FibrChanl-02 (fclp) B.11.31.1003.01 Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v3 Release Notes

• Host bus adapters using the fclp HP-UX driver stay in AWAITING LINK UP state when

connected to a DS2500 device

The solution to this issue is to set the speed of the adapter port to 2 Gb, by using the drvcfg

-s command at the EFI shell prompt, to configure the port speed:

1. To view the Emulex driver handle information, type Shell> drivers at the EFI shell

prompt - - a list of drivers is displayed.

2. Write down the driver handle associated with the Emulex SCSI Pass Thru Driver. The

first column, labelled DRV, lists the driver handles.

3. Enter the drvcfg -s <driver handle> command; for example, if the driver handle

is 20 (your driver handle may be different): Shell> drvcfg -s 20. Information is

displayed, listing all of the HBAs in your system; your listing may vary, depending

upon how many HBAs are installed in your system.

4. Using the arrow keys, locate the HBA that you want to configure, select (i.e., highlight)

the corresponding row, and press Enter.

5. Select (highlight) the Setup Utility option and press Enter.

6. Select (highlight) the Configure HBA Parameters option and press Enter.

7. Select (highlight) the Force Link Speed option and press Enter.

8. Select (highlight) the 2Gb/s link speed option from the list presented, and press Enter.

9. After completing your selection, use the ESC key to exit the EFI configuration menus.

• Using ioscan with krm not running

When ioscan is run with the —fn or —Fn option, and the kernel resource monitor (krm) is

not running, there could be stale krm device files in the system, which would correspond

to different devices, including fclp, in ioscan output. This issue has no impact on the

functionality of the Fibre Channel port; however, ioscan output may be confusing. This

issue can impact any card accessible with ioscan, and is not specific to the cards supported

by the fclp driver.

Corrective Action:The ioscan output can be returned to normal by either deleting the stale

krm device files, or by starting krm, which will recreate the device files.

Compatibility and installation requirements

This section describes the compatibility information and installation requirements for this release.

For specific installation instructions, refer to the installation guide specific to your to your

FibreChannel card.

NOTE: FibrChanl-02 on HP-UX 11i v3 is supported with VxVM 5.0 or later, including boot and

Ignite/UX.

Operating system and version compatibility

The following software (or later versions) must be installed before installing the FibrChanl-02

(fclp) driver, version B.11.31.1003.01, into a system:

• HP-UX CommonIO 11.31.1003 (B.11.31.1003)

• HP-UX 11.31 Support Tools Bundle, March 2008 (OnlineDiag), version B.11.31.03.06