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VIOS SEA Creation

Hi Guys,

I'm getting the below error while trying to create a SEA adapter in VIOS

Code:

$ mkvdev -sea ent0 -vadapter ent2 -default ent2 -defaultid 1                    
                                                                                
                                                                                
Some error messages may contain invalid information                             
for the Virtual I/O Server environment.                                         
                                                                                
Method error (/usr/lib/methods/cfgsea):                                         
        0514-040 Error initializing a device into the kernel.                   
                                                                                
Command did not complete.                                                       
                                                                                
"Run mkdev" was last subcommand run.                                            
                                                                                
$

Not sure what this means.. Can someone throw some light in this

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