Hello!

We have seen on several occasions that the lpfc instance number gets
renamed during boot. This of course leads to the renaming of the
controller number for the disks, so that cxt0d0 is changed to cyt0d0.
We have seen this on several servers, all running Solaris 8, but with
different patch levels. They all use the Emulex driver (we use Emulex
HBAs) and the storage itself is EMC Symmetrix.
Also, the problem is not reproducible all the time. It can happen to a
server once in a while, and then "never" again, or it can happen again
after several normal reboots. The guys here are not sure if it has only
happended during a "boot -r" or if it has happened even during a normal
boot. Nevertheless this shouldn't be possible.

Has anyone seen this behaviour? Does anyone have the solution to this?

Many thanks in advance!


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---J.T.U.