HP A5158A fiber card connects to EMC storage

[pwang99]

Folks,

I do have a question regarding about a HP A5185A fiber card which connects to EMC clariion 4900. On the card, the LINK light is off. I know the wire is OK. Is the card wrong or the configuration on EMC clariion 4900? Thanks for any help....

Peter

 

[hiwaycool]

check and see what ioscan says...
if it says that the card is unknown then
you have a card issue...
if everything checks ok.... call hp..
if everything works ok... you may have a bad light
:?)

I really would need more info on what is going on...
I have no clue about your emc config...
This may be a job for your EMC or hp suppt people.

 

[pwang99]

Thanks for help. I am running on HP A500 with HP-UX 11.00. I did ioscan, I can see the card. please see the following:

# ioscan
H/W Path Class Description
===================================================
root
0 ioa System Bus Adapter (582)
0/0 ba Local PCI Bus Adapter (782)
0/0/0/0 lan HP PCI 10/100Base-TX Core
0/0/1/0 ext_bus SCSI C896 Ultra Wide LVD
0/0/1/0.7 target
0/0/1/0.7.0 ctl Initiator
0/0/1/1 ext_bus SCSI C896 Ultra Wide Single-Ended
0/0/1/1.7 target
0/0/1/1.7.0 ctl Initiator
0/0/2/0 ext_bus SCSI C875 Fast Wide Single-Ended
0/0/2/0.7 target
0/0/2/0.7.0 ctl Initiator
0/0/2/1 ext_bus SCSI C875 Ultra Wide Single-Ended
0/0/2/1.7 target
0/0/2/1.7.0 ctl Initiator
0/0/2/1.15 target
0/0/2/1.15.0 disk SEAGATE ST318404LC
0/0/4/0 tty PCI Serial (103c1048)
0/0/5/0 tty PCI Serial (103c1048)
0/2 ba Local PCI Bus Adapter (782)
0/4 ba Local PCI Bus Adapter (782)
0/4/0/0 fc HP Tachyon TL/TS Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapter
0/6 ba Local PCI Bus Adapter (782)
8 memory Memory
160 processor Processor
162 processor Processor

I isntalled the A5185 dirver and EMC navisphere Host based angent/CLI. I know the

http://WWW number

on HP. After rebooting the HP, The LINK light is always off. And My HP can not talk with EMC Clariion 4900 SNA. what's going on?

 

[leplatpa]

Hi,
First you have to check the card with this command : fcmsutil /dev/your device (td0 for exemple).You must get this answer :
Vendor ID is = 0x00103c
Device ID is = 0x001028
TL Chip Revision No is = 2.3
PCI Sub-system Vendor ID is = 0x00103c
PCI Sub-system ID is = 0x000006
Topology = PRIVATE_LOOP
Local N_Port_id is = 0x000001
Local Loop_id is = 125
N_Port Node World Wide Name = 0x50060b000006baab
N_Port Port World Wide Name = 0x50060b000006baaa
Driver state = ONLINE
Hardware Path is = 0/1/0/0
Number of Assisted IOs = 1809
Number of Active Login Sessions = 1
Dino Present on Card = NO
Maximum Frame Size = 960
Driver Version = @(#) PATCH_11.00: libtd.a : Jul 15 2002, 11:34:12, PHSS_26798

If not take the fiber cable, remove it from the bay, take one fiber, the black for exemple, connect on the HBA the same color on the both side of the same card. The light must flash and you have done a loop, after reconnect the cable to the disk array, shut down the disk array and start again.
I just do the same and now the system is ok.
Let me know.