Linux - FC Card - LUNs are not visible

[Karthik S S]

Hi,

I have a Lpr2000 system with Linux 7.2 insalled (2.4.21-4.ELsmp). I have inserted a HP Tach TL Fibre Channel HBA to one of the PCI slots. After reboot the system is able to recognize the card using the "lspci" command,

[root@lx3 linux-2.4]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20LE Host Bridge (rev 06)
00:00.1 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20LE Host Bridge (rev 06)
00:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
00:07.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)
00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
00:0f.0 ISA bridge: ServerWorks OSB4 South Bridge (rev 50)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: ServerWorks OSB4 IDE Controller
00:0f.2 USB Controller: ServerWorks OSB4/CSB5 OHCI USB Controller (rev 04)
01:02.0 Fibre Channel: Hewlett-Packard Company Tach TL Fibre Channel Host Adapter (rev 0c)
01:04.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
01:05.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1010 Ultra3 SCSI Adapter (rev 01)
01:05.1 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1010 Ultra3 SCSI Adapter (rev 01)
[root@lx3 linux-2.4]#


The host is connected to a VA7100 array via a FC switch. But it is unable to see any LUNs. "cdrecord --scanbus" shows only the internal disks. Is it required to recompile the kernel or do I have to load any kernel modules using insmod? Pl. help

Thanks,
Karthik S S

[Karthik S S]

Similar card on HP-UX works fine. The model is (from HP-UX)

swlist | grep -i fibre
FibrChanl-00 B.11.11.09 PCI/HSC FibreChannel;Supptd HW=A6
684A,A6685A,A5158A,A6795A

-Karthik S S

[Ragu_1]

Change the slot for that card, is it not an interrupt issue ?

[Karthik S S]

I dont think it is an interrupt issue as it is a PCI card. I also tried changing the slot ..

-Karthik S S

[James A. Donovan · Accepted solution]

Is this an A6826A card? That is the only HP manufactured card that is supported on Linux.

Their other cards are only supported under HP-UX.

http://www.hp.com/products1/unixserverconnectivity/storagesnf2/adapter15/specifications/index.html

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?locale=en_US&taskId=135&prodSeriesId=331473&prodTypeId=329290&pnameOID=331475

[James A. Donovan]

...dug down a little more, seems that the A6826A isn't even a true HP card. It appears to be OEM'd from QLogic since it uses the qla2x00 driver.....

[Karthik S S]

It is a A5158A PCI FC card. I think as you said it is supported only under HP-UX.

Thanks,
Karthik S S

[Christopher Rupnik]

The A5158A card is an HP9000 card. However, when placed into a Windows machine, the card is recognized as a D8602B. The cards are identical, except the A5158A is much more expensive (for obvious reasons)

There are no linux drivers for that card. You will need to get a different card, or run Windows.