RE: Emulex fibre channel HBA support and SAN connection

[James . Smart]

Alex,

We are looking into it further.  Linux on Sparc has not been a platform that we have supported in the past, although we know of no issue why it would not be. 

-- James S

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Deucher [mailto:alexdeucher@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 6:42 PM
> To: Smart, James
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Emulex fibre channel HBA support and SAN connection
> 
> 
> FWIW, this seems to be a sparc64 issue.  after upgrading the firmware
> and testing in a x86 box, all is well, at least on x86.  I'll test on
> AMD64 next week.
> 
> Alex
> 
> On 4/29/05, Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 4/29/05, James.Smart@xxxxxxxxxx <James.Smart@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Based on the "Unknown IOCB command data" message, this 
> appears to be out of date firmware on the adapter. See 
> http://www.emulex.com/ts/indexemu.html.  There are some hints 
> on downloading firmware at the tail end of  
> http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1130082&forum
> _id=355154.
> > >
> > > Note: lpfc issues are best posted to the help areas on 
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/lpfcxxxx/
> > 
> > James,
> > 
> >     I just upgraded to the latest firmware on the Emulex website
> > (3.92a2) and I still get the same error:
> > Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel SCSI driver 8.0.28
> > scsi2 :  on PCI bus 00 device 20 irq 8132864
> > lpfc 0001:00:04.0: 0:1303 Link Up Event x1 received Data: 
> x1 xf7 x8 x0
> > lpfc 0001:00:04.0: 0:0321 Unknown IOCB command Data: x0, 
> xa2 x0 x600 x2900
> > lpfc 0001:00:04.0: 0:0327 Rsp ring 0 error -  command completion for
> > iotag x0 not found
> > ...
> > lpfc 0001:00:04.0: 0:0748 abort handler timed out waiting 
> for abort to
> > complete. Data: x0 x0 x0 x1
> > lpfc 0001:00:04.0: 0:0327 Rsp ring 0 error -  command completion for
> > iotag x700 not found
> > lpfc 0001:00:04.0: 0:0327 Rsp ring 0 error -  command completion for
> > iotag x0 not found
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > -- James Smart
> > >    Emulex
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: linux-scsi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > [mailto:linux-scsi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of 
> Alex Deucher
> > > > Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 6:03 PM
> > > > To: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: Emulex fibre channel HBA support and SAN connection
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Can someone point me to some documentation on setting up a fibre
> > > > channel HBA in linux?  I can't seem to find any useful 
> information.  I
> > > > have a Sun 220R running 2.6.12-rc3 with an emulex 
> LP9000 HBA connected
> > > > to a Nexsan ATABEAST SAN.  I'm using the HBA driver 
> included with the
> > > > 2.6.12rc3 kernel.  I cannot find any information about the GPLed
> > > > emulex driver as far as configuration goes.  The driver 
> seems to come
> > > > up ok, but then I get a series of error codes:
> > > >
> > > > Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel SCSI driver 8.0.28
> > > > scsi0 :  on PCI bus 00 device 20 irq 8255744
> > > > lpfc 0001:00:04.0: 0:1303 Link Up Event x1 received 
> Data: x1 x1 x8 x2
> > > > lpfc 0001:00:04.0: 0:0321 Unknown IOCB command Data: x0, xa2
> > > > x0 x900 x2600
> > > > ...
> > > > lpfc 0001:00:04.0: 0:0748 abort handler timed out 
> waiting for abort to
> > > > complete. Data: x0 x0 x0 x1
> > > > lpfc 0001:00:04.0: 0:0327 Rsp ring 0 error -  command 
> completion for
> > > > iotag xa00 not found
> > > > lpfc 0001:00:04.0: 0:0327 Rsp ring 0 error -  command 
> completion for
> > > > iotag x0 not found
> > > > lpfc 0001:00:04.0: 0:0713 SCSI layer issued LUN reset (0, 0)
> > > > Data: x2 x0 x0
> > > > lpfc 0001:00:04.0: 0:0327 Rsp ring 0 error -  command 
> completion for
> > > > iotag xb00 not found
> > > > lpfc 0001:00:04.0: 0:0327 Rsp ring 0 error -  command 
> completion for
> > > > iotag x0 not found
> > > > lpfc 0001:00:04.0: 0:0714 SCSI layer issued Bus Reset 
> Data: x2003
> > > > scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery: 
> host 0 channel
> > > > 0 id 0 lun 0
> > > > lpfc 0001:00:04.0: 0:0327 Rsp ring 0 error -  command 
> completion for
> > > > iotag x0 not found
> > > >
> > > > I noticed here:
> > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-scsi&m=111383889908554&w=2
> > > > that there is a new FC API. Was this merged into rc3 or 
> will this
> > > > happen after 2.6.12?  If it's not supported yet in rc3, 
> how does one
> > > > go about configuring it?  I'm willing to test any 
> available tools.
> > > >
> > > > Any help will be greatly appreciated.  I'll be able to 
> test on SPARC64
> > > > right now and on AMD64 in the next few days.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Alex
> > > >
> > > > PS, please CC: me as I'm not subscribed.
> >
> 
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