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Hi,

I'm interested in anybodies experience running JNI adapters
on AIX - apparently mine only works on 4.3.3, but I'd like
to verify that before wasting it to a PC

I got it very cheap so it won't be too big a loss if it really
doesn't work in my system, apart from the fact that I'll have
to search for a more suitable Emulex afterwards.

The box is a 7026-H70

The model of the adaptper is FCE2-6412

The driver is:
devices.pci.04906011

# lslpp -Lc | grep devices.pci.04906011
devices.pci.04906011:devices.pci.04906011.rte:4.0. 2.0: : :C: :JNI FC
Adapter Software for AIX 4.3: : : : : : :0:0:

[yes... there it says 4.3, I didn't know that, the website
only stated AIX 4.3 and above]

# lsdev -Ccadapter
[...]
jni0 Defined 4B-20 JNI FC Adapter (04906011)
jni1 Defined 4B-28 JNI FC Adapter (04906011)

# cfgmgr
Method error (/usr/lib/methods/cfgjnic -l jni0 ):
0514-038 Error loading kernel extension.
Method error (/usr/lib/methods/cfgjnic -l jni1 ):
0514-038 Error loading kernel extension.
[here it break]

I'd be very glad for any pointers on how to further dig into
the problem with loading the KLM.

Thanks for reading,
florian

<florian.heigl@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:1110484747.682998.262330@l41g2000cwc.googlegr oups.com...
> Hi,
>
> I'm interested in anybodies experience running JNI adapters
> on AIX - apparently mine only works on 4.3.3, but I'd like
> to verify that before wasting it to a PC
>
> I got it very cheap so it won't be too big a loss if it really
> doesn't work in my system, apart from the fact that I'll have
> to search for a more suitable Emulex afterwards.
>
> The box is a 7026-H70
>
> The model of the adaptper is FCE2-6412
>
> The driver is:
> devices.pci.04906011
>
> # lslpp -Lc | grep devices.pci.04906011
> devices.pci.04906011:devices.pci.04906011.rte:4.0. 2.0: : :C: :JNI FC
> Adapter Software for AIX 4.3: : : : : : :0:0:
>
> [yes... there it says 4.3, I didn't know that, the website
> only stated AIX 4.3 and above]
>
> # lsdev -Ccadapter
> [...]
> jni0 Defined 4B-20 JNI FC Adapter (04906011)
> jni1 Defined 4B-28 JNI FC Adapter (04906011)
>
> # cfgmgr
> Method error (/usr/lib/methods/cfgjnic -l jni0 ):
> 0514-038 Error loading kernel extension.
> Method error (/usr/lib/methods/cfgjnic -l jni1 ):
> 0514-038 Error loading kernel extension.
> [here it break]
>
> I'd be very glad for any pointers on how to further dig into
> the problem with loading the KLM.
>
> Thanks for reading,
> florian

Never used any card that didn't come from IBM so I don't know if it should
work or not.
However, are you possibly running the 64bit kernel? If so, swich to 32 bit
and give it a try
Doug
>

"Douglas R. Probst" <doug.probst@rcn.com> wrote in message news:<H5ednXfiNa6FNK3fRVn-3A@rcn.net>
....

> Never used any card that didn't come from IBM so I don't know if it should
> work or not.

I've been using some 3rd party cards, in some cases (ibm pci-x gigabit
adapter OEM'd from intel but with the crc-offloading slightly broken
by ibm) I wish I would be able to rely on a few more vendors, so that
I could simple chose the fastest and most reliable option.

Right now I've only seen a Bull HS-Link Gigabit ATM, a Cambex
Microchannel FCA adapter, and a Syskonnect Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
running on AIX, and they were all working flawless, also often the
support is more *reasonable*.

> However, are you possibly running the 64bit kernel? If so, swich to 32 bit
> and give it a try

Ah!! that's really a good pointer, I'm running the 64bit kernel.