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

From: Noelle Milton Vega (nmvega_at_computingarchitects.com)
Date: 05/07/05 

Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 18:19:38 -0400

Ooppss... My bad (figured it out)... I had an error on the
second to last line of the "scsi_vhci.conf" file (it should
have been read "DGC RAID 1" and not "DGC RAID 5").
I forgot that I changed the RAID type (from 5 to 1) on the
back end.

Noelle Milton

On Fri, 06 May 2005 17:52:27 -0400, Noelle Milton Vega
<nmvega@computingarchitects.com> wrote:

> 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