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The HBAnyware Utility User Manual Page 141
The HBAnyware software package will not
install. An error message states that:
"inserv Service Elxlpfc has to be enabled for
service ElxDiscSrvinserv: exiting
now/sbin/ inserv failed exit code 1."
Reinstall the driver with the lpfc-install script.
The Emulex driver for Linux does not load
in ramdisk for a custom built kernel.
Custom built kernels are not supported by Emulex. However,
the Emulex install script will attempt to install the driver into a
ramdisk that follows the naming scheme used by Red Hat or
SLES kernels.
• The Red Hat naming scheme for IA64 ramdisk images is:
/boot/efi/efi/redhat/initrd-KERNELVERSION.img.
• The Red Hat naming scheme for ramdisk images on all other
architectures is: /boot/initrd-KERNELVERSION.img.
• SLES names follow a similar scheme for IA64.
If a custom built kernel has a ramdisk image that does not follow
the appropriate naming scheme, the name of the image can be
changed using the following procedure:
1. Change the name of the ramdisk image to match either the
Red Hat or SLES naming scheme, depending on the distribution
being used.
2. Update any file links to the ramdisk image.
3. Edit the boot loader configuration file:
(i.e., /etc/lilo.conf, /etc/yaboot.conf, /boot/grub/grub.conf,
/boot/grub/menu.lst), find any references to the old ramdisk
image name, and replace them with the new name.
4. Reboot the system to verify the changes.
5. Install the Emulex lpfc Linux driver kit.
The Linux SCSI subsystem only sees 8
LUNs when more are present.
Some SCSI drivers will not scan past 8 LUNs when the target
reports as a SCSI-2 device. Force SCSI Bus scan with
/usr/sbin/ lpfc/lun_scan. SuSE supplies /bin/rescan-scsi-bus.sh
which can be changed to scan everything.
Cannot See Any HBAs. You launch
HBAnyware and no HBAs are visible.
Try the following solutions:
• Perform an 'lsmod' to see if the Emulex drivers (lpfc and
lpfcdfc) are loaded. Look for an error message on the
command line stating the lpfcdfc driver is not loaded. If this is
the case, do a modprobe of the lpfc and lpfcdfc drivers and
relaunch HBAnyware.
• Exit and launch HBAnyware:
1. Exit HBAnyware and run
<hbanyware path> stop_hbanyware.
2. lsmod to verify lpfc and lpfcdfc modules are loaded; if not run
'modprobe lpfc', 'modprobe lpfcdfc'.
3. Restart HBAnyware; <hbanyware path>/start_elxhbamgr,
<hbanyware path>/start_elxdiscovery.
4. Launch HBAnyware; all HBAs should be visible, if they are
not, reboot the system.
Table 17: Emulex Driver for Linux and HBAnyware Situations (Continued)
Situation Resolution