Originally posted by: Pavan_AIX
one of the tsm server is having only 2 paths to bootlun , those 2 paths coming from fcs1(Virtual fibre channel adapter)
we are missing paths from fcs0(vitual fibre channel adapter) and i have checked the VIO end and -npiv command showing Clnt OS : FIRMWARE .
jstvsutsma01# lsdev -Cc adapter | grep -i fcs
fcs0 Defined 73-T1 Virtual Fibre Channel Client Adapter
fcs1 Available 82-T1 Virtual Fibre Channel Client Adapter
fcs2 Defined 83-T1 Virtual Fibre Channel Client Adapter
fcs3 Defined 84-T1 Virtual Fibre Channel Client Adapter
fcs4 Defined 85-T1 Virtual Fibre Channel Client Adapter
fcs5 Defined 86-T1 Virtual Fibre Channel Client Adapter
fcs6 Defined 87-T1 Virtual Fibre Channel Client Adapter
fcs7 Defined 88-T1 Virtual Fibre Channel Client Adapter
fcs8 Available 05-T1 Virtual Fibre Channel Client Adapter
fcs9 Available 06-T1 Virtual Fibre Channel Client Adapter
fcs10 Available 47-T1 Virtual Fibre Channel Client Adapter
fcs11 Available 48-T1 Virtual Fibre Channel Client Adapter
fcs12 Available 49-T1 Virtual Fibre Channel Client Adapter
fcs13 Available 50-T1 Virtual Fibre Channel Client Adapter
jstvsutsma01#
jstvsutsma01# cfgmgr -l fcs0
Method error (/usr/lib/methods/cfg_vfc -l fcs0 ):
0514-040 Error initializing a device into the kernel.
jstvsutsma01#
jstvsutsma01# lscfg -vpl fcs0
fcs0 U8202.E4C.06A110R-V4-C73-T1 Virtual Fibre Channel Client Adapter
Hardware Location Code......U8202.E4C.06A110R-V4-C73-T1
PLATFORM SPECIFIC
Name: vfc-client
Node: vfc-client@30000049
Device Type: fcp
Physical Location: U8202.E4C.06A110R-V4-C73-T1
jstvsutsma01#
$ lsmap -npiv -vadapter vfchost5
Name Physloc ClntID ClntName ClntOS
------------- ---------------------------------- ------ -------------- -------
vfchost5 U8202.E4C.06A110R-V1-C53 4 JSTVSUTSMA01 FIRMWARE
Status:LOGGED_IN
FC name:fcs3 FC loc code:U78AA.001.WZSHHFT-P1-C2-T4
Ports logged in:7
Flags:a<LOGGED_IN,STRIP_MERGE>
VFC client name:Virtual Fibre Channel - Firmware driverVFC client DRC:U8202.E4C.06A110R-V4-C73
$
how to get this fixed and make fcs0 in available state to see 4 paths to all disks in my server??