cannot find a child device

hello guy,
my en1 ethernet ainterface was neither in a defined or available state,
when i run cfgmgr; the following error was display;
method error (/usr/lib/methods/cfgefscsi -l fcsci1):
0514-061 cannot find a child device
cfgmgr: 0514-0621 WARNING:The following device packages are required for device support but are not currently installed devices.fcp.tm

what steps can i take to get it work?

any body out there to help!

John

Hi

This is not an ethernet device but a HBA (Host Bus Adapter) device. Also known as Fiber Channel Adapter, in AIX you can use it to transfer information in storage access network (SAN) using the FC protocol (Fibre Channel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) as well as using TCPIP protocl to transfer data as in a EThernet Network.

Look like your AIX needs some device drivers, please issue the following commands in order to check:

lslpp -l | grep df1000

It should display something similar to:

lslpp -l | grep df1000
devices.pci.df1000f7.com 5.3.0.50 APPLIED Common PCI FC Adapter Device
devices.pci.df1000f7.diag
devices.pci.df1000f7.rte 5.3.0.30 COMMITTED PCI FC Adapter Device Software
devices.pci.df1000f9.diag 5.3.0.0 COMMITTED 64-bit PCI FC Adapter Device
devices.pci.df1000f9.rte 5.3.0.30 COMMITTED 64-bit PCI FC Adapter Device
devices.pci.df1000fa.diag 5.3.0.0 COMMITTED FC PCI-X Adapter Device
devices.pci.df1000fa.rte 5.3.0.50 APPLIED FC PCI-X Adapter Device
devices.pci.df1000fd.diag 5.3.0.0 COMMITTED FC PCI-X Adapter Device
devices.pci.df1000fd.rte 5.3.0.50 APPLIED 4Gb PCI-X FC Adapter Device
devices.pci.df1000f7.com 5.3.0.50 APPLIED Common PCI FC Adapter Device
devices.pci.df1000f7.diag
devices.pci.df1000f7.rte 5.3.0.30 COMMITTED PCI FC Adapter Device Software


Please confirm all these drivers below are installed. You can also run cfgmgr with the following flag and the AIX install cd in the server:

cfgmgr -v -i /dev/cd0

This will try ti config and in case any devices drivers is not found, then AIX will look for them in the install media.

Try this and keep us informed.

Hope this helps

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