I have an older server HP DL380G3 running CentOS 6.5 as a Samba server. I have attached an old EMC AX150 array and installed an Emulex LP10000e (which I had lying around) in order to access the EMC array. CentOS recognizes the LP10000e with both lspci and dmesg.
[root@localhost /]# lspci | grep -i emulex
03:01.0 Fibre Channel: Emulex Corporation Thor-X LightPulse Fibre Channel Host Adapter (rev 01)
[root@localhost /]# dmesg | grep -i emulex
Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel SCSI driver 8.3.7.21.4p
Copyright(c) 2004-2013 Emulex. All rights reserved.
scsi2 : Emulex LP10000 PCI-X Fibre Channel Adapter on PCI bus 03 device 08 irq 20
It even appears the the driver is loaded, 8.3.7.21p. However, EMC's Navisphere Server Utility does not detect the FC link between the server and the AX150 array.
No paths are discovered from the server to the storage system. Please make sure
1. The link between the server and the storage system is up.
2. The HBA or ISCSI initiator software on the server has discovered the storage system target.
There are currently no volumes from external storage systems.
Please verify the information above. If it is correct, you can update
the server with the attached storage systems. If the information
is incorrect you can scan again and then update.
I also downloaded and installed the Emulex OcManager GUI. Neither does it even see the adapter as being installed.
As a test, I connected the FC cable from the server to an HP EVA array through a fabric switch and cat /proc/scsi/scsi should have shown the connection to the HSV210 controllers, but it appeared as though there was no link established whatsoever. Instead of going solid, the Emulex LP10000e HBA Activity LED simply continues to flash.
In addtion, there are no files for the HBA in the sys/class/scsi_host/host0 directory.
My question is, can the HBA show up in dmesg with an apparent driver loaded, but the HBA drivers are not actually installed? Also, does anyone know if the Emulex LP10000e, which is pretty old, is supported by CentOS 6.5?
Thx
CentOS 6.5 Using Emulex LP10000e HBA
Re: CentOS 6.5 Using Emulex LP10000e HBA
The first thing you should do is update to 6.6.gitpicker wrote:My question is, can the HBA show up in dmesg with an apparent driver loaded, but the HBA drivers are not actually installed? Also, does anyone know if the Emulex LP10000e, which is pretty old, is supported by CentOS 6.5?
Thx