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Operating Systems AIX AIX physical DVD/CD drive Post 303036113 by RecoveryOne on Friday 14th of June 2019 08:44:10 AM

06-14-2019

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Ok so from the LPAR you are trying to find the CDROM run a
lsdev -Cl cd0 -F parent

On one of my S824-42A's this is the path to the CD drive:

Code:

# lscfg -vpl cd0
  cd0              U78C9.001.WZS01PX-P2-D27  SATA DVD-RAM Drive

        Manufacturer................IBM.
        Machine Type and Model......RMBO0140512
        ROS Level and ID............RA65
        Device Specific.(Z0)........058002028F000030
        Part Number.................74Y7346
        EC Level....................N23938
        FRU Number..................74Y7341
        Hardware Location Code......U78C9.001.WZS01PX-P2-D27


  PLATFORM SPECIFIC

  Name:  disk
    Node:  disk
    Device Type:  block
# lsdev -Cl cd0 -F parent
sata0

# lscfg -vpl sata0
  sata0            U78C9.001.WZS01PX-P1-C14-T1  Controller SATA Protocol

  PLATFORM SPECIFIC

  Name:  sata
    Node:  sata
    Device Type:  sata_ioa

So, when you look at the HMC, the optical drive is hanging off P1-C14-T1.

This is why bakunin was saying VIO's make this easier. You could virtualize the optical drive and dynamically add it to any lpar. The above example I gave was from a box with no VIO. 100% of resources of the frame given to the lpar.

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ahci

ahci(7D)							      Devices								  ahci(7D)

NAME

       ahci - Advanced Host Controller Interface SATA controller driver

SYNOPSIS

       sata@unit-address

DESCRIPTION

       The ahci driver is a SATA framework-compliant HBA driver that supports SATA HBA controllers that are compatible with the Advanced Host Con-
       troller Interface 1.0 specification. AHCI is an Intel-developed protocol that describes the register-level interface for  host  controllers
       for  serial  ATA  1.0a  and Serial ATA II. The AHCI 1.0 specification describes the interface between the system software and the host con-
       troller hardware.

       The ahci driver currently supports the Intel ICH6/7/8/9, VIA vt8251 and JMicron AHCI controllers which are compliant with the Advanced Host
       Controller  Interface  1.0  specification.  Note that while the	Intel ICH6/7/8/9, VIA vt8251 and JMicron AHCI controllers support standard
       SATA features, the ahci driver currently only supports hard disk, ATAPI SATA DVD, hotplug and NCQ (Native command queuing). Port multiplier
       and power management  are not yet supported.

CONFIGURATION

       The ahci module contains no user configurable parameters.

FILES

       /kernel/drv/ahci

	   32-bit ELF kernel module (x86).

       /kernel/drv/amd64/ahci

	   64-bit ELF kernel module (x86).

ATTRIBUTES

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

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Architecture		     |x86			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWahci			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       cfgadm(1M), cfgadm_sata(1M), prtconf(1M), sata(7D)

       Advanced Host Controller Interface 1.0

       Writing Device Drivers

NOTES

       To bind the ahci driver to your controller, choose the [AHCI] BIOS option.

       Note that booting is not supported if toggle exists between the [IDE] and [AHCI] BIOS options

SunOS 5.11							    22 Jan 2008 							  ahci(7D)