AIX

On a fresh bare metal (no LPARs) install of AIX 7.2 running cfgmgr is returning..

Code:

# cfgmgr
Method error (/usr/lib/methods/cfgstorfworkcom -l sfwcomm2 ):
        0514-040 Error initializing a device into the kernel.
Method error (/usr/lib/methods/cfgstorfworkcom -l sfwcomm3 ):
        0514-040 Error initializing a device into the kernel.
Method error (/usr/lib/methods/cfgqlfscsi -l fscsi2 ):
        0514-061 Cannot find a child device.
Method error (/usr/lib/methods/cfgqlfscsi -l fscsi3 ):
        0514-061 Cannot find a child device.
Method error (/usr/lib/methods/cfgstorfworkcom -l sfwcomm2 ):
        0514-040 Error initializing a device into the kernel.
Method error (/usr/lib/methods/cfgstorfworkcom -l sfwcomm3 ):
        0514-040 Error initializing a device into the kernel.

I suspect it has something to do with my FC I/O cards, missing driver or something since that particular sfwcomm shows up as "Defined"....

# lsdev -C | grep sfwcomm
sfwcomm0 Available 05-00-01-FF Fibre Channel Storage Framework Comm
sfwcomm1 Available 05-01-01-FF Fibre Channel Storage Framework Comm
sfwcomm2 Defined 07-00-01-FF Fibre Channel Storage Framework Comm
sfwcomm3 Defined 07-01-01-FF Fibre Channel Storage Framework Comm
sfwcomm4 Available 0A-00-01-FF Fibre Channel Storage Framework Comm
sfwcomm5 Available 0A-01-01-FF Fibre Channel Storage Framework Comm

The two "defined" FC I/O devices are not plugged into anything at this time, they are to be used later down the road.

# lscfg | grep fc
+ fcs4 U78D3.001.WZS03A7-P1-C8-T1 PCIe3 2-Port 16Gb FC Adapter (df1000e21410f103)
+ fcs5 U78D3.001.WZS03A7-P1-C8-T2 PCIe3 2-Port 16Gb FC Adapter (df1000e21410f103)
+ fcs2 U78D3.001.WZS03A7-P1-C4-T1 PCIe2 8Gb 2-Port FC Adapter (77103225141004f3)
+ fcs3 U78D3.001.WZS03A7-P1-C4-T2 PCIe2 8Gb 2-Port FC Adapter (77103225141004f3)
+ fcs0 U78D3.001.WZS03A7-P1-C2-T1 PCIe3 2-Port 16Gb FC Adapter (df1000e21410f103)
+ fcs1 U78D3.001.WZS03A7-P1-C2-T2 PCIe3 2-Port 16Gb FC Adapter (df1000e21410f103)

The "fc0 - 1 - 4 - 5" work fine after i switched to using AIXPCM (HBAs detected by storage, etc.), not sure why fc2-3 are throwing errors.

Why is cfgmgr throwing "Error initializing a device into the kernel" errors?

--- Post updated at 11:39 AM ---

Turns out because those two FC ports were not connected to anything that is where the error was coming from, I plugged two ECW0 - Optical Wrap Plugs into the FC ports and running "cfgmgr" on AIX no longer produces errors. Running fcstat against the ports returns data as well.

Thank you for telling us what you found. It will help someone else who runs into this same problem later and see your thread.