Locating the WWPN for a Sun host

Complete this task to locate the WWPN for a Sun host adapter.

Note: If you have multiple host adapters installed, you will see more than one WWPN.
Perform the following steps to locate the worldwide port name (WWPN) for the following adapters:
  1. After you install the adapter and you restart the host system, view the /var/adm/messages file.
  2. Search for the line that contains the following phrase:
    1. For the AMCC SBUS adapter, search for fcawx: Fibre Channel WWNN, where x is the adapter number (0, 1, and so on). You can find the WWPN on the same line immediately after the WWNN.
    2. For the AMCC PCI adapter, search for fca-pcix: Fibre Channel WWNN, where x is the adapter number (0, 1, and so on). You can find the WWPN on the same line following the WWNN.
    3. For the 2Gb AMCC adapter, search for AMCCc146xN: Fibre Channel WWNN, where N is the adapter number (0, 1, and so on). You can find the WWPN on the same line following the WWNN.
    4. For the QLogic QLA23xx adapter, search for qla23200-hbax-adapter-port-name where x is the adapter number (0, 1, and so on).
    5. For the Emulex adapter, search for lpfcx: Fibre Channel WWNN, where x is the adapter number 0, 1, and so on).
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