Managing HBA adapter in Sun Servers

How to view the HBA controllers ?

You can use any of the below commands

# /usr/sbin/lpfc/lputil
# vxdmpadm listctlr all
# cfgadm -al

How to reset a HBA ?

Method 1:
# /usr/sbin/hbanyware/hbacmd Reset 10:01:00:00:bc:c9:3b:ca

Method 2:
# /usr/sbin/lputil/lputil
LightPulse Common Utility for Solaris/SPARC. Version 2.0a5 (4/7/2005).
Copyright (c) 2005, Emulex Corporation

Emulex Fibre Channel Host Adapters Detected: 3
Host Adapter 0 (lpfc3) is an LP9802 (Ready Mode)
Host Adapter 1 (lpfc4) is an LP9802 (Ready Mode)
Host Adapter 2 (lpfc5) is an LP9802 (Ready Mode)

MAIN MENU

1. List Adapters
2. Adapter Information
3. Firmware Maintenance
4. Reset Adapter
5. Persistent Bindings

0. Exit

Enter choice => 4
0. lpfc3
1. lpfc4
2. lpfc5

Select an adapter => 0

MAIN MENU

1. List Adapters
2. Adapter Information
3. Firmware Maintenance
4. Reset Adapter
5. Persistent Bindings

0. Exit

Enter choice => 0

Once the adaptor is reset, you should see a message similar to the following in the system logfile:

lpfc: [ID 728700 kern.warning] WARNING: lpfc3:1303:LKe:Link Up Event x1 received Data: x1 x0 x8 x14

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Some Commands :

1. To view ports :
# luxadm -e port
# cfgadm -o show_FCP_dev -al

2. To view detailed information of a LUN :
# luxadm diplay /dev/rdsk/c2t2d12s2

3. To scan for new luns in a HBA :
# luxadm -e forcelip /devices/pci@8,700000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0:devctl

4. To show all devices :
# luxadm probe

5. To display all the HBA:
# fcinfo hba-port

6. To display WWN for each HBA
# /usr/sbin/lpfc/lputil listhbas

7. To list info about HBA :
# prtpicl -v -c scsi-fcp
# prtpicl -v -c scsi-fcp | grep port-wwn
# prtpicl -v -c scsi-fcp | grep devfs-path

8.  To see if the Qlogic driver is loaded :
# modinfo | grep qlc

9. To see if QLogic driver is configured to load on boot :
# grep qlc /etc/system
forceload: drv/qlc

10. To see the number of HBA instances/devices :
# prtdiag -v | grep qlc