Installing hp_fibreutils on Linux server AMD Opteron(tm)

[Danesh Qureshi]

I have a HP Proliant DL385 G1 server running
RHEL AS Rel 4 update 3. On this server is
I have installed the following rpm package successfully:-

hp_qla2x00src-8.01.03p5-21.linux.rpm

I was hoping above rpm would also install the
hp_fibreutils package but it did not.

uname -a displays the following:-

Linux 2.6.9-34.ELsmp #1 SMP Fri Feb 24 16:54:53 EST 2006 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

Can anyone show me where I can find the latest hp_fibreutils package so that I can use the lssd command in root?


I have a production HP DL385 server with specification same spec as above. I need to install the following package on the mirror server. I need fibreutils-2.0-5.

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Shalom,

One thing might be causing you issues is the way you are spelling fiber.

rpm -qa | grep fiber

rpm -qa | grep fibre

I'm certain the second will produce nothing, but you may find that spelling fiber the american way will show you the util is already installed.

The same site you got the qla utils should have the utilities for the card, just be a little more flexible with your search.

As I recall these tools are all bundled together.

SEP

[Uwe Zessin]

Here is a snip from an upgrade I did 2 days ago which shows that "fibre" is used:

N:~ # rpm -qa | grep -e fibr -e qla
fibreutils-1.7.0-7
hp_qla2x00src-7.00.03-11
N:~ #

[Danesh Qureshi]

I tried looking with
rpm -qa | grep fiber but no joy.

I read the contents of the following RPM from HP:-

hp_qla2x00src-8.01.03p5-21.linux.rpm

This is what HP say about this RPM content:-

"This RPM provides the HP supported version of the QLogic Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter driver. It is a scripted RPM that will build the driver from source code contained in the RPM, copy the driver files to the correct directories, and edit the system startup files so that the driver starts at system boot time.
This version of the driver RPM only works with 2.6 kernels."

As you can see there is no mention of fibreutils in here at all.

Now on my production HP DL385 server I installed the following TAR.GZ file in June 2006 from HP:-

hp_qla2x00-.tar.gz

This is what HP say about the contents of the TAR.GZ file:-

"This driver kit contains the following components:
Scripted RPM for QLA 7.x driver (hp_qla2x00src) Scripted RPM for QLA 8.x driver (hp_qla2x00src) Source RPM for QLA 7.x driver (hp_qla2x00) Source RPM for QLA 8.x driver (hp_qla2x00) Fibre Channel Utilities for x86 architecture (fibreutils) Fibre Channel Utilities for x86_64 architecture (fibreutils) Fibre Channel Utilities for ia64 architectures (fibreutils) Driver parameter configuration script for 2.4 kernels (set_parm2.24) Driver parameter configuration script for 2.6 kernels (set_parm2.26) Master installation utility (INSTALL) Revistion History (revision_history".

As you can see fibreutils is contained in this kit.

My question is where can I find fibreutils on HP ITRC website?

I suppose I could uninstall the RPM and download the TAR.GZ and install it. Hopefully this should install fibreutils.

What do you suggest I do?

[Brendan Murphy_5]

Download the latest Proliant Support Pack from HP site http://h18004.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/download/24247.html
This includes latest qlogic drivers & fibreutils packages. Once downloaded & untar'd cd into the directory & run the script ./install760.sh
This will display a GUI screen with a number of HP Support packages. If you don't want them, then deselect them, If you select the Qlogic, then the fibreutils should also be selected. These will then be installed & compiled as modules for the running kernel. It should also automatically run the set_parms command as part of the install to allow you to configure the correct options for your HBA's

Regards,

Brendan

[Ross Minkov]

As Brendan already said, the hp fibrechannel utilities RPM (fibreutils) is included in the ProLiant Support Pack (PSP) for Linux. It contains various user utilities to manage the QLA driver or provide information on disks and adapters that are in the system.

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$ rpm -qi fibreutils
Name : fibreutils Relocations: (not relocateable)
Version : 1.9.0 Vendor: Hewlett-Packard
Release : 2 Build Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004 02:39:48 PM EDT
Install Date: Mon 09 May 2005 02:40:30 PM EDT Build Host: dolt.mro.cpqcorp.net
Group : Applications/system Source RPM: fibreutils-1.9.0-2.src.rpm
Size : 1125107 License: Proprietary
Signature : (none)
Summary : Provides complimentary programs and scripts for QLA drivers
Description :
This RPM has the following components:

* Miscellaneous scripts and programs to compliment QLA drivers:

lssd
lssg
adapter_info
probe-luns
hp_rescan
hp_system_info
scsi_info

* Utilities to load updated EFI drivers and firmware for ia64 systems

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HTH,
Ross

[Tom O'Toole]

Sorry to be negative, but...


HP continues to deploy host software in different, confusing and conflicting ways, and it is too clever by half. Why is there a GUI installer (I have used this and I can say it's overblown crapware - I have little confidence after running this what the state of my system is), an RPM and a .tar file, with no centralized guiding document, and no easy way to find what little documentation is available?

Does anybody think this situation is good? Is there any comprehensible documentation on getting qlogic FCHBA drivers running multipath failover on a proliant with eva storage. This is all equipment from a single vendor!!

[Ross Minkov]

Tom,

You don't have to use the GUI installer if you don't want to. I always use the install script (aka PSP deployment utility) in text mode. I also go one step further and automate the install by providing an input/answerback file to the installer and also editing an xml file to specify what smart components I want installed. If you need to install the PSP on 100's of servers this is the only way to go. For details see the PSP install guide -- you can download it in pdf format from hp.com. It's all documented there. If you have any specific questions post them here and we'll try to help.

Regards,
Ross

[Tom O'Toole]

Sorry, I guess I was having a bad day, my post was unnecessarily harsh, and I apologize to people at hp trying to do the best they can. I guess it's just reflecting frustration with the multiple methods: the standard linux projects, then the hp 'value-adds' and the various flavors of them, and the scattered nature of the documentation depending on the particular package/package installer. There really is no single document that's easy to find. I wish all this stuff was linkable from the EVA page. they have redone it, and made it worse - the technical documents link that used to point to some (but not all) platform related dox now goes to a relatively useless page.


I will try to find the PSP install guide and go with text mode per your recommendation for the latest version of the drivers, thanks for the tip.