HBA

HBA is a controller/network card which connects a host system (computer) to other network and storage devices, primarily used with controllers that connect to SCSI, Fibre Channel and eSATA devices

Linux related commands

1. Identify your HBAs in Linux: lspci | grep "Fibre Channel" or lspci -nn | grep "Fibre Channel"
2. Fibre Channel LUN Scan:

echo "1" > /sys/class/fc_host/host1/issue_lip (No output from command)

echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host1/scan

lsblk -S

• lssd command part of HP fibreutils package

fc_host

/sys/class/fc_host/host1/port_state [Online]

/sys/class/fc_host/host1/fabric_name

See also

• Ethernet: ifconfig
• Fibre Channel: SAN, HBA, LUN, WWN, WWPN, LIF, rescan-scsi-bus.sh
• Block devices: blkid (UUID), lshw -class disk, hwinfo --disk, udevadm, rescan-scsi-bus.sh, LUN, hdparm, findfs, Add a new disk
• lsblk, pvscan lspci, lsscsi, smartctl, fdisk, parted, Kpartx, pvdiplay, pvs, udisksctl, /dev/sd, nvme list