Upgrade Fiber Channel drivers Problem - the new drivers are not loaded by HBA card.

[Johnson Zhu]

Hello expert, Please help. I have a problem to apply the new Fiber Channel drivers and patches from 11.11.06 to 11.11.17. The patches have been successfully install, however the hardware - HBA cards does not load the new drivers. I would like to know why it is happening and how to fix it?

root:/ #uname -a
HP-UX wodu002 B.11.11 U 9000/800 1263775803 unlimited-user license

root:/ #swlist |grep Fib
FibrChanl-00 B.11.11.17 PCI/HSC FibreChannel;Supptd HW=A6684A,A6685A,A5158A,A6795A
FibrChanl-01 B.11.11.16 FibreChannel;HW=A6826A,A9782A,A9784A,AB378A/B,AB379A/B,AB465A,AD193A,AD194A
root:/ #swlist -l product |grep Fib
FC-FCD B.11.11.16 FibreChannel;HW=A6826A,A9782A,A9784A,AB378A/B,AB379A/B,AB465A,AD193A,AD194A
FC-TACHYON-TL B.11.11.17 PCI/HSC FibreChannel;Supptd HW=A6684A,A6685A,A5158A,A6795A
FCMassStorage B.11.11 Fibre Channel Mass Storage
PHKL_34161 1.0 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Patch

root:/ #fcmsutil /dev/td0

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 = 0x020100
N_Port Node World Wide Name = 0x50060b0000257d9d
N_Port Port World Wide Name = 0x50060b0000257d9c
Driver state = ONLINE
Hardware Path is = 0/2/1/0
Number of Assisted IOs = 27799
Number of Active Login Sessions = 2
Dino Present on Card = NO
Maximum Frame Size = 2048
Driver Version = @(#) libtd.a HP Fibre Channel Tachyon TL/TS/XL2 Driver B.11.11.13 (AR0612) /ux/kern/kisu/TL/src/common/wsio/td_glue.c: Sep 15 2006, 18:35:32

root:/ #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 :'B-4408'

Part Serial number :'A56A00221127'

Misc. Information :'PW=15W'

Mfd. Date :'A-4433'

Check Sum : 0x57

EFI version : '001.10'

Asset Tag :'NA'

root:/ #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 = 0x010100
N_Port Node World Wide Name = 0x50060b0000257d9b
N_Port Port World Wide Name = 0x50060b0000257d9a
Driver state = ONLINE
Hardware Path is = 0/6/1/0
Number of Assisted IOs = 18936
Number of Active Login Sessions = 2
Dino Present on Card = NO
Maximum Frame Size = 2048
Driver Version = @(#) libtd.a HP Fibre Channel Tachyon TL/TS/XL2 Driver B.11.11.13 (AR0612) /ux/kern/kisu/TL/src/common/wsio/td_glue.c: Sep 15 2006, 18:35:32

root:/ #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-4408'

Part Serial number :'A56A00221568'

Misc. Information :'PW=15W'

Mfd. Date :'A-4433'

Check Sum : 0x4e

EFI version : '001.10'

Asset Tag :'NA'

[Johnson Punniyalingam]

insf -e --> Install device file driver

/opt/fcms/bin/fcmsutil /dev/td11 lb plm


Hope this helps

Rgds,
Johnson

[Johnson Zhu]

Thank you Johnson. I have not tried your option yet. Btw, do I need to reboot the box after I apply "insf -e" command? Because if it does need a reboot, I will need to have schedule another outage.

Also the problem is happening on our another two production system. Same as apu002, they are 11.11 HPUX.

[Johnson Punniyalingam]

you have updated driver, reboot would take real Good effect.. :)

insf -e
ioscan

fcmsutil /dev/td0

Rgds,
Johnson

[R.K. #]

Hi,

"insf -e" will NOT require a reboot.

Well, if you have problem in rebooting the server and wants something like binding the correct driver to your FC, try:

#ioscan -M -H

Things can get clear if you can post output of:
#ioscan -fnC fc

-R.K.

[Johnson Zhu]

Thanks R.K.

There is the ioscan -fnC fc results:
# ioscan -fnC fc
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=================================================================
fc 0 0/2/1/0 td CLAIMED INTERFACE HP Tachyon XL2 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapter /dev/td0
fc 1 0/6/1/0 td CLAIMED INTERFACE HP Tachyon XL2 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapter /dev/td1

I have already run "insf -e", but seems does not help, the driver is still:
Driver Version = @(#) libtd.a HP Fibre Channel Tachyon TL/TS/XL2 Driver B.11.11.12 PATCH_11.11 (PHSS_31326) /ux/kern/kisu/TL/src/common/wsio/td_glue.c: Sep 5 2005, 10:14:40

Could you please explain more about "#ioscan -M -H ",

What shall I put in ?

The following are the new drivers I installed:
root@apu002:/ # swlist -l product |grep Fib
FC-FCD B.11.11.16 FibreChannel;HW=A6826A,A9782A,A9784A,AB378A/B,AB379A/B,AB465A,AD193A,AD194A
FC-TACHYON-TL B.11.11.17 PCI/HSC FibreChannel;Supptd HW=A6684A,A6685A,A5158A,A6795A
FCMassStorage B.11.11 Fibre Channel Mass Storage
PHKL_34161 1.0 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Patch

Many thanks.

[Johnson Punniyalingam]

Forcibly bind driver tape2 at the hardware path 8.4.1.
ioscan -M tape2 -H 8.4.1

[Jozef_Novak]

Hello,

How did you install the driver bundle ? The installation instructions for FibrChanl-00 bundle state that reboot after the installation is necessary. I suppose that this is due to the fact that fc driver is statically bound to the kernel.

I would suggest to try to reboot the system. If this does not help correcting your problem, reinstall the driver bundle according to the installation procedure.

Cheers,
J.