HP-UX Virtual Partitions Release Notes (A.03.04)

Known Problems and Workarounds
Topology of A5158A Changes from Fabric to Public Loop After the Virtual Partition Reboots
Chapter 218
Logging into the switch, the switch information before the reboot shows:
brocade01:admin> switchshow
switchName: brocade01
switchType: 2.4
switchState: Online
switchMode: Native
...
port 0: -- No_Module
port 1: -- No_Module
port 2: -- No_Module
port 3: sw Online F-Port 50:06:0b:00:00:10:23:fa
port 4: sw Online F-Port 50:06:0b:00:00:00:f4:28
...
The switch information after the reboot shows:
brocade01:admin> switchshow
switchName: brocade01
switchType: 2.4
switchState: Online
switchMode: Native
...
port 0: -- No_Module
port 1: -- No_Module
port 2: -- No_Module
port 3: sw Online F-Port 50:06:0b:00:00:10:23:fa
port 4: sw Online L-Port 1 public
...
Workaround
To permanently set the device to fabric, set the setting on the switch. For
example,
switch> portcfggport port_# ,1
where port_# is the port number of the switch that is connected to the
A5158A card and 1 represents “true”
To temporarily set this device (the setting will not remain after an OS
reboot), reset the device from the HP-UX system:
vpar1# tdutil /dev/td0 reset
Reset Done
vpar1# tdutil /dev/td0