I have 4 StorEdge 3511 boxes, a SunFire V440, and a QFS license.I've located (been given, actually) some pretty good QFS doc, but I still need:1) A nice overview of how to configure the 4 3511's to work together and provide LUN's or slices or whatever to QFS2) Information about the V440's ...

How about a more specific question this time?I'm seeing something that may be relevant in probe-scsi-all:/pci@1d,700000/SUNW,qlc@1*************************** Local Loop Devices ***************************Adapter loopId - 0 Device AL-PA a7 loopId 28 Hard-addr28Port WWN 216000c0ff89203aLun0DISK ...

We have a "console server" (the moral equivalent of a box with a bunch of serial ports running kermit into a series of headless machines) running Redhat Enterprise Linux 3, and we want it to communicate with a 3511 that has two serial ports.Is it true that we'll need to hook up both of the ...

I was poking around for serial parameters to tweak to improve the serial communications between our Linux+Cyclades serial terminal concentrator to a StorEdge 3511 RAID controller, and mistakenly tried "Turn off terminal emulation".I seem to be doing fine setting up the RAID array using sccli ...

I have 3 RAID 5's initializing now - they've been at it about 8 hours.I'm expecting ach of these RAID 5's to add amount to 3.2 terabytes.I heard that both Solaris 9 and Solaris 10 (to be fixed in Solaris 10 update 2) have problems with LUN's over 2 terabytes.Does that mean that I'm either ...

I'm hearing that there is a "quick initialization" mode for building RAID 5's more rapidly.Is there a way of turning this on using sccli?Thanks!

I want to write a script to check the paths of my disks presented from a SE9980. What's the easiest way to check that both paths are online when using mpxio. In VXdmp it was fairly easy. The only way I've found so far is to use vxdisk list, get the dev path and luxadm that path, but there's ...

We have fast nfs servers, fast storage and gigabyte network, but we can only get lowthroughput on client. I run the nfstat command on client, and get the output as these:Client rpc:Connection ...

my task is to configure a Root DNS server with 2 slave DNS servers which have clients. how to configure the ROOT dns server and its slave servers. please post this soon . its urgent

I am planning to use my 2 Sun 450 servers with Storeedge A1000 to configure Oracle 10g RAC, can i do that, or should i use Storeedge D1000? any link for a step by step guide to configure this shared storage for that on both servers? Recommendation?Thank you all in ...

HiI've inherited a UltraSCSI Multipack with the part number on the back shown as 599-2160-01I've looked everywhere on the Internet, but can't find any reference to this Multipack cabinet under this part number - similar part numbers with 599-2xxx-xx are there, but not this exact part ...

Hello allI understand that se3510 supports solaris, linux and windows hosts. My question is if it simultaneously? or which are recommended best practices?rmaldon

Hi Gurus,I have a SparcStorage Array on a E4500 server with SunOS 5.6Any ideas on what I need to do in order to be recognized by the server?I cann't see it while running probe-scsi-all, no reboot -- -r, no disks, drvconfig, etc.The arrays are powered ...

I have a Solaris 8 V480 with Sun-branded QLC HBA's to McData Sphereon switches to a FastT 700 array.However Solaris SDS is being used rather than Veritas with DMP.I'd like to implement an Alternate Pathing solution for redundancy/performance but I'm concerned that with SDS, there isn't a ...

I have 8 - 36GB hard drives and 2 controllers. I have created 2 stripe submirror's.d0 and d1.d0 is c0t0d0s0 and d1 is c3t0d0s0.i placed them both in a mirror template of d2.so now I have RAID 1+0.the problem i am having is when I try to place the other 3 disks of each of controller to their ...

Hello all,I'm just aquired a v490 with two HBAs and a se3510 12x72 with single RAID controller.two questions...1. Anyone know where I can get my hands on some decent docs that describe the best way to configure so I can help myself.2. Any recommendations in the best way to set this up - I ...

