Interpreting Hardware Paths - HP A6795A Installation Manual

3. HP Fibre Channel Mass Storage installation is verified if the ioscan output lists all mass storage devices
attached to the adapter. If any attached devices are not listed or appear as UNCLAIMED, see the
Troubleshooting and Maintenance chapter of the HP Fibre Channel Adapters Support Guide.

Interpreting Hardware Paths

The following illustration is the Fibre Channel hardware path format:
Figure 1-2 Example of a Hardware Path for a Public Loop Device
Figure 1-3 Example of a Hardware Path for a Direct Fabric Attach Device
Figure 1-4 Example of a Hardware Path for a Private Loop Device
Each field in the hardware path is described below:
Field Value Information
Adapter This is the hardware path of the Fibre Channel adapter through which the LUN is seen.
In the case of multi-port adapters, this field describes a specific port on the adapter.
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Adapter Domain Area Port
0/1/2/0.1.19.255.15.4.0
Adapter Domain Area Port
0/1/2/0.1.19.255.0.0.0
Adapter Domain Area Port
0/1/2/0.8.0.255.0.1.0
Fabric Topologies such as Public
Loop and Direct Fabric Attach
Bus Target LUN
Bus Target LUN
Bus Target LUN
Fibre Channel Topology of HBA
HP-UX Installation
Interpreting Hardware Paths
Private Loop
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