Solaris Messages File; Sansurfer Fc Hba Manager; Troubleshooting Problems And Solutions - Qlogic SANsurfer FC HBA Manager User Manual

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Solaris Messages File

For Solaris SPARC/x86 systems, the Solaris messages file is the main source of
information for device driver problems and events. Device drivers usually indicate
only status by logging events in the Solaris messages file. SANsurfer FC HBA
Manager agents also use the Solaris messages file to report service errors, and
so on. For more information, see the SANsurfer FC HBA Manager help system.
The Solaris agent logs events for significant driver errors. In addition, the Solaris
agent can be configured to perform extended event logging for an HBA, which
causes it to log all loop transitions and many minor events. Extended Application
Event Logging uses extra overhead and is enabled only in troubleshooting
situations. The extended event logging flag is stored in the HBA parameters and
can be modified using Fast!UTIL (Solaris SPARC), FCode (Solaris x86), or

SANsurfer FC HBA Manager.

The path for the Solaris messages file is /var/adm/messages.
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager
SANsurfer FC HBA Manager lists target devices on an HBA, loop topology
information, loop error count information, and so on. SANsurfer FC HBA Manager
shows target devices on an HBA and is useful for analyzing system
configurations. SANsurfer FC HBA Manager uses a feature of the enhanced
miniport driver to find and display information about devices that are not
configured on the local host. This feature can display information about all
potential target devices on a fabric or all devices on a loop topology, not just those
that are configured on the local host.

Troubleshooting Problems and Solutions

This section provides troubleshooting problems and solutions. Refer to the
associated readme.txt file for the latest problems and solutions (see
Documents" on page
"Installation Issues" on page 9-4
"User Interface and Remote Agent Issues" on page 9-5
"Functional Issues" on page 9-8
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1-3). Problem categories include:
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Troubleshooting Problems and Solutions
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