Second Channel on Qlogic HBA card fails to initialize

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Issue

  • Second channel on mezzanine dual channel Qlogic HBA card within blade fails to initialize

 Class Device = "host2"
  Class Device path = "/sys/class/fc_host/host2"
    fabric_name         = "0x500143802273b5b3"
    issue_lip           = 
    node_name           = "0x500143802273b5b3"
    port_id             = "0x000000"
    port_name           = "0x500143802273b5b2"
    port_state          = "Linkdown"              <<<< this!
    port_type           = "Unknown"
    speed               = "unknown"
    supported_classes   = "Class 3"
    supported_speeds    = "1 Gbit, 2 Gbit, 4 Gbit, 8 Gbit"
    symbolic_name       = "QMH2572 FW:v5.06.03 DVR:v8.03.07.09.05.08-k"
    system_hostname     = ""
    tgtid_bind_type     = "wwpn (World Wide Port Name)"
    uevent              = 

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • HP BL460c Gen8 or similar (blade-based server with mezzanine FC HBA cards)
  • Following hardware:
05:00.0 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)
05:00.1 Fibre Channel: QLogic Corp. ISP2532-based 8Gb Fibre Channel to PCI Express HBA (rev 02)

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