02-23-2009
On most new systems
Install the drivers ( mostly it is there if that is an IBM supplied hardware).
Install the HBA ( hot plug ) , no need to shutdown the box.
cfgmgr
Plug in the Fibre cables from the HBAs to the SAN.
Zone them
Make sure the Storage system can see the HBAs (HBA logged into the fabric).
Mask/Map the required SAN devices to the HBAs.
Install MP device driver ( may need a reboot if not already installed )
Run cfgmgr ..
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hbaapi(3C) hbaapi(3C)
NAME
hbaapi - Fibre Channel Storage Network Industry Association Host Bus Adapter Application Programming Interface (FC SNIA HBA API)
DESCRIPTION
The Common HBA API provides a consistent HBA standard interface for accessing information in a Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN)
that would be implemented across vendors as a standard 'C' API supported by vendor specific library instances.
This API library is thread-safe, but threads should not be cancelled when execution is in the API.
The following functions are available in the API for managing a Fibre Channel HBA. This API would be exposed to upper level applications
to control SAN functionality.
Please refer to for details on structures used.
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FCP Information Functions require that the applications calling them
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SCSI Information Functions require that the applications calling them have an effective user id as that of the root user (euid = 0).
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Contains the related data structures and definitions as in
AUTHOR
These APIs were developed by Hewlett-Packard Company.
SEE ALSO
HBA_GetVersion(3C), HBA_LoadLibrary(3C), HBA_FreeLibrary(3C), HBA_GetNumberOfAdapters(3C), HBA_GetAdapterName(3C), HBA_OpenAdapter(3C),
HBA_CloseAdapter(3C), HBA_GetAdapterAttributes(3C), HBA_GetAdapterPortAttributes(3C), HBA_GetPortStatistics(3C), HBA_GetDiscoveredPortAt-
tributes(3C), HBA_GetPortAttributesByWWN(3C), HBA_SendCTPassThru(3C), HBA_GetEventBuffer(3C), HBA_SetRNIDMgmtInfo(3C), HBA_GetRNIDMgmt-
Info(3C), HBA_SendRNID(3C), HBA_GetFcpTargetMapping(3C), HBA_GetFcpPersistentBinding(3C), HBA_SendScsiInquiry(3C), HBA_SendReportLUNs(3C),
HBA_SendReadCapacity(3C), HBA_RefreshInformation(3C), HBA_ResetStatistics(3C).
hbaapi(3C)