Solaris.Commands to connect SAN Disk´s

Commands to connect SAN Disk´s on SOLARIS

There are always a bunch of strange commands to connect a server to SAN disks. In my case, I’m running Solaris 9, using QLogic Fibre Channel cards, and connecting to an SUN M5000 & Dell PE R710

1) Connect the Solaris server SAN disks.

 After I made the connection, the GUI that allows me to zone the SAN recognized the QLogic connections, and I zoned the LUNs.

2) Scan your disks

, and it should show up as a new disk when you run “format”.

Solaris# devfsadm
Solaris# format

My result: No new disks.  Sigh.

3) Run a bunch of cryptic but useful diagnostic commands:

To see your HBA ports and whether you’re connected:

Solaris# luxadm -e port
Found path to 3 HBA ports
/devices/pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0:devctl        CONNECTED
/devices/pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@2,1/fp@0,0:devctl     CONNECTED
/devices/pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4/fp@0,0:devctl        CONNECTED

To see your disks:

Solaris# luxadm probe

To see your HBA ports (type fc-private, below) and their connected disks (type disk):

Solaris# cfgadm -al

Ap_Id                         Type           Receptacle  Occupant Condition
c8                               fc-private  connected configured unknown
c8::200800a0b8199b3b  disk           connected configured unknown
c9                               fc-private  connected configured unknown
c9::200900a0b8199b3b   disk          connected configured unknown

4) Force Fibre Channel SAN disk rescan

, since everything looks connected and okay.  Use your device path from “luxadm -e port” output.

Solaris# luxadm -e forcelip /devices/pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0:devctl
Solaris# luxadm -e forcelip /devices/pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@2,1/fp@0,0:devctl
Solaris# luxadm -e forcelip /devices/pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4/fp@0,0:devctl

5) Rerun format command.

Solaris # format

AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c1t0d0
/pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4/fp@0,0/ssd@w500000e0107111e1,0
1. c1t1d0 t2
/pci@8,600000/SUNW,qlc@4/fp@0,0/ssd@w500000e01070d761,0
2. c7t600A0B801019B1B2002032A5489C60F3d0
/scsi_vhci/ssd@g600a0b801019b1b2002032a5489c60f3

and There it is, disk #2.