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Unable to boot from SAN after installing host utilities on AIX server

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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

 

 

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