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Using the emlxdrv Utility

The emlxdrv utility is intended to be used for binding (associating) the Emulex emlxs (Leadville Fibre Channel) driver and the Emulex lpfc (traditional non-Leadville Fibre Channel) driver to the various models of Emulex Fibre Channel HBAs. This allows both drivers to coexist in the same host and attach to mutually exclusive Emulex Fibre Channel HBA models. In other words, the emlxs driver can be configured to attach and operate one set of HBA models, while the lpfc driver can be configured to attach and operate a different set of HBA models. However, Solaris does not allow both drivers to attach and operate the same model of HBA even if there are multiple HBAs of that model present. If the driver binding configuration is changed, the host system must usually be rebooted in order for the new configuration to take effect.

Modes of Operation (emlxdrv)

The emlxdrv utility program can be run in two modes:

•Interactive

•CLI

Interactive Mode (emlxdrv)

Run the emlxdrv utility program in interactive mode by typing the name of the program without any command line arguments:

# emlxdrv

After it is started, the emlxdrv program scans the host system and prepares a driver configuration table consisting of bindings (associations) between the emlxs and lpfc drivers and a list of Emulex Fibre Channel HBA models. After the table is prepared, the utility displays the following:

EMLXDRV Driver Management Utility, Version 1.00j

Driver	Alias	Present	Boot	Sun	Models
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-	lpfs	no	no	no	LP8000S and LP9002S (SBUS)
-	f800	no	no	no	LP8000 and LP8000DC
lpfc	f900	yes	no	no	LP9002, LP9002C, LP9002DC, and LP9402DC
lpfc	f980	no	no	no	LP9802 and LP9802DC
emlxs	fa00	yes	no	no	LP10000, LP10000DC and LP10000ExDC
emlxs	fd00	no	no	no	LP11000 and LP11002
emlxs	fe00	no	no	no	LPe11000 and LPe11002
emlxs	f0a5	no	no	no	2G Blade Adapter (emlxs only)
emlxs	fc00	yes	no	yes	LP10000-S and LP10000DC-S
emlxs	fc20	no	no	yes	LPe11000-S and LPe11002-S

Available commands:

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set_emlxs <Alias>	- Sets emlxs	driver to bind	to	the	specified device(s)
set_emlxs_sun	- Sets emlxs	driver to bind	to	all	Sun devices
set_emlxs_all	- Sets emlxs	driver to bind	to	all	devices
set_lpfc <Alias>	- Sets lpfc	driver to bind to the specified device(s)
set_lpfc_nonsun	- Sets lpfc	driver to bind	to	all	non-Sun devices
clear_dev <Alias>	- Clears driver binding to the			specified device(s)
clear_lpfc	- Clears all	lpfc driver bindings
clear_emlxs	- Clears all	emlxs driver bindings
clear_sun	- Clears driver bindings to		all Sun devices
clear_nonsun	- Clears driver bindings to		all non-Sun devices
clear_all	- Clears driver bindings to		all devices
q	- Exits this	program.

emlxdrv>

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