In solaris, we can able to scan the luns without rebooting the host. But in rare circumstances, we may need to end up with server reboot to see newly assigned luns. Download fibre channel information tool fcinfo from. A veritas tech note contains information about best practices for.
Solaris 10 and later versions provide the fcinfo command to query hba information. Lpxxxxxxs are sun emulex hba cards ie has a s for sun at end. Huawei san storage host connectivity guide for solaris huawei. Here we will see how to scan the local disks and san luns in solaris host. Step 1 run the fcinfo hbaport command to the hba wwn in solaris 10. To see the wwns using address given to you from previous commands. Finding wwn of hba cards in solaris 8, 9 and 10 zeroconf. This is a command line tool, follow the instructions in the readme. To query hba information on solaris 8 or 9, perform the following steps. When i boot the machine, and i do a probescsiall in the very.
Many web browsers, such as internet explorer 9, include a download manager. How to scan for new fc devices and gather lun information. For 2nd generation xiv, up to three interface modules modules 79, if enabled have. The fcinfo command may not work in solaris 8 and 9. The solaris enterprise authentication mechanism server and client is included in the solaris 9 os to provide single signon capabilities for servers and applications. Using fcinfo solaris 10 only this is probably the easiest way to find the wwn numbers on your hba card. It also collects data on any fibre channel targets that may be connected to those ports in a storage area network san. How to find instructions for your solaris host utilities environment. Here you can see the hba port wwn wwpn and the node wwn wwnn of the two ports on the installed qlogic hab card. The 4 most commonly used commands are fcinfo hbaport, prtpicl, luxadm e port and prtdiag.
Ok, so you have a solaris 10 host with san connected storage how do you make sense of the luns you can see. This will include san hbas and luns, usb devices, internal disks such as sata etc. Solaris9 qlogic hbas luxadm reports found path to 0 hba ports. Solaris is a proprietary unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems.
How to find the wwn world wide name in sun solaris asgaur. You can also find the wwn form luxadm command, if hba is already connected to fc switch. In 2010, after the sun acquisition by oracle, it was renamed oracle solaris solaris is known for its scalability, especially on sparc systems, and for originating many innovative features such as dtrace, zfs and time slider. One the most useful new command i found in solaris 10 is fcinfo, a command line interface that will display information on hba ports on a host, but also many useful bits of information on connected storage remote port wwn, raid type, link status,etc. The 4 most commonly used commands are fcinfo hbaport, prtpicl, luxadm e port and. Running cfgadm with the al option will list these attachment points. What tools can be used to interrogate the storage and build a mental image of what you have been presented with. If you are using mpxio, you can also use the fcinfo hbaport command to get. World wide port name wwpn, a wwn assigned to a port on a fabric which is what you would be looking for most of the time.
How to find the wwn world wide name in sun solaris sun. Veritas netbackup san client and fibre transport guide. Check the hba fcinfo command sparc t54 server product notes. Setting netbackup configuration options by using the command. The cfgadm command can be used to view the system attachment points which are broadly defined as the location of certain hardware resources visible to solaris. Kerberosenabled versions of telnet, r commands, and more are available as a free download from the sun download center. How to identify the hba cardsports and wwn in solaris. To any customer who wishes to acquire copies of solaris 8 or 9 media. Hi all, im actually trying to configure a qlogic hba on a solaris9 connecting in a brocade san. World wide name wwn are unique 8 byte 64bit identifiers in scsi or fibre channel similar to that of mac addresses on a network interface card nic. Emc host connectivity guide for oracle solaris dell technologies. Download fibre channel information tool fcinfo from official microsoft download center. This section describes the solaris tm system administration and maintenance.
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