Fibre channel errors

[Robert Bryan]

HP Partitioned rp7410 Server...
I am seeing async write errors from just one fibre card P/N A6795-62001 going to a HP7000 Virtual Array ..I have replace the fibre channel card but still see errors..
please help!
I do see that the EFI version on the card that was just replaced is 00000, but that wouldn't cause the problem, would it?

fcmsutil /dev/td0 stat | less
Mon Dec 19 14:33:59 2005
Channel Statistics

Statistics From Link Status Registers ...
Loss of signal 109 Bad RxChar 92820
Loss of Sync 112 Link Fail 137
Received EOFa 0 Discarded Frame 0
Bad CRC 0 Protocol Error 0

ioscan shows the device OK

Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
==============================================
fc 0 1/0/2/0/0 td CLAIMED INTERFACE HP Tachyon XL2 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapter
/dev/td0


here is output from both the bad fibre card and a good fibre card on this server:

fcmsutil /dev/td0 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 :'A-4210'

Part Serial number :'A56466102374'

Misc. Information :'PW=15W'

Mfd. Date :'A-4211'

Check Sum : 0x66

EFI version : '000000'

Asset Tag :'NA'




# fcmsutil /dev/td1 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 :'A56A00126572'

Misc. Information :'PW=15W'

Mfd. Date :'A-4344'

Check Sum : 0x53

EFI version : '001.10'

Asset Tag :'NA'

[Kent Ostby]

Robert --

Please post the exact error messages you are seeing as well as output from:

swlist -l product | grep -i fibre

[Robert Bryan]

I do see where the firmware is different on the one I just replaced

# fcmsutil /dev/td0

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 = 2Gb
Local N_Port_id is = 0x010000
N_Port Node World Wide Name = 0x50060b0000106f05
N_Port Port World Wide Name = 0x50060b0000106f04
Driver state = ONLINE
Hardware Path is = 1/0/2/0/0
Number of Assisted IOs = 6220488
Number of Active Login Sessions = 2
Dino Present on Card = NO
Maximum Frame Size = 960
Driver Version = @(#) PATCH_11.11: libtd.a : Dec 12 200
3, 14:34:15, PHSS_28509

CSO-C col3shu1 # fcmsutil /dev/td1

Vendor ID is = 0x00103c
Device ID is = 0x001029
XL2 Chip Revision No is = 2.3
PCI Sub-system Vendor ID is = 0x00103c
PCI Sub-system ID is = 0x00128c
Topology = PTTOPT_FABRIC
Link Speed = 2Gb
Local N_Port_id is = 0x010300
N_Port Node World Wide Name = 0x50060b000023bc41
N_Port Port World Wide Name = 0x50060b000023bc40
Driver state = ONLINE
Hardware Path is = 1/0/4/0/0
Number of Assisted IOs = 33229
Number of Active Login Sessions = 2
Dino Present on Card = NO
Maximum Frame Size = 2048
Driver Version = @(#) PATCH_11.11: libtd.a : Dec 12 200
3, 14:34:15, PHSS_28509

The errors are:
SCSI: Async write error -- dev: b 31 0x080100, errno: 126, resid: 4096,
blkno: 7186406, sectno: 14372812, offset: 3063912448, bcount: 4096.

SCSI: Write error -- dev: b 31 0x080100, errno: 126, resid: 1024,
blkno: 138992328, sectno: 277984656, offset: 594223104, bcount: 1024.

AUTOPATH: Path 0x1f080200 failed! Rerouting IO to alternate path
LVM: Recovered Path (device 0x1f080100) to PV 0 in VG 1.
LVM: Restored PV 0 to VG 1.

[Kent Ostby]

errno = 126 (EPOWERF) means the SCSI driver could not complete the
read/write requests within specified
timeouts.


The device in question can be found using:

dev: b 31 0x080100

ll /dev/dsk | grep 080100

I would update your fibre channel patches and if that doesn't help, have HP hardware check out the above disk.

[Robert Bryan]

The disk is actually a virtual array...The array controller shows no problems with any of the disks within the array..and none of the other fibre cards are having any problem writing to the virtual array...

I will look into updating the patches for the fibre card though..

Thanks

[Sanjay_6 · Accepted solution]

Hi Robert,

You probably need a driver update on the card,

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000080078220

The ITRC doc id is KBQA00000539.

The EFI version "00000" is not good.

Hope this helps.

regds

[Robert Bryan]

The drivers are the correct version for this machine....

I will have to wait to update the EFI version until next month

It looks like I need to update the firmware from 2.2 to 2.3 for the bad fibre card...

Also notice the 960 maximum frame size (for the bad card)- it's 2048 on all of the other cards.

Does anyone have the steps to do this?

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

you probably need a patch,

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000076960364

the itrc doc id is 8606304598.

The patch you need is PHSS_28509. the latest patch in that category is PHSS_31326.

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/patchDetail.do?BC=patch.breadcrumb.main|patch.breadcrumb.search|&patchid=PHSS_28509&context=hpux:800:11:11

Look into "SR:8606304598 CR:JAGae67940".

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

You do need a firmware upgrade for the card that is having problem, You may not need that patch since you have another card on the system that is at Chip revision 2.3 and supports frame size of 2048.

look at your fcmsutil output for the two cards.

for /dev/td0,
XL2 Chip Revision No is = 2.2

& for /dev/td1,
XL2 Chip Revision No is = 2.3

Hope this helps.

regds

[Robert Bryan]

How do I upgrade to the correct firmware version of 2.3 on the card...I will work on the EFI version later...

The patch
PHSS_28509 1.0 Tachyon TL Fibre Channel Driver Patch

is installed...

[Kent Ostby]

There is also a newer patch:

PHSS_31326

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

You can download the patch from hp software site,

http://software.hp.com

Try this link,

http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayInstallInfo.do?productNumber=A6795A

this may need a reboot.

Talk to HP support before you decide to update the patch. They would guide you in the right direction.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Sanjay_6]

Here is the EFI driver upgrade instructions and download link,

http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayInstallInfo.do?productNumber=A6795AEFI

Hope this helps.

regds

[Robert Bryan]

Thanks,
I believe the patch should resolve my issues