[bonou2]

Hi guys,

I just created a vio server and assigned most of the io adapters to it like integrated ethernet, storage controlles etc.... and when I tried commanding the "lsmap -all" I don't get any output.

Also I tried creating a shared ethernet adapter but I got this error:

mkvdev -sea ent0 -vadapter ent2 -default ent2 -defaultid 1
> I get the following error:
> Method error (/usr/lib/methods/cfgsea):
> 0514-040 Error initializing a device into the kernel
>
> Command did not complete
>
> "Run mkdev" awas last subcommand run.

[duke900ssd]

The vadapter should be the physical adapter to use and should not have any confguration set on it before you start. If it did then rmdev -dl any child devices like et or en as well as the ent and then cfgmgr it back in, nice and clean.

The default adapter will be the sea device and so must be different from the underlying adapter, this will be the newly created sea device.

Check out the APV redbook:

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247940.pdf

Page 150 has an example of creating a sea, try searching the redbook for -sea for other examples.

[cdelgadop]

Hi

Do you have an HMC ??

[ross.mather]

To verify network mappings you need to use lsmap -all -net otherwise you only get the disk mappings.

As mentioned above the error you list is possibly to do with having the IP info setup on the ent0. If you do a netstat -routtable on the VIO server do you see en0 in the list of adapters in use?

If so the brute force way to clean this up is:
rmdev -dev en0 -recursive
rmdev -dev ent0 -recursive
rmdev -dev et0 -recursive
cfgdev

Also please ensure you have the latest VIO fixpack installed. This is obtainable from the IBM website.

[bonou2]

Thanks guys for the help... there is a define ip for the virtual adapter, i deleted it and recreated the SEA.