Solaris How to Scan FC LUNS and SCSI

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August 30, 2013 Solaris 10 17,412 Views
Applications and Databases storage requirement on the servers will be keep on increase day by
day. According to that, Unix admin need to increase filesystem space on Unix servers
periodically. Assigning big SAN space to filesystem also not possible since storage cost involved
on that. So its a routine work for Unix admin and need to follow best practice for scanning the
storage and adding in to the filesystem. In Solaris, we can able to scan the LUNS without
rebooting the host. But in rare circumstances, we may need to end up with server reboot to see
newly assigned LUNS. Here we will see how to scan the local disks and SAN LUNs in Solaris
host.

Scanning FC/SAN LUNS in Solaris

Before scanning LUNS, we see some useful commands which are related to Fibre Channel(FC).
1.List the connected HBAs.
root@Unixarena-SOL11:~# luxadm -e port |grep CONNECTED
/devices/pci@1d,700000/SUNW,qlc@1,1/fp@0,0:devctl CONNECTED
/devices/pci@1d,700000/SUNW,qlc@3/fp@0,0:devctl CONNECTED

2.Verify FC channel s are connected and configured.

Unix@sol# cfgadm -al -o show_FCP_dev |grep fc-fabric
c2
fc-fabric
connected
c4
fc-fabric
connected
Unix@sol#

configured
configured

unknown
unknown

3.To find the HBAs World wide Node number (WWN),use fcinfo command,
Unix@sol# fcinfo hba-port |grep Port
HBA Port WWN: 10000000c884bb48
HBA Port WWN: 10000000c884bb49
HBA Port WWN: 10000000c884b85c
HBA Port WWN: 10000000c884b85d
Unix@sol#

4.You can also find the WWN form luxadm command, if HBA is already connected to FC
switch.
Unix@sol# luxadm -e dump_map /dev/cfg/c4
Pos Port_ID Hard_Addr Port WWN
Node WWN
Type
0
29900
0
50080e8008cfb814 50080e8008cfb814 0x0 (Disk device)

1
27400
0
Type,Host Bus Adapter)
Unix@sol#

10000000c884b85c 20000000c884b85c 0x1f (Unknown

From the above output, the last line shows the HBA information.In the same you can find the
other controller information as well.
5.Zoning can be verified using the below command.
Unix@sol# cfgadm -al -o show_FCP_dev c2 c4

6.If you see any controller port WWN showing as unconfigured ,then you can initiate FC
session using below mentioned command.
Unix@sol# cfgadm -c configure c2::50080e8008cfb814
Unix@sol# cfgadm -c configure c4::50080e8008cfb814

Lets see how we can re-scan the SAN/FC luns on solaris 10/11 hosts.
To scan new FC luns, Just execute the below commands.
Scanning FC/SAN
LUNS
1

cfgadm -al

devfsadm -c disk

3
4

To scan FC luns
To make sure all the device files are
created
To see the new LUNs information
To get the new LUNs information

tail /var/adm/messages
echo |format
ls -lrt /dev/rdsk |grep s2|
5
To get the new LUNs information
tail
luxadm probe also used to scan FC luns but i am happy to use cfgadm.

If you still not able to see the new LUNS/DISK ,then you can try to reset the HBA as last option
if you have multipath enabled. (Do not try in critical servers unless you have confident on
multipathing)
1.List the connected HBA.
root@Unixarena-SOL11:~# luxadm -e port |grep CONNECTED
/devices/pci@1d,700000/SUNW,qlc@1,1/fp@0,0:devctl CONNECTED
/devices/pci@1d,700000/SUNW,qlc@3/fp@0,0:devctl CONNECTED

2.Reset the HBA using forcelip option.

root@Unixarena-SOL11:~#
luxadm
/devices/pci@1d,700000/SUNW,qlc@1,1/fp@0,0:devctl

Forcelip can be issued to the controller names as well.

-e

forcelip

Unix@sol# cfgadm -al -o show_FCP_dev |grep fc-fabric

c2
fc-fabric
connected
c4
fc-fabric
connected
Unix@sol#
Unix@sol# luxadm -e forcelip /dev/cfg/c2

configured
configured

unknown
unknown

3. Verify the controller status using cfgadm -al.Make sure disks didn;t loose any SAN paths
after the HBA reset. If everything seems to be okay ,then isssue the forcelip to the another
controller.
If still you are not able to see the new FC/SAN LUNS ,then reboot the server and try. Once you
see the new lun, make sure that multiple FC paths are enabled to that. Minimum two FC paths
required for SAN disks.
luxadm display /dev/rdsk/c1txxxxxxd0s2 To verify the FC lun details and multipathing.

Scanning Local SCSI disks in Solaris

1.List the currently available harddisks.
root@Unixarena-SOL11:~# echo |format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c8t0d0
/pci@0,0/pci15ad,1976@10/sd@0,0
1. c8t1d0
/pci@0,0/pci15ad,1976@10/sd@1,0
2. c8t2d0
/pci@0,0/pci15ad,1976@10/sd@2,0
3. c8t3d0
/pci@0,0/pci15ad,1976@10/sd@3,0
4. c8t4d0
/pci@0,0/pci15ad,1976@10/sd@4,0
5. c8t5d0
/pci@0,0/pci15ad,1976@10/sd@5,0
6. c8t6d0
/pci@0,0/pci15ad,1976@10/sd@6,0
Specify disk (enter its number): Specify disk (enter its number):
root@Unixarena-SOL11:~#

2.Assume

new

SCSI

harddisks

3.Scan the SCSI disks.

root@Unixarena-SOL11:~# devfsadm -c disk
root@Unixarena-SOL11:~# echo |format
Searching for disks...done

are

added

to

the

server.

AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:

0. c8t0d0
/pci@0,0/pci15ad,1976@10/sd@0,0
1. c8t1d0
/pci@0,0/pci15ad,1976@10/sd@1,0
2. c8t2d0
/pci@0,0/pci15ad,1976@10/sd@2,0
3. c8t3d0
/pci@0,0/pci15ad,1976@10/sd@3,0
4. c8t4d0
/pci@0,0/pci15ad,1976@10/sd@4,0
5. c8t5d0
/pci@0,0/pci15ad,1976@10/sd@5,0
6. c8t6d0
/pci@0,0/pci15ad,1976@10/sd@6,0
7. c8t8d0
/pci@0,0/pci15ad,1976@10/sd@8,0
Specify disk (enter its number): Specify disk (enter its number):
root@Unixarena-SOL11:~#

4.Still if you are not able to see the new disks,use cfgadm command and then
devfsadm.
root@Unixarena-SOL11:~# cfgadm -al
Ap_Id
Type
Receptacle
Occupant
Condition
c8
scsi-bus
connected
configured
unknown
c8::dsk/c8t0d0
disk
connected
configured
unknown
c8::dsk/c8t1d0
disk
connected
configured
unknown
c8::dsk/c8t2d0
disk
connected
configured
unknown
c8::dsk/c8t3d0
disk
connected
configured
unknown
c8::dsk/c8t4d0
disk
connected
configured
unknown
c8::dsk/c8t5d0
disk
connected
configured
unknown
c8::dsk/c8t6d0
disk
connected
configured
unknown
c8::dsk/c8t8d0
disk
connected
configured
unknown
cfgadm: Configuration administration not supported: Error: hotplug service is
pr
ble the
service. See cfgadm_shp(1M) for more details.
root@Unixarena-SOL11:~#
root@Unixarena-SOL11:~# devfsadm -c disk
root@Unixarena-SOL11:~#

If you are using veritas volume manager, then you can verify the mutipathing using vxdmp
commands.

How to scan new FC LUNS and SCSI disks

in Linux ?
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How to scan new FC LUNS and SCSI disks in Redhat Linux without rebooting the server?
Most of the Linux beginners have wondering how to do this and this article will be for them.It
may look like very simple as we perform this in daily operation to scan luns but system has many
work to do in background when you execute storage scanning commands. Redhat says this type
of scan can be distributive,since it can cause delays while I/O operation timeout and remove
devices unexpectedly from OS.So perform this scan when really you want to scan the disks and
LUNS.

Scanning FC-LUNs in Redhat Linux

1.First find out how many disks are visible in fdisk -l .
# fdisk -l 2>/dev/null | egrep '^Disk' | egrep -v 'dm-' | wc -l

2.Find out how many host bus adapter configured in the Linux box.you can use
systool -fc_host -v to verify available FC in the system.
# ls /sys/class/fc_host
host0 host1

In this case,you need to scan host0 & host1 HBA.

3.If the system virtual memory is too low ,then do not proceed further.If you have
enough free virtual memory,then you can proceed with below command to scan new
LUNS.
# echo "1" > /sys/class/fc_host/host0/issue_lip
# echo "1" > /sys/class/fc_host/host1/issue_lip

Note: You need to monitor the issue_lip in /var/log/messages to determine when

the scan will complete.This operation is an asynchronous operation.

4.Verify if the new LUN is visible or not by counting the available disks.
# fdisk -l 2>/dev/null | egrep '^Disk' | egrep -v 'dm-' | wc -l

If any new LUNS added ,then you can see more count is more then before scanning
the LUNS.

Scanning SCSI DISKS in Redhat Linux

1.Finding the existing disk from fdisk.
[root@mylinz1 ~]# fdisk -l |egrep '^Disk' |egrep -v 'dm-'
Disk /dev/sda: 21.5 GB, 21474836480 bytes

2.Find out how many SCSI controller configured.

[root@mylinz1 ~]# ls /sys/class/scsi_host/host
host0 host1 host2

In this case,you need to scan host0,host1 & host2.

3.Scan the SCSI disks using below command.
[root@mylinz1 ~]# echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/scan
[root@mylinz1 ~]# echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host1/scan
[root@mylinz1 ~]# echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host2/scan

4.Verify if the new disks are visible or not.

[root@mylinz1 ~]# fdisk
Disk /dev/sda: 21.5 GB,
Disk /dev/sdb: 1073 MB,
Disk /dev/sdc: 1073 MB,

-l |egrep '^Disk' |egrep -v 'dm-'

21474836480 bytes
1073741824 bytes
1073741824 bytes

From Redhat Linux 5.4 onwards, redhat introduced /usr/bin/rescan-scsi-bus.sh script to scan
all the SCSI bus and update the SCSI layer to reflect new devices.
But most of the time,script will not be able to scan new disks and you need go with echo
command.