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    Storageworks RA4100, Emulex LP8000

    Ok, I'll admit it - I'm stuck.

    I have my Emulex card in the machine and the RA4100 hooked up over optical fibre channel. The status lights all show good - but the problem is that the LP can't seem to see the RA.

    Is this a wonderful quirk of SAN tech that I was not forewarned of? Namely that Arrays only work with one HBA?

    Or is there a step I'm missing in my assumption of "Install OS, log in, mount /dev/sdb"..?

    Thanks

    iGraham

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    Re: Storageworks RA4100, Emulex LP8000

    Code:
    [   99.304760] Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel SCSI driver 8.2.2
    [   99.304769] Copyright(c) 2004-2007 Emulex.  All rights reserved.
    [  108.665574] lpfc 0000:03:06.0: 0:1303 Link Up Event x1 received Data: x1 x1 x0 x0
    [  108.667319] lpfc 0000:03:06.0: 0:(0):0108 No retry ELS command x4 to remote NPORT xfffffe Retried:3 Error:x3/18
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    [  109.754908] scsi 0:0:0:0: RAID              COMPAQ   ARRAY CONTROLLER 2.60 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
    [  110.662978] lpfc 0000:03:06.0: 0:(0):0108 No retry ELS command x3 to remote NPORT x72 Retried:3 Error:x3/18
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    [  110.755915] lpfc 0000:03:06.0: 0:(0):0108 No retry ELS command x3 to remote NPORT x2c Retried:3 Error:x3/18
    [  110.755929] lpfc 0000:03:06.0: 0:(0):0108 No retry ELS command x3 to remote NPORT x2b Retried:3 Error:x3/18
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    [  110.759709] lpfc 0000:03:06.0: 0:(0):0108 No retry ELS command x3 to remote NPORT x1f Retried:3 Error:x3/18
    [  110.759733] lpfc 0000:03:06.0: 0:(0):0108 No retry ELS command x3 to remote NPORT x1e Retried:3 Error:x3/18
    [  110.765545] lpfc 0000:03:06.0: 0:(0):0108 No retry ELS command x3 to remote NPORT x1d Retried:3 Error:x3/18
    [  110.765571] lpfc 0000:03:06.0: 0:(0):0108 No retry ELS command x3 to remote NPORT x1b Retried:3 Error:x3/18
    [  110.765584] lpfc 0000:03:06.0: 0:(0):0108 No retry ELS command x3 to remote NPORT x18 Retried:3 Error:x3/18
    [  110.765596] lpfc 0000:03:06.0: 0:(0):0108 No retry ELS command x3 to remote NPORT x17 Retried:3 Error:x3/18
    [  110.765635] lpfc 0000:03:06.0: 0:(0):0108 No retry ELS command x3 to remote NPORT x10 Retried:3 Error:x3/18
    [  110.765648] lpfc 0000:03:06.0: 0:(0):0108 No retry ELS command x3 to remote NPORT xf Retried:3 Error:x3/18
    [  110.766150] lpfc 0000:03:06.0: 0:(0):0108 No retry ELS command x3 to remote NPORT x8 Retried:3 Error:x3/18
    [  110.766611] lpfc 0000:03:06.0: 0:(0):0108 No retry ELS command x3 to remote NPORT x4 Retried:3 Error:x3/18
    Ok, so that's the relevant output from my latest boot dmesg.

    Status lights are all good on both devices:

    RA4100 reads TX and RX active.
    LP8000 reads Link Up.

    Nothing interesting is in /dev/ - i.e. no StorageWorks access.

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    Re: Storageworks RA4100, Emulex LP8000

    Well, since the RA is recognised by the lpfc driver (Hundreds of errors notwithstanding) I'm trying to install the HP Array controller drivers. At the very leat it;ll give me control and monitoring for my onboard RAID, and may help with the External RAID.

    Does no-one really have any idea about the HBA incompat question!?

    Anyway. I get an error on trying:

    gas001@DJun-Keep:~$ hpacucli
    touch: cannot touch `/opt/compaq/cpqacuxe/bld/locks/CPQACU_MUTEX': Permission denied
    /opt/compaq/hpacucli/bld/.hpacucli: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

    Suggestions?

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    Re: Storageworks RA4100, Emulex LP8000

    Have you tried installing the fibreutils.rpm (there may be a deb for it) ?
    http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/...on-results.txt
    Package: fibreutils 0 0 0 2

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    Re: Storageworks RA4100, Emulex LP8000

    Fibreutils is primarily a driver for the Qlogic Compaq HBA's. I'm using the LP8000.

