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# 1  
Old 12-22-2011
Which FC HBA card support Solaris9

I have JNI FCE-6460-N fc card , it is detected in OK prompt.....I connected Sun StorEDGE A5000 FC storage.

in OK prompt, PROBE-SCSI-ALL
showing A5000 fc hdds details in ok prompt.....

but in OS level.....not showing the hdd, i tried in DEVFSADM command and FORMAT command not showing A5000 Storage hdds.


also i have Qlogic QLA2310F card not show the external FC hdds

Regards:VELU
# 2  
Old 12-22-2011
Make sure all the FC links are up.

luxadm -e port

Also check if you are able to see the WWPN using fcinfo

---------- Post updated at 09:33 AM ---------- Previous update was at 09:30 AM ----------

Oops!! you mentioned solaris 9 so my above commands doesnt hold good for solaris 9. You check

prtconf -vp | grep -i ww
cfgadm -al
# 3  
Old 12-28-2011
Hi All..

Once plug out && plug in luns from storage to server connetivity...
# 4  
Old 01-01-2012
1. check for multipathing status (dmesg or /var/adm/messages should indicate something related to mpxio)
2. going further with npadninth's suggestion, post the output of
Code:
cfgadm -aol show_DEV_fcp

and
Code:
fcinfo hba-port -l |grep HBA

3. check/reinstall HBA drivers
4. ping storage array from the host, ping the host from the SAN switch, ping the storage array from the SAN switch (so make sure your FC connectivity is OK)
5. check your zoning/LUN masking

To me it looks more of a zoning issue rather than an HBA card issue, considering that you have 2 different cards that behave the same. Plus, the pesky card is being detected when booting, but your main problem is the inaccessibility of the SAN disks, from what I understood...
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