Unable to boot from SAN after installing host utilities on AIX server
Applies to
- AIX
- SAN
- ONTAP 9.3P14, 9.6P3, 9.7P6, 9.7P7
Issue
- Once Host Utilities Kit (HUK) is installed, it is not possible to boot from LUN.
- The error 0x554 is shown during booting and the boot process is stuck:
Starting device is ipldevice Could not open /dev/ipldevice Could not get PVID from boot device [E 2818404 1329:477 ipl_varyon.c 1363] ipl_varyon: exited with rc=8 + rc=8 + loopled 0x554 BOOTDEV ACC FAIL exec(/usr/lib/methods/showled,0x554,BOOTDEV ACC FAIL){2818406,2359654} showled