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#1 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 08:26 AM

hello all,
after installing two new fibre-channel cards & two ethernet cards
into a p630 and powering back up, i couldnt see them listed as
resources in 'diag -> resource selection'... so i went to 'smitty ->
devices -> install(or whatever)' and got the following error/warning:
"cfgmgr: 0514-621 WARNING: The following device packages are required
for device support but are not currently installed.
devices.pci.ethernet:devices.pci.14108902....etc
&
devices.pci.fibre-channel:devices.pci.df108059.... etc

SO...

i have looked on ibm's website for these msg's to no avail.
does anyone know what the procedure is for this?
sorry i'm a sun/solaris admin with little/no experience on pseries/aix.

where are these "packages", and whats the deal for getting these
pci-cards recognized and functional?

thanks.

#2 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 08:27 AM

cc wrote:
>
> hello all,
> after installing two new fibre-channel cards & two ethernet cards
> into a p630 and powering back up, i couldnt see them listed as
> resources in 'diag -> resource selection'... so i went to 'smitty ->
> devices -> install(or whatever)' and got the following error/warning:
> "cfgmgr: 0514-621 WARNING: The following device packages are required
> for device support but are not currently installed.
> devices.pci.ethernet:devices.pci.14108902....etc
> &
> devices.pci.fibre-channel:devices.pci.df108059.... etc
>
> SO...
>
> i have looked on ibm's website for these msg's to no avail.
> does anyone know what the procedure is for this?
> sorry i'm a sun/solaris admin with little/no experience on pseries/aix.
>
> where are these "packages", and whats the deal for getting these
> pci-cards recognized and functional?
>
> thanks.
Mostly cards that I have received from IBM that need drivers that
superceeded the
ones provided with the operating system CD's have come with an
additional drivers CD.

If they did not and are not on your Operating system CD's, first
sugestion would be to
go to IBM's website and search for fixcentral

From fixcentrals home page
select

Server eSeries p5, pSeries, ....

Product AIX operating system .....

Then select Specific fix for your Operating system level

Enter the PCI id (14108902) in the search box and download the listed
files

Check the ID of the fibrechanel card I have not seen the one you list
above
but I have seen df1080f9

The gigabit network driver cirtainly exists for AIX 5.2 as I have it
installed
on a P520.

Caution if you are adding fibre channel cards to an existing machine, I
have run
in to problems where the Firmware release on the card superceeds that
supported by
the Operating System or platform.

--
J. David Rye
http://www.roadrunner.uk.com
http://www.rha.org.uk
mailto://hostman@netman.road-runner.net

#3 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 08:27 AM

cc wrote:
> hello all,
> after installing two new fibre-channel cards & two ethernet cards
> into a p630 and powering back up, i couldnt see them listed as
> resources in 'diag -> resource selection'... so i went to 'smitty ->
> devices -> install(or whatever)' and got the following error/warning:
> "cfgmgr: 0514-621 WARNING: The following device packages are required
> for device support but are not currently installed.
> devices.pci.ethernet:devices.pci.14108902....etc
> &
> devices.pci.fibre-channel:devices.pci.df108059.... etc
>
> SO...
>
> i have looked on ibm's website for these msg's to no avail.
> does anyone know what the procedure is for this?
> sorry i'm a sun/solaris admin with little/no experience on pseries/aix.
>
> where are these "packages", and whats the deal for getting these
> pci-cards recognized and functional?

The deal:
$ cfgmgr -i LocationOfSoftware

Example:
You have stored all software ( with gencopy or bffcreate and NOT with
cp ) to /usr/sys/inst.images

$ cfgmgr -i /usr/sys/inst.images
or if the software is still on CD
$ cfgmgr -i /dev/cd0

Now the device should function. Its easy isn't it ;-)

You should also think about to read:
AIX Reference for Sun Solaris Administrators
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246584.html

Welcome to AIX
Hajo

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