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  2. NetBackup™ SAN Client and Fibre Transport Guide
  3. Appendix B. HP-UX Specific Configuration Details
  4. About configuring legacy device files
  5. Creating legacy SCSI and FCP robotic controls on HP-UX
NetBackup™ SAN Client and Fibre Transport Guide

Creating legacy SCSI and FCP robotic controls on HP-UX

You must create the robotic control device files for the sctl driver manually; they are not created automatically when the system boots.

Before you create the device files, you must do the following:

  • Install and configure the sctl driver. For more information, see the HP-UX scsi_ctl(7) man page.

    The sctl driver may be the default pass-through driver on your system. If so, you do not have to configure the kernel to use the sctl pass-through driver.

  • Install and configure the schgr device driver. For more information, see the HP-UX autochanger(7) man page.

  • Attach the devices.

Examples of how to create the device files are available.

To create sctl device files

  1. Invoke the ioscan -f command to obtain SCSI bus and robotic control information.
  2. Examine the output for the card instance number and the SCSI ID and LUN of the robotic device, as follows:

    • The instance number of the card is in the I column of the output.

    • The H/W Path column of the changer output (schgr) includes the SCSI ID and LUN. Use the card's H/W Path value to filter the changer's H/W Path entry; the SCSI ID and the LUN remain.

  3. Determine the character major number of the sctl driver by using the following command:
    lsdev -d sctl

    Examine the output for an entry that shows sctl in the Driver column.

  4. Use the following commands to create the device file for the SCSI robotic control:
    mkdir /dev/sctl
    cd /dev/sctl
    /usr/sbin/mknod cCARDtTARGETlLUN c Major 0xIITL00

    Where:

    • CARD is the card instance number of the adapter.

    • TARGET is the SCSI ID of the robotic control.

    • LUN is the SCSI logical unit number (LUN) of the robot.

    • Major is the character major number (from the lsdev command).

    • II are two hexadecimal digits that represent the card instance number.

    • T is a hexadecimal digit that represents the SCSI ID of robotic control.

    • L is a hexadecimal digit that represents the SCSI LUN of the robotic control.

More Information

Example of how to create a sctl device file for SCSI (PA-RISC)

Example of how to create a sctl device file for FCP (PA-RISC)

Example of how to create sctl device files for FCP (Itanium)

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