Installing 11.31 on BL860c on SAN disk - cannot see disk

[BrianDoyle]

Hi,
EFI Boot Manager ver 1.10
System Firmware: 1.01 [4652]
BMC Version: 5.03
MP Version: T.01.22

I created LUN's on an EVA. Im told there is no zoning on the network so I presume everything can see everything - is this correct?
Any idea why i cant see these disks?

See below: Disks: 0 ( 0.0GB)

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[Danny Petterson - DK]

Hi!

Can you see the connection from the server on the EVA? And have you made the disk available to the connection (also on the EVA)?

Even though I havent been working with it for quite some time, I do recall (I think ;-) that you have to have zoning on the switches when running Unix, dont think its supported otherwize.

Yours
Danny

[Torsten.]

Are you using the latest september release of 11.31? You have to!

No zoning is a bit unlikely ...

Anyway, you need to present vdisks from EVA to the HBAs of the server - otherwise you will see nothing.

[BrianDoyle]

Im using the latest September release.
Im told there's no zoning........

When I created the LUNs I had to manually add the WWN's of the ports (which i got from the OA)

Is zoning really necessary in order for HP-UX to see the disks on the SAN?

[Torsten.]

necessary or not, it is strongly recommended, especially if you are using different OS.

You need to present each LUN you want to the host WWN from the EVA side.

[Torsten.]

necessary or not, it is strongly recommended, especially if you are using different OS.

You need to present each LUN you want to the host WWN from the EVA side.

[BrianDoyle]

I have 2 Qlogic HBA's:

1 QLogic QMH2462 4Gb FC HBA for HP c-Class BladeSystem
1 50:01:43:80:00:81:e2:30
2 50:01:43:80:00:81:e2:32
2 QLogic QMH2462 4Gb FC HBA for HP c-Class BladeSystem
1 50:01:43:80:00:81:e1:d8
2 50:01:43:80:00:81:e1:da

I entered these WWN's in the CommandView Host Properties

FC Adapter Port WWN
5001-4380-0081-e230
5001-4380-0081-e232
5001-4380-0081-e1d8
5001-4380-0081-e1da

The disk is presented to the server also.
Can you confirm this is all correct?

[Danny Petterson - DK]

Idealy you should not enter the WWN's of the hosts itself, as they should be viewable for the Comman View, it the connection works as it should.

[BrianDoyle]

true.....i'll see if i can get access to the zoning

[rick jones]

Torsten's point about which 11.31 (11iv3) version is a good one. The 11iv3 "LR" bits are not "supported" on a BL860c - you need the second or subsequent 11iv3 releases to have "support."

Also, minor nit, but I think that fibre channel uses the term "fabric" rather than "network" although I could be wrong on that. Being a networking guy, it is a nit I'm more likely to pick :)

[BrianDoyle]

Once the zoning was done, I saw the disk and all went to plan.
thanks for assistance