HBA

[phillipsp_acca]

Could someone please advise the best method to discover if a hba has been installed. I have issued a rpm -qa with for the driver but not present what I require to find out is if the hba is present.....

For example HPUX i can run a ioscan.

Regards,
Pat

[Alexander Chuzhoy]

Hi,
rpm -qa is used to see all installed packages.

I hba is a package name then run:
rpm -qa |grep hba

If you don't see it - it's not installed (at least not as RPM package).

[Ivan Ferreira]

Normally, you can find messages about the dicovering of the hardware in "dmesg" output.

Also, you can consult some details via the /proc/scsi/qla*/[0-9] special files (For QLOGIC HBAs".

[Ulf Zimmermann]

lspci will show you the PCI devices in the system.

[Andrew Bruce]

Hi Pat,

lsmod will list all the modules (drivers not built into the kernel) that are loaded up.

Might help us if you explain what HBA is...

Regards,

Andy Bruce

[Matti_Kurkela]

"lspci" will list all adapters on the computer's PCI bus, whether they have drivers installed or not. To get more information, add option '-v' or '-vv'.

Andrew: HBA means Host Bus Adapter - most often this acronym refers to a FibreChannel card, but technically it could mean any adapter that connects the computer's expansion bus to another type of bus.

[Alan_152]

2 other ways are:

1) looking in /proc/scsi/scsi for the appropriate device instances, and

2) physical inspection of the box for a device with fiber connectors on it.