Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> wrote on 10/06/2009 06:33:00 PM:
> Sue Sivets <[email protected]> > Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> > > 10/06/2009 06:33 PM > > Please respond to > Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> > > To > > [email protected] > > cc > > Subject > > NPIV known problems? > > Does anyone know if there are any known problems with NPIV and Suse 10 > SP2? We're trying to add NPIV to one of our Suse 10 test systems, and > having a spectacularly unsuccessful time. > > When we turned the NPIV bit on, we lost access to all the fcp dasd that > had been working without any problems, so we turned NPIV off on the > original channel, and added another channel; all the defined fcp > devices started working again, and then we turned NPIV on for the new > channel. VM can see the new channel and the addresses that have been > dedicated to the Suse test system. Suse can see the channel, and reports > the following during boot: > > scsi3 : zfcp > zfcp: The adapter 0.0.f101 reported the following characteristics: > WWNN 0x5005076400c36e0d, WWPN 0xc05076fd6b000784, S_ID 0x00701401, > adapter version 0x4, LIC version 0x70e, FC link speed 4 Gb/s > zfcp: Switched fabric fibrechannel network detected at adapter 0.0.f101. > > However, when we go into yast2, the fcp function cannot (or will not) > define a new device on the new NPIV channel address. It sees the channel > address when it does the scan during startup (the address shows up in > the add a device pulldown box), but most of the time it doesn't seem to > like the WWPN, and we've tried every WWPN we've been able to find that > looked like it might work. We can see the channel and the address on the > HMC, and the switch. So far, it looks like we can see the NPIV channel > where ever we look, but that's about it. > > Any ideas or suggestions would be helpful. > > Thank you. > > Sue Sivets > > > -- > Suzanne Sivets > Systems Programmer > Innovation Data Processing > 275 Paterson Ave > Little Falls, NJ 07424-1658 > 973-890-7300 > Fax 973-890-7147 > [email protected] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 I would try to use san_disc to see what is in your fabric. There is a good example in the san_disc manpage. Follow the example through "-c PORT_LIST". If you do not see the WWPN of your storage array, then it is probably a zoning issue. I hope this helps. Ray Higgs System z FCP Development Bld. 706, B24 2455 South Road Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (845) 435-8666, T/L 295-8666 [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
