One of Emulex HBA card not detected.
Issue
- Three identical HP DL580 G7's with Emulex HBA's in PCI slots 6 and 7. The card in slot 7 is fully available but slot 6 isn't being picked up by the PCI subsystem.
I can see both cards when queried through dmidecode...
Handle 0x0906, DMI type 9, 17 bytes
System Slot Information
Designation: PCI-E Slot 6
Type: x8 PCI Express 2 x16
Current Usage: In Use
Length: Long
ID: 6
Characteristics:
3.3 V is provided
PME signal is supported
Bus Address: 0000:90:00.0
Handle 0x0907, DMI type 9, 17 bytes
System Slot Information
Designation: PCI-E Slot 7
Type: x4 PCI Express 2 x8
Current Usage: In Use
Length: Long
ID: 7
Characteristics:
3.3 V is provided
PME signal is supported
Bus Address: 0000:05:00.0
but not through lspci...
-bash-3.2# lspci |grep -i fibre
05:00.0 Fibre Channel: Emulex Corporation Saturn-X: LightPulse Fibre Channel Host Adapter (rev 03)
05:00.1 Fibre Channel: Emulex Corporation Saturn-X: LightPulse Fibre Channel Host Adapter (rev 03)
-bash-3.2# lspci |grep -i 05:00
05:00.0 Fibre Channel: Emulex Corporation Saturn-X: LightPulse Fibre Channel Host Adapter (rev 03)
05:00.1 Fibre Channel: Emulex Corporation Saturn-X: LightPulse Fibre Channel Host Adapter (rev 03)
-bash-3.2# lspci |grep -i 90:00
This means we only have a single path to SAN storage. PLease can you advise?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 U9
- HP DL580 G7's with Emulex HBA card
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