Setting the mode for the KGPSA-xx host adapter in an OpenVMS host system

This task describes setting the mode for the KGPSA-xx host adapter for an HP OpenVMS host system.

You must install the KGPSA-xx host adapter before you can set the mode.

The KGPSA-xx fibre-channel adapter card must be set to FABRIC. Use the wwidmgr -show adapter console command to see the setting for the Cur. Topo and Next Topo variables. Figure 1 shows example output from the wwidmgr command. Follow these steps to set and verify the mode of the card:

  1. Place the AlphaServer into console mode.
  2. To check the mode, type wwidmgr -show adapter

    Figure 1 shows example output from the wwidmgr command.

    Figure 1. Example results of the wwidmgr -show adapter command.
    item     adapter       WWN                   Cur. Topo     Next Topo
    [ 0]     pga0.0.4.1    2000-0000-C923-1765   FABRIC        FABRIC
  3. To set the KGPSA host adapter mode to FABRIC, type wwidmgr -set adapter -item <item> -topo fabric

    (where <item> is the bracketed value from the wwidmgr –show adapter command)

  4. To initialize the system, type init
  5. To verify the mode, type wwidmgr -show adapter
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