Solaris 11.4 and Older Do Not Support Marvell (QLogic) QLE2772 Dual Port Enhanced 32Gb HBA (Doc ID 2792224.1)

Last updated on JULY 15, 2021

Applies to:

Symptoms

Server - PowerEdge R940 Dell - IDRAC 9
Operating System - SunOS 5.11 11.4.29.82.3 i86pc i386 i86pc
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HBAS Template
Product Name QLogic QLE2772 32Gbps Dual Port Fibre Channel Controller
Vendor Name QLogicQLogic
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The hbas are not recognized by Solaris.

1. scanpci shows the QLogic HBAs installed:

Oracle-Support $ gegrep -B1 -A1 QLogic scanpci-v.out
pci bus 0x0033 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x1077 device 0x2281
QLogic Corp. ISP2812-based 64/32G Fibre Channel to PCIe Controller
CardVendor 0x1077 card 0x02f3 (QLogic Corp., QLogic 2x32Gb QLE2772 FC HBA)
STATUS 0x0010 COMMAND 0x0002
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2. qaucli - no fc driver detected:

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qlc_qaucli_-dm_all_general.out
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Installation directory: /usr/lib/ssm/fwupdate/qlogic
Working dir: /home/rnlourenco_lin/explorer.00871510.node-66 -2021.06.18.12.42/rda/work
Warning: No FC/FCoE driver detected.◄▬▬▬▬▬▬
Warning: No iSCSI driver detected.
Warning: No NIC driver detected.
Error with command line inputs

3. The qlc hba driver did not load at boot time:

Oracle-Support $ gegrep 'SunOS|qlc' messages
Jun 17 16:59:35 node-66 genunix: [ID 540533 kern.notice] SunOS Release 5.11 Version 11.4.29.82.3 64-bit
Jun 17 18:06:31 node-66 genunix: [ID 540533 kern.notice] SunOS Release 5.11 Version 11.4.29.82.3 64-bit

3. prtpicl-v.out  did not show any HBAs installed:

Oracle-Support $ gegrep 'qlc|fcp' prtpicl-v.out
Oracle-Support $

4. fcinfo :

root@node-66 :/# fcinfo hba-port
No Found Adapters.

Cause

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