Adapter

ConnectorcanbePCI:
FCHBAFibreChannelHostBusAdapter
fcsxhardwareadapter,
fscsixfcscsiprotocoldevice(logicaldevice)(scsiprotocoloverthefcprotocol)

fcstatfcsXfiberchannelstatisticsreport

S CS IHBAS CS IHostBusAdapter
sisscsiaXSCSIADAPTER(internaldisksareconnectedtothis)
lsdevC|grepsisscsialistthescsiadapters
lsdevCsscsiHliststhescsideviceswithlocationcode

AhostbusadapterisaphysicalFibreChanneladapterthatcanbeassignedtoalogicalpartition.

ADAPTERS ETTINGS :
root@aix21:/#lsattrElfscsi0
attachswitchHowthisadapterisCONNECTEDFalse<showsactualconnectionprotocol(None,switch,allehet)
dyntrknoDynamicTrackingofFCDevicesTrue<dynamicallyfollowsSANchanges
fc_err_recovdelayed_failFCFabricEventErrorRECOVERYPolicyTrue<3.delayed_failorfast_fail
scsi_id0x133300AdapterSCSIIDFalse
sw_fc_class3FCClassforFabricTrue
root@aix21:/#lsattrElfcs0
bus_intr_lvl305BusinterruptlevelFalse
bus_io_addr0xffc00BusI/OaddressFalse
bus_mem_addr0xfffbf000BusmemoryaddressFalse
init_linkalINITLinkflagsTrue<alorpt2pt
intr_priority3InterruptpriorityFalse
lg_term_dma0x800000LongtermDM ATrue<deafault0x200000,max.0x8000000
max_xfer_size0x100000M aximumTransferSizeTrue<defaultis100000,max1000000
num_cmd_elems200M aximumnumberofCOM M ANDStoqueuetotheadapterTrue<default200,maxis1024or2048
pref_alpa0x1PreferredAL_PATrue
sw_fc_class2FCClassforFabricTrue

attach:(setstheFiberChanneltopology)
none:ifnocablehasbeenpluggedin
al:alldevicesareinalooporring,similartotokenringnetworking.Thefailureofonedevicecausesabreakinthering.
switch:alldevicesorloopsofdevicesareconnectedtoFibreChannelswitches,similarconceptuallytomodernEthernetimplementations
dyntrk:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.prftungd/doc/prftungd/fast_fail_dynamic_interaction.htm
Ifitisonyes,itenablesdynamicchangingoffibrechannelcableconnectionsonswitchportsorstorageports.
WehavechangedfewStoragePortstoanotherSwitchlastsaturday==>thatmeans,thattheHardwarePathchangedfortheseservers,
wheretheOption"dyntrk"issettono.>reconfigureyourdisks
fc_err_recov:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.aix.prftungd/doc/prftungd/fast_fail_dynamic_interaction.htm
delayed_fail:waitssometimebeforeacting.
fast_failisusefulwheremultipathingsoftwareisused.Thiswouldsupportfasterfailovertoalternatepaths
init_link:
fromonlinehelp:"DonotchangethisattributeunlessdirectedbyIBM support."
al:arbitraredloop:firsttriesal,thenpt2pt,ifnotsuccesthenlinkremainsdown
pt2pt:triespt2pt,ifnotsuccesthenlinkremainsdown
lg_term_dma:
itcontrolstheDM Amemoryresourcethatanadapterdrivercanuse.
Ifyouhaveadualportadapterthemaximumvalueisdividedbetweentheadapterports.
max_xfer_size:
controlsthemaximumtransfersize.Youcanincreasethisvaluetoimproveperformance.
Differentstoragesmightneeddifferentvaluestoutilizetheperformance
num_cmd_elems:
M aximumnumberofcommandstobequeuedtotheadapter.
Whenalargenumberofsupportedstoragedevicesareconfigured,youcanincreasethistoimproveperformance.
ifqueue_depth=16(hdiskorpowerpath)andwehave10disks,num_cmd_elementshouldbeminimum160

HOTPLUGadapterreplacement:
0.lsslotcpci(checkiftheadapterhotpluggable)
1.pathsarebetterinoffline(C)state:dlnkmgrofflinehba01.01

itcanbedonewith"smittympio"aswell:
>M PIOM anagement>M PIOPathM anagement>RemovePaths>DisablePathsunderaParent

2.rmdevRlfcs1<(R:unconfiguresthedeviceanditschildren,l:specifiesthelogicaldevice)
3.adapterreplacement:
diag>taskselection>hotplugtask>PCIHotPlugM anager>Replace/Remove...
Afterstartingit,adapterwillblink.
Duringreplacementweshouldleavethismenupointinopen,afterreplacementwecanclosethismenupointindiag(enter)
(Ifthismenuoptionisinopenstate,itwilllocktheadapterandconfiguringitisnotpossible,soshouldbeclosed.)
4.cfgmgr,thenewdevicewillcomeupwithnewWWN(lscfgvplfcsX,lsattrElfscsiX)
5.mailtostorageteam,formappingthestoragetothenewWWN
6.Anothercfgmgrwillbringupthenewdisks
7.putadaptertoonlinestate:dlnkmgronlinehba01.01

AdapterreplacementwithS DDdynamically(hotplug):
datapathqueryadapter<identifytheadaptertobereplaced
datapathremoveadapterX<Xistheadapternumbertoberemoved("selectcounts"showsI/Ostillrunningonotheradapt.)
rmdevdlfcsXR<removefcs0andallofitschilddevices(lsdevCcdisk,shouldnotshowanydevice)
diag>taskselection>hotplugtask>PCIHotPlugManager>Replace/Remove...
(fromcommandline:lscfgvplfcs0|grepAdapter>drslotRcpcisP1I8<P1I8istheslotlocation)
gototheESSspecialisttoupdatetheWWNofthenewadapter(thezoneinformationofthefabricswitchmustbeupdated)
cfgmgr<checkwithlsdevCcadapter,lsdevCcdisk
addpaths<configurethenewadapteranditschilddevicestoSDD

AdapterparameterchangewithS DD:
lsattrElfcsX,lsattrElfscsiX<checkingtheneededsettings(num_cmd_elements,fc_err_recov,...)
rmdevdldpoR<removeSDDvpathdevices
rmdevlfcsXR<putfcadapteranditschildrendevicestoDefinedstate
chdevlfcsXanum_cmd_elems=1024
chdevlfscsiXafc_err_recov=fast_fail
cfgmgrlfcsX<configiurethefcadapter,childrendevicesandhdisks
cfallvpath<configureSDDvpathdevices(iftheywereremoved)

PCIDMA(DMA)error:
IftherearetoomanyFCadaptersandtoomanyLUNsattachedtotheadapter,thiswillleadtoissuesconfiguringtheLUNs.Errorswilllooklike:
LABEL:DMA_ERR
IDENTIFIER:00530EA6
ResourceName:PCIDMA
ResourceClass:NONE
ResourceType:NONE
Soifyougettheseerrors,you'llneedtochangethemax_xfer_sizebacktothedefaultvalue.AlsonotethatifyouarebootingfromSAN,ifyouencounterthiserror,youwon'tbeabletoboot,sobesureto
haveabackoutplanifyouplantochangethisandarebootingfromSAN.