[rescue] QLogic FC on Solaris 10

stephen price sd_price at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 10 21:57:57 CST 2007


33mhz versus 64mhz slot issue?

--- Joshua Boyd <jdboyd at jdboyd.net> wrote:

> I have a Qlogic FC card in an E250.  I thought it
> was a QLA2200, but  
> I suppose it may possibly be a QLA2100.  Still, I'm
> pretty sure it is  
> a QLA2200.
> 
> So, previously under Solaris 9 I think that, prtdiag
> showed an entry  
> for this card, but it didn't identify it as what it
> was.  I didn't  
> note the exact line.  I figured that it needed a
> driver, and since I  
> was planning to anyway, I went and reinstalled the
> machine to Solaris  
> Express (b70).
> 
> So, now, prtdiag only shows:
>       Bus   Freq
> Brd  Type  MHz   Slot  Name                         
>     Model
> ---  ----  ----  ---- 
> --------------------------------   
> ----------------------
> SYS   PCI    66     3   ethernet-ethernet
> 
> Which is my SysKonnect GigE card.  No sign of the
> QLA.
> 
> I have installed the SUNWqlc package, and then did a
> boot -r, and  
> that makes no change to prtdiag.
> 
> So, I'm wondering if there is any sort of easy way,
> short of  
> deracking the machine, to confirm that I have the
> 2200 instead of the  
> 2100.
> 
> Depressingly, prtconf -pv | grep 1077 doesn't show
> anything.
> 
> Also, assuming I'm correct, what do I need to look
> at next?  I'm not  
> expecting this machine to boot from the Qlogic card.
>  I just want to  
> use a few external disks.  Am I likely to have to
> reflash this card?
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