[rescue] QLogic FC on Solaris 10

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: stephen price <sd_price at yahoo.com>
>Date: 2007/12/10 Mon PM 09:57:57 CST
>To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [rescue] QLogic FC on Solaris 10

>33mhz versus 64mhz slot issue?

He only upgraded the OS, as I understand it, so the electrical connection shouldn't have changed (if it was in a 66 MHz slot before, it is still, same for 33 MHz)...

Lionel

>--- 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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