 Up Shared lan900 0x001a4b07ca84 10.7.6.10

[Port Configuration Details]
Port Port Port Untagged Number of Active VM
Number State Adaptor VLANID Reserved VMs
======= ============ ======== ======== ============ ============
1 Active lan none 1 granit
2 Active lan none 1 hlynur
3 Active avio_lan none 1 greni


The other two guests on this host are OK.

host and guest are well patched:

host:
husacl1# swlist | grep -i QPK
QPKAPPS B.11.23.0912.082 Applications Patches for HP-UX 11i v2, December 2009
QPKBASE B.11.23.0912.082 Base Quality Pack Bundle for HP-UX 11i v2, December 2009


guest:
bash-3.00# swlist | grep -i QPK
QPKAPPS B.11.23.0912.082 Applications Patches for HP-UX 11i v2, December 2009
QPKBASE B.11.23.0912.082 Base Quality Pack Bundle for HP-UX 11i v2, December 2009



Looking into the updated version of AVIO

[Rikki hinn Ogurlegi]

I've installed the latest AVIO software package on the guest. No change


Regarding the dependancies, I did find some problems there:

# J4240AA APA (B.11.23.40)
# IEther-00 (B.11.23.0909)
# GigEther-01 (B.11.23.0809)

installed versions are:

# J4240AA B.11.23.20 Auto-Port Aggregation Software
# IEther-00 B.11.23.0712 PCI/PCI-X/PCIe IEther
# GigEther-01 B.11.23.0712 PCI GigEther;Supptd HW=A6825A/A6794A/A6847A/A8685A/A9782A/A9784A/A7109A/AB465A


When reading the release notes for APA 11.23.40 I see there is only one change:

What Is New in the December 2007 Release (B.11.23.40) for HP-UX 11i v2?

* Improves HP Integrity virtual machine (HPVM) support.


So I guess this is my problem. I need to schedule downtime and locate a current version of APA for 11.23 (Did you know APA is free for 11.31 and not for 11.23?)

Will report back when all dependancies are met.

[Eric SAUBIGNAC · Accepted solution]

Note sure, but I also think there is something behind APA/AVIO. For exemple, on the URL previously pointed, you will find QXCR1000933343 which points a performance problem between AVIO LAN and APA.

So, don't forget to also install latest AVIO on the host during downtime since this defect is fixed in the HostAvioLan package, not in the GuestAvioLan package.

Unfortunatly, I have no configuration with APA 11iv2 / AvioLan. I have many APA 11iv2 / emulated lan or APA 11iv3 / AvioLan. The latest one works pretty well

And Yes APA is free of charge on 11iv3. But do you know that LVM Mirror was also free of charge at the very beginning of 11iv3, but is no more ... ?-(

Don't remember where, but I keep in mind that there are some restrictions between APA and AVIO. May be it is a confusion of my own between APA and MCSG. Anyway, while searching for this, I found something in APA Release Notes J4240-90047.pdf :

---------------
The B.11.23.40 version of HP APA:
Supports using the load distribution algorithm specified in the HP APA raw mode packet
within HP Integrity virtual machines. This requires that you install the HPVM PHSS_36737
patch. Previous releases of HP APA were restricted to the LB_MAC distribution algorithm.
---------------

Which algorithm do you use ? Is the patch PHSS_36737 installed ?

[Eric SAUBIGNAC]

I am a silly guy ! To see if the problem is coming from APA and AVIO integration, just reconnect your virtual avio_lan HBA to a vSwitch based on a single lan. For example Switch2 or Switch3 ?

[Rikki hinn Ogurlegi]

No you are a genious! :)

the APA is using LB_MAC.

The patch PHSS_36737 is for HPVM 3.00 but I have the following patches installed on the host:

PHSS_38297 1.0 HPVM A.03.50 CORE patch
PHSS_38298 1.0 HPVM A.03.50 VMAGENT vmProvider patch

I added a port to Switch3:

[Network Interface Details]
Interface Adaptor Name/Num PortNum Bus Dev Ftn Mac Address
========= ========== ========== ======= === === === =================
vswitch lan Switch1 4 0 0 0 3a-3c-1a-b1-8e-69
vswitch avio_lan Switch1 3 0 1 0 ce-b9-96-2c-96-8e
vswitch avio_lan Switch3 2 0 2 0 62-92-8d-91-bb-11


and:

greni# lanscan
Hardware Station Crd Hdw Net-Interface NM MAC HP-DLPI DLPI
Path Address In# State NamePPA ID Type Support Mjr#
0/0/0/0 0x3A3C1AB18E69 0 UP lan0 snap0 1 ETHER Yes 119
0/0/1/0 0xCEB9962C968E 1 DOWN lan1 snap1 2 ETHER Yes 119
0/0/2/0 0x62928D91BB11 2 UP lan2 snap2 3 ETHER Yes 119

So it's definatly APA :)

I'll have to upgrade it and read up on that raw mode load distrib.

Thanks Eric :)

[Rikki hinn Ogurlegi]

I created a depot containing:

GigEther-01 -> B.11.23.0909
IEther-00 -> B.11.23.0909
GuestAvioLan -> B.11.23.1003
GuestAVIOStor -> B.11.23.0903
HostAvioLan -> B.11.23.1003
HostAVIOStor -> B.11.23.0808
J4240AA -> B.11.23.40

and installed it on all guests (I skipped APA on the guests). Once the guests had rebooted I switched them off, stopped HPVM on the host and installed the entire bundle on the host.

Now the avio lan on the node works as expected. Still using LB_MAC but I'm going to look more at what new features APA has for HPVM later.

Eric, thanks again for all your help :)