On RedHat Enterprise Linux 5, getting LUNs propagated from NetApp SAN is working pretty good so far but
when you want to use NetApp SnapCreator with the kernel default built-in emulex drivers you will find it will not
work.

Therefor it is needed to use drivers from Emulex themselves !

When contacting Emulex they will ask for server specific information so they can help you getting the
proper drivers :

 

# cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.6 (Tikanga)

 

# uname -a
Linux testserver 2.6.18-274.7.1.el5 #1 SMP Mon Oct 17 11:57:14 EDT 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

 

# lspci | grep -i emulex
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Emulex Corporation OneConnect 10Gb NIC (be3) (rev 01)
02:00.2 Fibre Channel: Emulex Corporation OneConnect 10Gb FCoE Initiator (be3) (rev 01)
02:00.3 Fibre Channel: Emulex Corporation OneConnect 10Gb FCoE Initiator (be3) (rev 01)
02:00.4 Ethernet controller: Emulex Corporation OneConnect 10Gb NIC (be3) (rev 01)
02:00.5 Ethernet controller: Emulex Corporation OneConnect 10Gb NIC (be3) (rev 01)
02:00.6 Ethernet controller: Emulex Corporation OneConnect 10Gb NIC (be3) (rev 01)
02:00.7 Ethernet controller: Emulex Corporation OneConnect 10Gb NIC (be3) (rev 01)

 

# cat /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/fwrev
4.0.493.0, sli-4

 

# cat /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/lpfc_drvr_version
Emulex LightPulse Fibre Channel SCSI driver 8.2.0.106.1p

 

# cat /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/serialnum
H311128993

 

# cat /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/state
Link Up – Ready
Fabric

 

# cat /sys/class/scsi_host/host0/device/fc_host:host0/speed
10 Gbit