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:
- Place the AlphaServer into console mode.
- 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
- 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)
- To initialize the system, type init
- To verify the mode, type wwidmgr -show adapter