HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes (A.03.03)

Known Problems and Workarounds
Topology of A5158A Changes from Fabric to Public Loop After the Virtual Partition Reboots
Chapter 218
brocade01:admin> switchshow
switchName: brocade01
switchType: 2.4
switchState: Online
switchMode: Native
...
port 0: -- No_Module
port 1: -- No_Module
port 2: -- No_Module
port 3: sw Online F-Port 50:06:0b:00:00:10:23:fa
port 4: sw Online F-Port 50:06:0b:00:00:00:f4:28
...
The switch information after the reboot shows:
brocade01:admin> switchshow
switchName: brocade01
switchType: 2.4
switchState: Online
switchMode: Native
...
port 0: -- No_Module
port 1: -- No_Module
port 2: -- No_Module
port 3: sw Online F-Port 50:06:0b:00:00:10:23:fa
port 4: sw Online L-Port 1 public
...
Workaround
To permanently set the device to fabric, set the setting on the switch. For
example,
switch> portcfggport
port_# ,1
where
port_# is the port number of the switch that is connected to the
A5158A card and 1 represents “true”
To temporarily set this device (the setting will not remain after an OS
reboot), reset the device from the HP-UX system:
vpar1# tdutil /dev/td0 reset
Reset Done
vpar1# tdutil /dev/td0
Vendor ID is = 0x00103c
Device ID is = 0x001028