MPXIO: Can't get to encapsulate drives ...

From: Noelle Milton Vega (nmvega_at_computingarchitects.com)
Date: 05/06/05


Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 17:52:27 -0400

Hi:

I can't get MPXIO to encapsulate the following pairs of disks
(2 & 6) (3 & 7) (4 & 8) (5 & 9) as shown in format. The disks
are derived from a Clariion FC4700 unit (through two Brocade
switches). Here is the out put of the format command:

AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
        0. c1t0d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424>
           /pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4/fp@0,0/ssd@w500000e0102f0ba1,0
        1. c1t1d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424>
           /pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4/fp@0,0/ssd@w21000004cfcd7bb1,0
        2. c5t50060161FB000000d0 <DGC-RAID1-0851 cyl 49150 alt 2 hd 64 sec
10>
           /pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@1/fp@0,0/ssd@w50060161fb000000,0
        3. c5t50060161FB000000d1 <DGC-RAID1-0851 cyl 49150 alt 2 hd 64 sec
10>
           /pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@1/fp@0,0/ssd@w50060161fb000000,1
        4. c5t50060161FB000000d2 <DGC-RAID1-0851 cyl 49150 alt 2 hd 64 sec
10>
           /pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@1/fp@0,0/ssd@w50060161fb000000,2
        5. c5t50060161FB000000d3 <DGC-RAID1-0851 cyl 49150 alt 2 hd 64 sec
10>
           /pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@1/fp@0,0/ssd@w50060161fb000000,3
        6. c6t50060160FB000000d0 <DGC-RAID1-0851 cyl 49150 alt 2 hd 64 sec
10>
           /pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@3/fp@0,0/ssd@w50060160fb000000,0
        7. c6t50060160FB000000d1 <DGC-RAID1-0851 cyl 49150 alt 2 hd 64 sec
10>
           /pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@3/fp@0,0/ssd@w50060160fb000000,1
        8. c6t50060160FB000000d2 <DGC-RAID1-0851 cyl 49150 alt 2 hd 64 sec
10>
           /pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@3/fp@0,0/ssd@w50060160fb000000,2
        9. c6t50060160FB000000d3 <DGC-RAID1-0851 cyl 49150 alt 2 hd 64 sec
10>
           /pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@3/fp@0,0/ssd@w50060160fb000000,3

==============================================================
Here are additional details. See if I am missing anything.
==============================================================
Solaris 9 with latest patches.
Latest SAN Foundation 4.4 (which includes STM) and all related patches.
Qlogic 2200F/66 HBA's -- Firmware 1.14.10 (latest)
==============================================================

==============================================================
My "/kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.conf" reads as follows (note that
the last 3 lines were necessary, since the Array is a
3rd party Clariion unit):
==============================================================
# Copyright (c) 2001 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
# All rights reserved.
#
#pragma ident "@(#)scsi_vhci.conf 1.3 01/08/22 SMI"
#
name="scsi_vhci" class="root";
#
# mpxio global enable/disable switch: setting mpxio-disable="no" will
activate
# I/O multipathing; setting mpxio-disable="yes" disables this feature (do
# not remove this property).
#
#mpxio-disable="yes";
mpxio-disable="no";
#
# Load balancing global configuration: setting load-balance="none" will
cause
# all I/O to a given device (which supports multipath I/O) to occur via one
# path. Setting load-balance="round-robin" will cause each path to the
device
# to be used in turn.
#
load-balance="round-robin";
#
# Force load driver to support hotplug activity (do not remove this
property).
#
ddi-forceattach=1;
# Automatic failback configuration
# possible values are auto-failback="enable" or auto-failback="disable"
#
# This functionality requires patch 113039-02 (or higher).
#
#auto-failback="disable";
auto-failback="enable";
#
# For enabling MPxIO support for 3rd party symmetric device need an
# entry similar to following in this file. Just replace the "SUN SENA"
# part with the Vendor ID/Product ID for the device, exactly as reported by
# Inquiry cmd.
#
# This functionality requires patch 113039-02 (or higher).
#
# device-type-scsi-options-list =
# "SUN SENA", "symmetric-option";
#
# symmetric-option = 0x1000000;
#
device-type-scsi-options-list =
"DGC RAID 5", "symmetric-option";
symmetric-option = 0x1000000;
==============================================================

==============================================================
luxadm probe -p (output)
==============================================================
Found Fibre Channel device(s):
   Node WWN:500000e0102f0ba0 Device Type:Disk device
     Logical Path:/dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2
     Physical Path:
      /devices/pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4/fp@0,0/ssd@w500000e0102f0ba1,0:c,raw
   Node WWN:20000004cfcd7bb1 Device Type:Disk device
     Logical Path:/dev/rdsk/c1t1d0s2
     Physical Path:
      /devices/pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4/fp@0,0/ssd@w21000004cfcd7bb1,0:c,raw
   Node WWN:50060160fd000000 Device Type:Disk device
     Logical Path:/dev/rdsk/c5t50060161FB000000d0s2
     Physical Path:
      /devices/pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@1/fp@0,0/ssd@w50060161fb000000,0:c,raw
     Logical Path:/dev/rdsk/c6t50060160FB000000d0s2
     Physical Path:
      /devices/pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@3/fp@0,0/ssd@w50060160fb000000,0:c,raw
   Node WWN:50060160fd000000 Device Type:Disk device
     Logical Path:/dev/rdsk/c5t50060161FB000000d1s2
     Physical Path:
      /devices/pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@1/fp@0,0/ssd@w50060161fb000000,1:c,raw
     Logical Path:/dev/rdsk/c6t50060160FB000000d1s2
     Physical Path:
      /devices/pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@3/fp@0,0/ssd@w50060160fb000000,1:c,raw
   Node WWN:50060160fd000000 Device Type:Disk device
     Logical Path:/dev/rdsk/c5t50060161FB000000d2s2
     Physical Path:
      /devices/pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@1/fp@0,0/ssd@w50060161fb000000,2:c,raw
     Logical Path:/dev/rdsk/c6t50060160FB000000d2s2
     Physical Path:
      /devices/pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@3/fp@0,0/ssd@w50060160fb000000,2:c,raw
   Node WWN:50060160fd000000 Device Type:Disk device
     Logical Path:/dev/rdsk/c5t50060161FB000000d3s2
     Physical Path:
      /devices/pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@1/fp@0,0/ssd@w50060161fb000000,3:c,raw
     Logical Path:/dev/rdsk/c6t50060160FB000000d3s2
     Physical Path:
      /devices/pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@3/fp@0,0/ssd@w50060160fb000000,3:c,raw
================================================================

================================================================
Contents of /kernel/drv/fp.conf (although not strictly necessary,
I configured the last two lines in this file explicitly).
================================================================
#
# Copyright (c) 1999, 2001 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
# All rights reserved.
#
# Sun Fibre Channel Port driver configuration
#
#ident "@(#)fp.conf 1.2 01/03/30 SMI"
#
#
name="fp" class="fibre-channel" port=0;
name="fp" class="fibre-channel" port=1;
#
#
# List of ULP modules for loading during port driver attach time
#
load-ulp-list="1","fcp";
#
# Force attach driver to support hotplug activity (do not remove the
property)
#
ddi-forceattach=1;
#
scsi-binding-set="fcp";
#
name="fp" parent="/pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@1" port=1 mpxio-disable="no";
name="fp" parent="/pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@3" port=2 mpxio-disable="no";
================================================================

Any Ideas? TIA.

-- 
Noelle Milton


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