Thomas H Jones II wrote:
> In article <46029cc2$0$17533$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au>,
> Bob <ftoomch@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am trying to install Solaris 10 u3 x86 onto a 64 bit IBM HS20 blade.
>>
>> All our blades have, as their only "disks", a 2 fibrechannel paths to
>> our 3pardata SAN backend.
>>
>> I'd like to use these 2 paths in a round robin fashion via mpxio that's
>> built into Solaris, but it doesn't seem supported be default.
>>
>> Obviously when I try to install both paths appear as separate disks in
>> the partitioning section of the installer.
>>
>> I have had some limited success by putting the lines:
>>
>> device-type-scsi-options-list =
>> "3PARdataVV", "symmetric-option";
>> symmetric-option = 0x1000000;
>>
>> into my x86.miniroot's /kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.conf. This lets me see the
>> single multipathed volume in the installer, but it breaks when I try to
>> do a reboot after the install is finished. It doesn't seem to transfer
>> to the actual install, therefore the box just reboots after it runs Grub
>> and tries to boot the kernel.
>>
>> I have also tried to turn on multipathing after installation, but due to
>> a lack of stmsboot on x86 I've hit a brick wall and am not sure what to
>> do.
>>
>> Can someone please shed some light on this for me if you have experience
>> booting from unsupported (by default) multipath volumes?
>>
>> Clues and tips from people who have never tried this are also welcome.
>>
>> I'd preferably like to solve this via jumpstart (since I tftpboot
>> install) rather than hacking package files and my x86.miniroot and I'd
>> also like to not have to reconfigure each host after install, I'd rather
>> have the installer work for my setup.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> Silly question, but... Did you set the "mpixio-disable" parameter in
> /kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.conf file to "no"? And, if you did, did you use
> cfgadm to combine the controller paths to create the virtual devices?
>
> -tom

No, I let the install environment boot up. That's all I did.

I think you're talking about the fp.conf file, but it defaults to "mpxio-disable=no" anyway.

To reiterate, I'd rather not bother doing post-install config when it should be able to be done though just a simple little change to the /kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.conf before the install.