Replacing a host bus adapter online on a server managed by DMP
Before you replace a host bus adapter (HBA) online, you must disable the I/O paths to the controller. After you replace the HBA, you enable the I/O paths.
To replace a host bus adapter online
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Disable the paths to the controller by removing the reference from DMP. Enter the following. In this example, the controller name is fscsi.
# vxdmpadm -f disable ctlr=fscsi
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Remove the device references from the operating system. Enter the following:
# rmdev -Rdl fscsi
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Rescan the device tree and rebuild the DMP database. Enter the following:
# vxdctl enable
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Replace the host bus adapter.
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Reconfigure the devices in the operating system. Enter the following:
# cfgmgr
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Verify that new devices appear at the operating system level.
# lsdev -Cc disk
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Enable the controller. In this example, the controller name is fscsi.
# vxdmpadm enable ctlr=fscsi
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Rescan the device tree and rebuild the DMP database.
# vxdctl enable