i have directly connect AIX pwer 7 to lenovo v3700 v2 without San through fiber card. but i cannot see the WWPN to add AIX as host in management console.
Experts your reply will be Highly appreciated.
A few thoughts:-
- Are the lights on the two fibre cards?
- Have you done anything to probe for the AIX-end fibre card at the SAN end?
- Have you tried a known good cable in a test rig, tried it as you want it and then checked it again in a test rig afterwards to make sure the plugging in didn't break it?
I hope that these help,
Robin
Yes both fiber cards lights are blinking.
No ,and we are not using any switch we have directly connected storewize with AIX server.
Cable testing is done and working with Dell windows installed server.
It might have been better to open this thread in the AIX part of the forum. I have just noticed this thread by chance.
Anyway, the WWPN of the adapter can be queried by
root@system # lscfg -vl fcsX
where "X" is some number (0, 1, 2, ...)
Depending on which OS version and driver (basically either SDD or SDDPCM) you use you can also try:
root@system # datapath query wwpn # (for SDD)
root@system # pcmpath query wwpn # (for SDDPCM)
Depending on how you operate the system you can also find out the WWPN via the HMC if you have one.
I hope this helps.
bakunin
Ok Next time i will take care of that . can i move now this question to AIX HOw please?
lscfg -vl fcs0
fcs0 U78AA.001.WZSJK39-P1-C6-T1 8Gb PCI Express Dual Port FC Adapter (df1000f114108a03)
Part Number.................10N9824
Serial Number...............1B1090430B
Manufacturer................001B
EC Level....................D77040
Customer Card ID Number.....577D
FRU Number..................10N9824
Device Specific.(ZM)........3
Network Address.............10000000C9B46932
ROS Level and ID............02781174
Device Specific.(Z0)........31004549
Device Specific.(Z1)........00000000
Device Specific.(Z2)........00000000
Device Specific.(Z3)........09030909
Device Specific.(Z4)........FF781116
Device Specific.(Z5)........02781174
Device Specific.(Z6)........07731174
Device Specific.(Z7)........0B7C1174
Device Specific.(Z8)........20000000C9B46932
Device Specific.(Z9)........US1.11X4
Device Specific.(ZA)........U2D1.11X4
Device Specific.(ZB)........U3K1.11X4
Device Specific.(ZC)........00000000
Hardware Location Code......U78AA.001.WZSJK39-P1-C6-T1
As we are not using any switch in between so i think sddpcm or sdd will not be required ?
A moderator can do so - and someone already has, as i notice.
I have marked the relevant part bold in your answer:
lscfg -vl fcs0
fcs0 U78AA.001.WZSJK39-P1-C6-T1 8Gb PCI Express Dual Port FC Adapter (df1000f114108a03)
Part Number.................10N9824
Serial Number...............1B1090430B
Manufacturer................001B
EC Level....................D77040
Customer Card ID Number.....577D
FRU Number..................10N9824
Device Specific.(ZM)........3
Network Address.............10000000C9B46932
ROS Level and ID............02781174
Device Specific.(Z0)........31004549
Device Specific.(Z1)........00000000
Device Specific.(Z2)........00000000
Device Specific.(Z3)........09030909
Device Specific.(Z4)........FF781116
Device Specific.(Z5)........02781174
Device Specific.(Z6)........07731174
Device Specific.(Z7)........0B7C1174
Device Specific.(Z8)........20000000C9B46932
Device Specific.(Z9)........US1.11X4
Device Specific.(ZA)........U2D1.11X4
Device Specific.(ZB)........U3K1.11X4
Device Specific.(ZC)........00000000
Hardware Location Code......U78AA.001.WZSJK39-P1-C6-T1
Fibre Channel is in many respects a network and a WWPN is quite similar to a MAC address.
I hope this helps.
bakunin
Yeah this Network address is the WWPN ,i manually added that wwpn in storewize but the host is offline.
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The issue is the AIX 7.1 p7 is not communicating with lenovo storewize v3700 v2 .the physical connectivity is established but when AIX OS loads it is not communicating with storage.
Notice that this is a dual-port Adapter. Maybe you connected the other port? And in addition, notice that the adapter has TWO WWPNs: "Network Address" and "Z8". This is needed for live partition mobility.
I hope this helps.
bakunin
I already added both fcs0 and fcs1 wwpn in storewize.
As I mentioned on my forum - but repeating here as it is busier: Have you checked with Lenova for an AIX driver and/or that the AIX MPIO driver is supported?