    My current theory (Since the LP is able to at least see the existence of the RA) is that the RA is set to FC_AL whereas the lpfc driver seems to force it into FC_p2p.

    When I changed the Emulex BIOS plugin from P2P to Arbitrated Loop, I was able to see not only the RA but also a LUN from within the BIOS. Unfortunately, the BIOS setting is ignored by lpfc.

    I also tried changing the /etc/modules/options file to force FC_AL but the driver seems to have ignored it.

    Am I editing a config file that isn't looked at? Where should I enter my options?

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    Re: Storageworks RA4100, Emulex LP8000

    Quote Originally Posted by Ferret-Simpson View Post
    I have my Emulex card in the machine and the RA4100 hooked up over optical fibre channel. The status lights all show good - but the problem is that the LP can't seem to see the RA.

    Is this a wonderful quirk of SAN tech that I was not forewarned of? Namely that Arrays only work with one HBA?
    iGraham
    Well it very well may be that your LP7800 can not work with the RA4100 http://forums12.itrc.hp.com/service/...hreadId=218250

    you can try getting and loading different drivers for the LP7800 and give it a go, but it will require a lot of time on your part.

    or just get a hca that is known to work with the RA4100.

    I wish I could help more than that.
    Last edited by rustybronco; May 3rd, 2008 at 02:38 PM.

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    Re: Storageworks RA4100, Emulex LP8000

    Thanks for the link - it just proved my point.

    I don't WANT to reconfigure the array. If I need to, I'll boot into Windows/ReactOS and go from there.

    All I want to do is access the currently configured LUNs. And in that post, he clearly states he could DO that on Windows, just like I can do it in the Emulex BIOS.

    I just need to know how to switch the Emulex lpfc drivers from FC_P2P to FC_AL

    It's like hooking a econet connector into an ethernet port - they're both networks, but they can't understand each other.

    My Array has a Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop port.

    My HBA has a DUAL MODE port - that Linux is forcing into NODE (N) (Port 2 Port) mode. I JUST need to switch it to AL. Sod the configuration of the thing! I can do that by serial port!

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    Re: Storageworks RA4100, Emulex LP8000

    Sorry. Just re-read my post and realised how exasperated I sounded!

    But ignoring how irritated this simple problem is making me - thats the face of it. One configuration option that I'm having difficulty solving. Once I can get that changed, I can read and write to the array - which is good enough for now.

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    Re: Storageworks RA4100, Emulex LP8000

    Well, there's something to be said for experimentation - I HAVE MY LUN!!!!!!!!!

    I still can't access it though. :/

    Ok - I took the advice of a friend (Really dumb thing I should have done myself

    sudo modprobe -vr lpfc
    sudo modprobe -v lpfc lpfc_topology=0x4

    As it turns out, my problem was that I had entered 0x04 instead of 0x4 into /etc/modprobe.d/options - so now that it's corrected, I still get a fistload of "NPORT" errors, BUT:

    [ XXXX.XXXXXX] scsi 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 12

    A little googling revealed the "sg3-utils" package, from which I ran:

    sudo sg_map

    Outputting:

    /dev/sg0 /dev/scd0
    /dev/sg1

    Because obviously the first is me ide-scsi (Or possibly pure scsi, who knows!?) CD-ROM drive. After that, there is no script on how to deal with /dev/sg1 (Not a block device, needs to be mapped first) so it sits there. I need to know how to map a "scsi generic" device, to a block device. Anyone know?

    If I work it out, I'll post it in - this sounds like fun, high level UNIX learning.

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    Re: Storageworks RA4100, Emulex LP8000

    Now I see the main problem!

    Which also leaves me temporarily stumped. :/

    My sg1, should be accompanied by an sg 2,3,4 for each LUN - as in - a controller scsi ID ("LUN 0") plus one for each LUN. Which means that all the configuration on the RAID Array has been wiped, and my LUN in the bios was the all encompassing, absolutely unuseable LUN0.

    It's also impossible to get hold of the RA4100 manual, so it looks like I'll be installing a Windows OS on one of my machines (Obviously not the Xserve) and since I've just got the server running so at all, I'll leave that one for now (Though I do plan on reinstalling to bring myself back to original OS specs, then do the basics from there.)

    I'll keep you posted.

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