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# 1  
Old 07-25-2008
How to look for open pci slots
I'm looking for open PCI slots in our array of sun boxes. I need help on how to distinguish if there's an open slot or not using prtdiag and prtconf. Is there a better tool for this? TIA.

Here's my prtdiag -v | grep pci:

Code:
pci    66         PCI5  SUNW,qlc-pci1077,2312 (scsi-+
                  okay  /ssm@0,0/pci@18,600000/SUNW,qlc@1
pci    66         PCI5  SUNW,qlc-pci1077,2312 (scsi-+
                  okay  /ssm@0,0/pci@18,600000/SUNW,qlc@1,1
pci    66            1  pci108e,abba (network)        SUNW,pci-ce
                  okay  /ssm@0,0/pci@19,600000/network@1
pci    66            2  scsi-pci1000,21 (scsi-2)
                  okay  /ssm@0,0/pci@18,600000/scsi@2
pci    66            2  scsi-pci1000,21 (scsi-2)
                  okay  /ssm@0,0/pci@18,600000/scsi@2,1
pci    66            2  pci108e,abba (network)        SUNW,pci-ce
                  okay  /ssm@0,0/pci@19,600000/network@2
pci    33            3  pci1095,646 (ide)
                  okay  /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/ide@3
pci    33            4  bootbus-controller-sgsbbc     SUNW,sgsbbc
                  okay  /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/bootbus-controller@4
/ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000 pci108e,8001     okay               4
/ssm@0,0/pci@18,600000 pci108e,8001     okay               4
/ssm@0,0/pci@19,700000 pci108e,8001     okay               4
/ssm@0,0/pci@19,600000 pci108e,8001     okay               4

here's my prtconf -v | grep pci

Code:
        pci, instance #0
        pci, instance #1
        pci, instance #2
        pci, instance #3

# 2  
Old 07-25-2008
What exactly do you mean my open? Is it unused?
# 3  
Old 07-25-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by reborg
What exactly do you mean my open? Is it unused?
Correct. We're trying to find open pci slots to fill up. I'm planning to run a script that provides a report on all the open pci slots available in our vast array of sun and hp servers.
# 4  
Old 07-25-2008
what models of sun/hp you looking at? i have an idea but it depends on how many varieties of servers you have.
# 5  
Old 07-25-2008
We have:

Sun Fire 440, 490, 480R, 880, Netras and some E2900s
and some HP 9000s.

Smilie
# 6  
Old 07-25-2008
i know its possible but i can't find the script i'm looking for. anyway, we dump the sys configs (much like explorer) every day to a server. we run a perl script that can parse through that data to show whats available as to what is empty and such. i just can't seem to find it. no one ever uses it.
# 7  
Old 07-25-2008
It's ok I just need to figure out the syntax that indicates PCI slot number and if it's open or available. From there I can make my own script.
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