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A6826A Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapter Installation Guide: HP-UX & OpenVMS Networking > Chapter 1 Fibre Channel Adapter Installation for HP-UX

Verifying the Fibre Channel Adapter Installation

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  1. To verify the adapter installation, enter the command:
    # ioscan -f

  2. Verify that the following drivers appear for each installed adapter. If all drivers display, proceed to the next section, Verifying Connectivity.

    The ioscan output might look like the following. The third column represents the hardware path of the slot in which the adapter is installed. This path will be different for each installed adapter port.

    Table 1-2 ioscan -f Output

    Class

    I

    H/W Path

    Driver

    S/W State

    H/W Type

    Description

    [1]

    fc

    3

    1/10/0/0

    fcd

    CLAIMED

    INTERFACE

    HP 2Gb Dual Port PCI/PCI-X Fibre Channel Adapter (Port 1)

    fc

    4

    1/10/0/1

    fcd

    CLAIMED

    INTERFACEHP 2Gb Dual Port PCI/PCI-X Fibre Channel Adapter (Port 2)

    [1] This example shows both ports of the A6826A dual port adapter.

     

  3. If the ioscan output is similar to the following:

    fc 1/10/0/0 UNCLAIMED UNKNOWN

    HP-UX detected the adapter, but the drivers are not properly loaded.

  4. If the correct driver is installed and the adapter is not listed in the ioscan output, contact HP for assistance.

Verifying Connectivity

Once your HP Fibre Channel Mass Storage software and hardware is installed and running, enter the following commands to verify mass storage hardware and software installation.

  1. Check the state of all Fibre Channel hardware and interfaces. Enter the ioscan command and verify that the S/W State of all Fibre Channel hardware and interfaces is CLAIMED.

    If the Fibre Channel device file has not been created, enter the following commands:

    ioscan -f

    insf -e

  2. Verify that all devices you attached to the Fibre Channel adapter are listed in the ioscan output. For example, if you have a direct attach Fibre Channel device attached to the system, the ioscan output might look like the following:

    8/12.8.0.255.0.1.0   sdisk    CLAIMED    DEVICE   DGC C3400WDR5

    The example above is the hardware path of LUN0 of a directly attached Fibre Channel Mass Storage device with Loop ID of 1. For details on interpreting hardware paths for Fibre Channel devices, see “Interpreting Legacy Hardware Paths (HP-UX 11i v1 and 11i v2)” or “Interpreting Lunpath Hardware Paths (HP-UX 11i v3)”.

  3. HP Fibre Channel Mass Storage installation is verified if the ioscan output lists all mass storage devices attached to the adapter. If any attached devices are not listed or appear as UNCLAIMED, see the Troubleshooting and Maintenance chapter of the HP Fibre Channel Adapters Support Guide.

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