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01-09-2014 06:23 AM
01-09-2014 06:23 AM
Fibre Channel Driver Upgrading/Downgrading HP-UX 11iv3
Hi All
We are going through some remediation tasks as part of a SAN switch migration project.
Some of our FC HBA drivers are out of date and need upgrading.
We currently have:
FibrChanl-00 B.11.31.0903 FibreChannel;HW=A6795A,A5158A
but upgrading to:
FibrChanl-01 B.11.31.1311 FibrChnl;HW=A6826A,A9782A,A9784A,AB378A/B,AB379A/B,AB465A,AD193A,AD194A,AD300A
So upon installing the latter version, the fcmsutil /dev/fcdx shows the upgraded driver version.
BUT:
How does one revert if one has to?
I swremoved the latter version, leaving the older version (swlist showing only the older version), rebooted, and lost site of my HBAs, storage, etc.
root@labunix2 at / =>ioscan -fnCfc
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
================================================================
fc 0 0/4/1/0 fcd UNCLAIMED UNKNOWN PCI-X SerialBus (10772422)
fc 1 0/4/1/1 fcd UNCLAIMED UNKNOWN PCI-X SerialBus (10772422)
root@labunix2 at / =>swlist | grep -i fib
FibrChanl-00 B.11.31.0903 FibreChannel;HW=A6795A,A5158A
I re-installed the new version again, rebooted, and it all came back.
My issue is I need to put a reversion plan together, ie how to re-instate the old driver version.
Regards
Tariq
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01-09-2014 06:33 AM - edited 01-09-2014 06:39 AM
01-09-2014 06:33 AM - edited 01-09-2014 06:39 AM
Re: Fibre Channel Driver Upgrading/Downgrading HP-UX 11iv3
You did not upgrade, these are different drivers for different cards!
FibrChanl-00 vs. FibrChanl-01
You can see the supported cards already in your first post.
IIRC FibrChanl-01 depends on FibrChanl-00, so update both drivers!
Hope this helps!
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Torsten.
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01-09-2014 07:05 AM
01-09-2014 07:05 AM
Re: Fibre Channel Driver Upgrading/Downgrading HP-UX 11iv3
I see.
OK, so on my test box, you can see I originally only had:
FibrChanl-00 B.11.31.0903 FibreChannel;HW=A6795A,A5158A
Is there a later version of the above FibrChanl-00, ie later than 0903?
Storage was all visible with 00.
When I installed the later 01 version, both versions were installed in swlist.
Also fcmsutil showed the Driver version now being the 01 version.
So, when I removed 01, why didn't the HBA's revert back to using 00 after the reboot?
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01-09-2014 07:10 AM - edited 01-09-2014 07:10 AM
01-09-2014 07:10 AM - edited 01-09-2014 07:10 AM
Re: Fibre Channel Driver Upgrading/Downgrading HP-UX 11iv3
https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=FibrChanl-01
You should never do a "swremove", just install the new version.
Depending on the options used you maybe corrupted the "old" driver.
Hope this helps!
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Torsten.
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01-09-2014 07:25 AM
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Re: Fibre Channel Driver Upgrading/Downgrading HP-UX 11iv3
I never removed the old FC-00, just installed the new FC-01 version, and fcmsutil just showed the Driver using FC-01 after reboot.
SO, it's OK to 'upgrade' from FC00 to FC-01?
Is there any problem running both?
root@labunix2 at / =>swlist | grep -i fib
FibrChanl-00 B.11.31.0903 FibreChannel;HW=A6795A,A5158A
FibrChanl-01 B.11.31.1311 FibrChnl;HW=A6826A,A9782A,A9784A,AB378A/B,AB379A/B,AB465A,AD193A,AD194A,AD300A
root@labunix2 at / =>fcmsutil /dev/fcd1
Vendor ID is = 0x1077
Device ID is = 0x2422
PCI Sub-system Vendor ID is = 0x103C
PCI Sub-system ID is = 0x12D7
PCI Mode = PCI-X 133 MHz
ISP Code version = 5.6.5
ISP Chip version = 3
Topology = PTTOPT_FABRIC
Link Speed = 4Gb
Local N_Port_id is = 0x034300
Previous N_Port_id is = None
N_Port Node World Wide Name = 0x50060b0000694b67
N_Port Port World Wide Name = 0x50060b0000694b66
Switch Port World Wide Name = 0x20430027f8c2cc2d
Switch Node World Wide Name = 0x10000027f8c2cc2d
N_Port Symbolic Port Name = labunix2_fcd1
N_Port Symbolic Node Name = labunix2_HP-UX_B.11.31
Driver state = ONLINE
Hardware Path is = 0/4/1/1
Maximum Frame Size = 2048
Driver-Firmware Dump Available = NO
Driver-Firmware Dump Timestamp = N/A
TYPE = PFC
NPIV Supported = YES
Driver Version = @(#) fcd B.11.31.1311 Nov 5 2013
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01-09-2014 07:34 AM
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Re: Fibre Channel Driver Upgrading/Downgrading HP-UX 11iv3
It looks good now.
Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.
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01-09-2014 07:36 AM
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Re: Fibre Channel Driver Upgrading/Downgrading HP-UX 11iv3
Excellent, thank you.
If one cannot swremove, do you know how one would revert back to using the base 00 version, other than re-ignited from a make recovery tape?
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01-09-2014 08:15 AM
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Re: Fibre Channel Driver Upgrading/Downgrading HP-UX 11iv3
Hope this helps!
Regards
Torsten.
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01-14-2014 04:20 AM
01-14-2014 04:20 AM
Re: Fibre Channel Driver Upgrading/Downgrading HP-UX 11iv3
Hi,
I think you are getting mixed up. what I think Torsten was triying to explain in the first post is that FibrChanl-01 is not and upgraded version of FibrChanl-00, they are different versions for different model of cards
In your post you specified:
We currently have:
FibrChanl-00 B.11.31.0903 FibreChannel;HW=A6795A,A5158A
So what you need to update the firmware/driver is a newer version of FibrChanl00(not FibrChanl01).
The latest version is:
HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31.1003)
https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=FibrChanl00
If you need to downgrade just reinstall your old driver depot(you need the software):
FibrChanl-00 B.11.31.0903
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01-14-2014 04:37 AM
01-14-2014 04:37 AM
Re: Fibre Channel Driver Upgrading/Downgrading HP-UX 11iv3
Hi
We have fcd cards, as opposed to td's:
fc 2 0/0/6/1/0 fcd CLAIMED INTERFACE HP AB378-60101 4Gb Single Port PCI/PCI-X Fibre Channel Adapter (FC Port 1)
Therefore I think FC-01 will be the correct version.
Regards
Tariq