Technical data
Identifying the EFI path of the physical hardware path with Secure Path
To identify the EFI path of the physical hardware path with Secure Path:
1. Note the active
controller serial number using spmgr display -dv <HSx boot device>.
In this example, it is P5849D5AAPN00W.
Server: aphia3.india.hp.com Report Created: Fri, Feb 25 18:33:19
2005
Command: spmgr display -dv c24t0d2
Device: c24t0d2
Status: Operati
onal [8 paths (4/0/4)]
Storage: 5000-1FE1-5002-B360
LUNID: 6005-08B4-0001-3680-0001-0000-0083-0000
Preferred Contr
oller: None
HBAs: td0 td3
Item Device Controller HBA H/W_Path Instance
===============
=================
0 c24t0d2 P5849D5AAPN00W td0 255/255/0/0.2 c4t0d3 WWPN: Unknown Path
State: Active [P]
1 c24t0d2 P5849D5
AAPN00W td0 255/255/0/0.2 c10t0d3 WWPN: Unknown
Path State: Active
2 c24t0d2 P5849D5AAPU05E td0 255/255/0/0.2 c6t0d3 WWPN: Unknown Path
State: Standby
3 c24t0d2 P5849D5AAPU05E td0 255/255/0/0.2 c8t0d3 WWPN: Unknown Path
State: Standby
2. Note the port WWN
s of the active controller using Command View EVA. For this controller
P5849D5AAPN00W, the port WWNs are 50001FE15002B36C and 50001FE15002B36D.
Enumerating all Fibre Channel devices
To enumerate all Fibre Channel devices, select EFI Shell [Built-in] from the EFI Boot Manager, as described
in step 2 of “Problem with setboot command”.
Shell> drivers
V VERSIONEGG#D#CDRIVER NAME IMAGE NAME
== ==================================================
14 00000010B--817PCIBusDriver PciBus
25 00000110BXX16HPTachyon XL2 Fibre Channel Mass S PciRom
Seg=00000000
27 00000140DXX1-HP2GbFibre Channel Driver PciRom
Seg=00000000
28 00000140DXX1-HP2GbFibre Channel Driver PciRom
Seg=00000000
2B 00000110BXX16HPTachyon XL2 Fibre Channel Mass S PciRom
Seg=00000000
Choose the fibre channel drivers of the system
Shell> drvcfg 25
Configurable Components Drv[25] Ctrl[26] Lang[eng]
Shell> drvcfg –s 25 26
Current policy: Enumerate all Fibre Channel devices
Please select the desired enumeration policy:
0 : Enumerate all Fibre Channel boot devices in the boot option
list
1 : Enumerate all Fibre Channel devices
Q : exit with no change
Policy >
Choose 1.
Repeat the steps for the other driver instance too (in this example 2B)
Shell> reconnect –r
Shell> exit
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