kgpsa is not detected

[Khairy]

Hi gurus,

need some help in bring up this machine.

the server is alphaserver GS140. Just fresh installed it with tru64 v4.0F (apr 1999 cd). It went successful. However, i cant find emx driver loaded.

I've checked the vmunix kernel and can't find emx loaded.

I boot genvmunix and then edit /sys/conf/MYSERVER and add the following:
driver_config emx

THen doconfig
# doconfig -c MYSERVER

It was successful and i copied to /
# mv /sys/conf/MYSERVER/vmunix /vmunix
# shutdown -r now

After reboot, i still can't see emx is loaded from uerf output.

From SRM console, i could see kgpsa is availble.

I then installed patch DUV40FB18AS0007-20020102.tar and rebooted.

And still i can't see emx driver entries during startup.

But this time, i could see its loaded in vmunix kernel. (pls refer attachment- i use nm command)

I tried boot genvmunix to regenerate a new kernel again but this time it stuck. Pls refer attached.

I want to proceed to install B22 patch but I'm not sure whether that would help.

Anyone have ideas on what actually wrong here? I really appreciate any helps!

[Rob Leadbeater]

Hi,

If I remember correctly, you need to be running 4.0G to support fibre cards...

Cheers,

Rob

[Rob Leadbeater · Accepted solution]

Hi again,

http://h18002.www1.hp.com/alphaserver/options/asgs140/asgs140_ds-kgpsa-ca.html

shows that 4.0F is supported, but you need NHD2 or patch kit 2... which you've got.

Did you generate a new configuration when building from the generic kernel ?

If not the emx option may not have been added in...

Cheers,

Rob

[Vladimir Fabecic]

First install latest patch kit and NHD for 4.0F
Then boot with genvmunix and after that run:
# doconfig
without any arguments.

[Khairy]

hi guys,

thanks for the input.

NHD? This is new for me. I check from HP website, its stands for new hardware delivery. I thought KGPSA driver should be included in the OS cd as this is indeed HP/compaq product.

Anyway, I've tried to find NHD for tru64 v4.0F but no avail from HP patch database.

Is there anyplace i can find this?

Rgds

[Vladimir Fabecic]

The latest patch kit for V4.0F is DUV40FB22AS0008-20030730.tar.
Direct link for download is:
ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/patch_bundles/tru64/4.0X/DUV40FB22AS0008-20030730.tar
As far as I remember, PK8 should be enough for KGPSA.
Install that and try to build new kernel as suggested above.
BTW, what is your console firmware version?

[DCBrown]

emxmgr -d will show which adapters are recognized by the system. Also, did the emx_data.c file get set up correctly? Refer to the man pages for emxmgr and emx_data.c.

Bud

[Khairy]

hi guys and thanks for the info.

vladimir,

i will download the patch and give a try. The SRM version is 6.6. Below is the output:

Compaq AlphaServer GS140 14-6/700/8, Console V6.6-15


and hi dcbrown,

currently i cant use emxmgr and i cant find it. Yes, i use `find / -name "*emx*"

Or maybe do i have to recompile emx_data.c to generate emxmgr? I don't have a c compiler available in the server. Funny as i can't find any related info about setting up kgpsa for tru64 4.0F.

Rgds

[Rob Leadbeater]

Hi,

You might also want to do an "man emx" to check that the fibre drivers have been installed...

You could also check this by looking in the generic kernel's configuratio file for any reference to emx.

grep emx /sys/conf/GENERIC

Cheers,

Rob

[Khairy]

hi guys,

i can close this.

Yes, to use kgpsa in tru64 v4.0f, nhd must be installed.

I solve it by restoring OS from a running similar server which already connected to fibre storage.

Now emx is detected.

special thanx to vladimir and rob.

and thanks everyone!

[Khairy]

see above. require New Hardware Delivery kit to use kgpsa.

I don't have the CD. The only workaround is restore OS from a similar server which has kgpsa activate via emx driver.