Verifying the HBA controller path and status on Sun SPARC(R) systems [Video]

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Solution 1005523.1 : Verifying the HBA controller path and status on Sun SPARC(R) systems [Video]

Applies to:

Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 Server
Sun Fire V210 Server
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server
Sun Fire V215 Server
Sun Fire V240 Server
All Platforms

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Goal

This document will assist the user to identify if the HBA controller is on-board (integrated on the motherboard) or installed as a PCI card, as well as it's status.

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Video - Verifying HBA Connectivity (05:45)

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Solution

Verifying the HBA controller path and status on Sun SPARC systems

To troubleshoot a specific HBA controller, the user needs to identify if the controller is onboard or resides on a plug-in PCI card. To determine if the controller is on-board you need to examine the device path for the specific server platform. The device paths for the different server platforms using an onboard LSI disk controller (LSI1030, LSI1064 and LSI1068) are:

V440: /pci@1f,700000/scsi@2

V215: /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@a/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@1

V245: /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@a/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@1

V445: /pci@1f,700000/pci@0/pci@2/pci@0/pci@8/LSILogic,sas@1

T1000: /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@2

T2000 using factory installed PCI-X card (370-7696): /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0,2/LSILogic,sas@2

T2000 with on-board controller: /pci@780/pci@0/pci@9/scsi@0

T5120/T5220: /pci@0/pci@0/pci@2/scsi@0

T5140/T5240: /pci@400/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@0/

T5440: /pci@400/pci@0/pci@1/scsi@0/

Here are the device paths for server platforms using the Qlogic FC-AL onboard controller:

280R: /pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4

V480/V490: /pci@9,600000/SUNW,qlc@2

V880/V890: /pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@2

For more details on supported LSI disk controllers refer to Technical Instruction: <Document: 1007109.1> Support Differences on Internal LSI-RAID controller on SPARC platforms . For a complete device/slot map of the different servers refer to: <Document: 1005907.1> Solaris[TM] Operating System: Matrix of Recognized Device Paths .

For the FC-AL controllers the status can be checked with the 'luxadm' command. Here is an example for V880/V890:

v890-b# luxadm -e port

Found path to 5 HBA ports

/devices/pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0:devctl   <-- onboard FC-AL

/devices/pci@9,700000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0:devctl   <-- PCI slot 6

/devices/pci@9,700000/pci@3/SUNW,qlc@4/fp@0,0:devctl  <-- PCI slot 5

/devices/pci@9,700000/pci@3/SUNW,qlc@5/fp@0,0:devctl  <-- PCI slot 5

/devices/pci@9,600000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0:devctl        <-- PCI slot 7

In this example, the first line in the 'luxadm' output is for the on-board controller, the remaining lines represent Qlogic HBAs installed in different PCI slots (dual port HBA in slot 5, also HBAs in slot 6 and 7).

Note: When using PCI plug-in card(s) as an HBA controller, always verify that a supported card is installed. Using unsupported or 3^rd party HBAs may cause different problems. For example you may refer to Symptom Resolution <Document: 1018904.1>:Emulex LP9802DC HBA Causes Panic on UltraSPARC(R) IIIi Based Systems.

Product
Sun Fire V890 Server
Sun Fire V880 Server
Sun Fire V490 Server
Sun Fire V480 Server
Sun Fire V445 Server
Sun Fire V440 Server
Sun Fire V245 Server
Sun Fire V240 Server
Sun Fire V215 Server
Sun Fire V210 Server
Sun Fire T2000 Server
Sun Fire T1000 Server
Sun Netra T5220 Server
Sun Netra T5440 Server
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 Server
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 Server
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 Server
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 Server
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5440 Server

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Change History
Date: 2009-11-18
User name: Dencho Kojucharov
Action: Updated
Comments: Currency check, audited by Dencho Kojucharov, Entry-Level SPARC Content Lead
Date: 2007-12-18
User Name: 71396
Action: Approved
Comment: Performed final review of article.
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