Hi:
2009/11/26 Pablo Méndez Hernández <[email protected]>:
> I'll try to find some 2Gb HBA in the lab and give it a try with a
> recent build...
I found one machine with a LP10000DC-S (2GB/s PCI-X model):
# cat /etc/release
OpenSolaris Development snv_127 X86
Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Assembled 06 November 2009
# uname -a
SunOS xxx 5.11 snv_127 i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris
# diff -u /kernel/drv/emlxs.conf.orig /kernel/drv/emlxs.conf
--- /kernel/drv/emlxs.conf.orig 2009-11-19 10:43:26.077360829 +0000
+++ /kernel/drv/emlxs.conf 2009-11-30 20:16:45.668976485 +0000
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
#
# Range: Min:0 Max:1 Default:0
#
-target-mode=0;
+target-mode=1;
# ddi-forceattach: Force driver attach during system boot.
# fcinfo hba-port
HBA Port WWN: 10000000c9420b4b
Port Mode: Target
Port ID: 0
OS Device Name: Not Applicable
Manufacturer: Emulex
Model: LP10000DC-S
Firmware Version: 1.92a1 (T2D1.92A1)
FCode/BIOS Version: none
Serial Number: BG43918725
Driver Name: emlxs
Driver Version: 2.40s (2009.07.17.10.15)
Type: unknown
State: offline
Supported Speeds: 1Gb 2Gb
Current Speed: not established
Node WWN: 20000000c9420b4b
HBA Port WWN: 10000000c9420b4a
Port Mode: Target
Port ID: 0
OS Device Name: Not Applicable
Manufacturer: Emulex
Model: LP10000DC-S
Firmware Version: 1.92a1 (T2D1.92A1)
FCode/BIOS Version: none
Serial Number: BG43918725
Driver Name: emlxs
Driver Version: 2.40s (2009.07.17.10.15)
Type: unknown
State: offline
Supported Speeds: 1Gb 2Gb
Current Speed: not established
Node WWN: 20000000c9420b4a
Hope it helps.
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 20:39, dk <[email protected]> wrote:
>> it is good to know that at least some Emulex HBAs work with the latest
>> edition of opensolaris (2009.06), but 4GB HBAs are over $500 each. If
>> someone wants to test opensolaris and target mode for a proof of concept, it
>> is not really feasible to spend thousand $$$ for something that may not even
>> work. Considering that comstar used to work fine in previous versions of
>> opensolaris, I am surprised that it doesn't in latest edition of
>> opensolaris, and if you read the forums, you can see that I am not the only
>> one who has this type of problems with emulex/comstar/opensolaris.
>> Emulex LP9002 HBAs that I have don't even work as initiators in Opensolaris
>> 2009.06, at most I can get them to show up as G or L ports on the SAN
>> switch, and regardless of what I do, they always show as offline when I run
>> 'fcinfo hba-port' command.
>>
>> There also seems to be a number of outstanding bugs possibly related to
>> similar issues like mine, and some of these bugs have not been addressed for
>> months.
>>
>> My question is very simple, and that is if we should expect continued
>> support for Emulex HBAs in target mode in opensolaris, or is it going to be
>> hit and miss to find HBA which works with comstar?
>>
>> I am willing to help in troubleshooting the issues with Emulex HBAs and
>> emlxs driver if someone from comstar or emulex driver dev. team is willing
>> to tell me what they want me to test.
--
Pablo Méndez Hernández
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