fp(7d)								      Devices								    fp(7d)

NAME

       fp - Sun Fibre Channel port driver

DESCRIPTION

       The  fp	driver	is a Sun fibre channel nexus driver that enables fibre channel topology discovery, device discovery, fibre channel adapter
       port management and other capabilities through well-defined fibre channel adapter driver interfaces.

       The fp driver requires the presence of a fabric name server in fabric and public loop topologies to discover fibre channel devices. In pri-
       vate  loop  topologies,	the  driver discovers devices by performing PLOGI to all valid AL_PAs, provided that devices do not participate in
       LIRP and LILP stages of loop initialization.

CONFIGURATION

       The fp driver is configured by defining	properties in the fp.conf file. The fp driver supports the following properties:

   mpxio-disable
       Solaris I/O multipathing is enabled or disabled on fibre channel devices with the  mpxio-disable  property.  Specifying	mpxio-disable="no"
       activates I/O multipathing, while mpxio-disable="yes" disables the feature.

       Solaris	I/O  multipathing  may be enabled or disabled on a per port basis. Per port settings override the global setting for the specified
       ports. The following example shows how to disable multipathing on port 0 whose parent is /pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4:

       name="fp"    parent="/pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4"	 port=0
       mpxio-disable="yes";

   manual_configuration_only
       Automatic configuration of SCSI devices in the fabric is enabled by default and thus allows all devices discovered in the SAN zone  to	be
       enumerated   in	the  kernel's  device tree automatically. The manual_configuration_only property may be configured  to disable the default
       behavior and force the manual configuration of the devices in the SAN. Specifying manual_configuration_only=1 disables the  automatic  con-
       figuration of devices.

FILES

       /kernel/drv/fp

	   32-bit ELF kernel driver (x86)

       /kernel/drv/amd64/fp

	   64-bit ELF kernel driver (x86)

       /kernel/drv/sparcv9/fp

	   64-bit ELF kernel driver (SPARC)

       /kernel/drv/fp.conf

	   fp driver configuration file.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |mpxio-disable		     |Unstable			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |manual_configuration_only    |Obsolete			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWfctl			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       cfgadm_fp(1M), prtconf(1M), stmsboot(1M), driver.conf(4), attributes(5), fcp(7D), fctl(7D), scsi_vhci(7D)

       Writing Device Drivers

       Fibre Channel Physical and Signaling Interface (FC-PH) ANSI X3.230: 1994

       Fibre Channel Generic Services (FC-GS-2) Project 1134-D

       Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) ANSI X3.272-1996

       Fibre Channel Protocol for SCSI (FCP) ANSI X3.269-1996

       SCSI-3 Architecture Model (SAM) Fibre Channel Private Loop SCSI Direct Attach (FC-PLDA) ANSI X3.270-1996

       SCSI Direct Attach (FC-PLDA) ANSI X3.270-1996

       SCSI Direct Attach (FC-PLDA) NCITS TR-19:1998

       Fabric Loop Attachment (FC-FLA), NCITS TR-20:1998

SunOS 5.10							    2 Dec 2004								    fp(7d)