mpxio on SE 6140

Currenly,One system v240 is installed with 2x Emulex LP10000 and the other system V480 is installed with 2x qlogic Amber 2 HBA with Fcode I SP2300 Host Adapter Driver: 1.14.01.The two system (v240 and V480) each HBA is connected to 2 x McData 4400 switch.The 2 X StorageTek 6140 also has 2 connection from one controller connected to 2 xMcdata 4400 switch and also apply for the other controller.

There is no cluster software installed.

The mpxio works on the V240 with emulex with 2 different paths as shows below:

luxadm display /dev/rdsk/c6t600A0B800011C160000006E94558DA00d0s2

DEVICE PROPERTIES for disk: /dev/rdsk/c6t600A0B800011C160000006E94558DA00d0s2

Vendor:SUN

Product ID:CSM200_R

Revision:0616

Serial Num:1T62322072

Unformatted capacity:51200.000 MBytes

Write Cache:Enabled

Read Cache:Enabled

Minimum prefetch:0x3

Maximum prefetch:0x3

Device Type:Disk device

Path(s):

/dev/rdsk/c6t600A0B800011C160000006E94558DA00d0s2

/devices/scsi_vhci/ssd@g600a0b800011c160000006e94558da00:c,raw

Controller/devices/pci@1c,600000/SUNW,emlxs@1/fp@0,0

Device Address202600a0b811c160,0

Host controller port WWN10000000c95515f1

Classprimary

StateONLINE

Controller/devices/pci@1c,600000/SUNW,emlxs@1/fp@0,0

Device Address202700a0b811c160,0

Host controller port WWN10000000c95515f1

Classsecondary

StateSTANDBY

Controller/devices/pci@1d,700000/SUNW,emlxs@1/fp@0,0

Device Address201600a0b811c160,0

Host controller port WWN10000000c952dcb6

Classprimary

StateONLINE

Controller/devices/pci@1d,700000/SUNW,emlxs@1/fp@0,0

Device Address201700a0b811c160,0

Host controller port WWN10000000c952dcb6

Classsecondary

StateSTANDBY

For V480 system with 2XQlogic HBA,luxadm display shows as below:

root@seal # luxadm display

/dev/rdsk/c4t600A0B800011C160000006E24558D88Ed0s2

DEVICE PROPERTIES for disk:

/dev/rdsk/c4t600A0B800011C160000006E24558D88Ed0s2

Vendor:SUN

Product ID:CSM200_R

Revision: 0616

Serial Num:1T62322072

Unformatted capacity: 61440.000 MBytes

Write Cache: Enabled

Read Cache:Enabled

Minimum prefetch:0x3

Maximum prefetch:0x3

Device Type: Disk device

Path(s):

/dev/rdsk/c4t600A0B800011C160000006E24558D88Ed0s2

/devices/scsi_vhci/ssd@g600a0b800011c160000006e24558d88e:c,raw

Controller/devices/pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@1/fp@0,0

Device Address 201600a0b811c160,0

Host controller port WWN210000e08b909b0b

Classprimary

StateONLINE

Controller/devices/pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@1/fp@0,0

Device Address 201700a0b811c160,0

Host controller port WWN210000e08b909b0b

Classsecondary

StateSTANDBY

The problems lies that it did not show the 2 other two paths for the HBA which cause the failover to fail when I disconnect the cable.

Any advice.

[3044 byte] By [thchewa] at [2007-11-26 20:36:16]
# 1

Following are the Sun HBAs supported by Solaris OSs

Solaris 8

SG-XPCI1FC-QF2 (6767A)

SG-XPCI2FC-QF2 (6768A)

SG-XPCI2FC-QF2-Z (6768A)

SG-XPCI1FC-QL2

SG-XPCI1FC-EM2

SG-XPCI2FC-EM2

SG-XPCI1FC-QF4

SG-XPCI2FC-QF4

SG-XPCI1FC-EM4

SG-XPCI2FC-EM4

SG-XPCIE1FC-QF4

SG-XPCIE2FC-QF4

SG-XPCIE1FC-EM4

SG-XPCIE2FC-EM4

Solaris 9

SG-XPCI1FC-QF2 (6767A)

SG-XPCI2FC-QF2 (6768A)

SG-XPCI2FC-QF2-Z (6768A)

SG-XPCI1FC-QL2

SG-XPCI1FC-EM2

SG-XPCI2FC-EM2

SG-XPCI1FC-QF4

SG-XPCI2FC-QF4

SG-XPCI1FC-EM4

SG-XPCI2FC-EM4

SG-XPCIE1FC-QF4

SG-XPCIE2FC-QF4

SG-XPCIE1FC-EM4

SG-XPCIE2FC-EM4

Solaris 10

SG-XPCI1FC-QF2 (6767A)

SG-XPCI2FC-QF2 (6768A)

SG-XPCI2FC-QF2-Z (x6768A)

SG-XPCI1FC-QL2

SG-XPCI1FC-EM2

SG-XPCI2FC-EM2

SG-XPCI1FC-QF4

SG-XPCI2FC-QF4

SG-XPCI1FC-EM4

SG-XPCI2FC-EM4

SG-XPCIE1FC-QF4

SG-XPCIE2FC-QF4

SG-XPCIE1FC-EM4

SG-XPCIE2FC-EM4

bravobrittoa at 2007-7-10 1:29:25 > top of Java-index,Storage Forums,Storage General Discussion...
# 2
Apparently the SG-XPCIE2FC-QF4 is not supported on anything but solaris 10 as I've just been informed.
ceubanka at 2007-7-10 1:29:25 > top of Java-index,Storage Forums,Storage General Discussion...