We have a v890 with 2 single channel hba's, Solaris 8, Veritas 4.1 (DMP), connected to a Clariion CX700 (Active/passive). We are still in test mode for this configuration. When we disconnect one of the fiber's at the HBA to simulate a failure, it takes almost 2 minutes before failover occurs ...

Storedge T3 firmware 3.2.3Hello,I have a disk that appears as offline (fru stat), I have reseat, rebooted the T3B but it stays offline (the disk's LED is green). I've checked the documentation, googled for it, but I can't find a way to bring the disk back online. Any ...

I've been trying to get my hands on the documentation for the C4. Sun's doc site does not have this product listed at all. The product documentation link ( http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/1878#hic) just returns " The requested item could not be found." I've even tried opening up a case with ...

Hi There,I am booting my V240 server running Solaris 10 from an EVA5000. The system boots fine and there are no issues there. I have created a device alias for each of the 4 ports on the controllers on the eva. These all work fine and the system is able to boot from each port. I have set the ...

We've FC switch Brocade SW3800, Firmware v3.1.1b.We have a switch with a missing password for admin,user, root and factory.I found the password reset util (www.brocade.com, PasswordRecovery3.0.zip) , made up a serial cable and followed the instructions for resetting the passwords. All looks to ...

Is it possible to configure multipath from a sparc server (ex. 490) with u320 scsi boards to a storedge 3320 ?Regards,Mauro.

hi there, first of all i am an absolute beginner when it comes to sun systems so i do apologise if this is the wrong type of forum for me, my problem is i have several sun ULTRASPARC 60 CREATOR 3D tower systems and i need to erased the hard drives securely before getting rid of them normally i ...

Hi,I bought an E4000 and Storage array 100. But the system doesn'trecognise the array. When I try to install Solaris 10, it says nostorage devices found.I tried probe-fcal-all but it didn't give any output and didn't work.The LCD on array shows lines as follow Does the missing lines are ...

Hi,I have recently had to upgrade one of our v440 / storedge3310 / solaris 9 systems, as out usual solaris guru is on holiday.I have added the extra disks to the RAID5 array on the storedge 3310 OK, and i now see 2 patitions within 1 logical disk, as expected. However, the solaris box still ...

Hallo everyone,i experienced SCSI error messages in the /var/adm/messages file.The system is composed by a Sun server V240 connected to a StorageTek L700 library through two SCSI cables.Apparently in a random way i receive some SCSI errors that make it impossible to complete I/O operation on a ...

I want to connect Sun fire 4800 server with EMC clarion cx400 SAN. For this I want to configure HBA card. The output of prtdiag is========================= IO Cards =========================Bus MaxIOPort BusFreq Bus Dev,FRU NameType ID Side Slot MHz Freq Func State NameModel- - - - - - - - -- ...

Hi,I am trying to create a new volume using replicated data. Here is the setup that I am using.Original setup:File System - UFS - /mnt/mntpointVolume - d0Diskset - dsksetDevice - /dev/rdsk/c2t41d0I have replicated the device c2t41d0 using our hardware replication. Now I have created a new lun ...

Hello,I've got an external SUN tapestreamer digital data storage (SCSI). I'm looking for Windows XP back-up software and drivers so I can install it and use it.Thanks in advance for your suggestions.Brg.Kees Jansen, Holland

I am connecting an array to a SUN V440 and I am seeing these error :1. fcp: [ID 445167 kern.warning] WARNING: ssfcp_create_pip: fp1: no driver for device @w50001fe15008021d,0:fcp: [ID 445167 kern.warning] WARNING: ssfcp_create_pip: fp0: no driver for device @w50001fe15007e358,0:2. scsi: [ID ...

I am new to Sun OS, am setting up a Web Server on an UltraSparc 420r, and have 2 A1000 ans 1 D1000 drive arrays I wish to use. I believe the S/W I need for controlloing/managing the drive arrays is StoreEdge Raid Manager 6.22.1. I am having a difficult time actually finding the file/software ...

Hi there, I have a Veritas cluster running Oracle 9i, hardware is currently 2xV880's and 2xA5200 storage devices. I am about to be tasked with migrating the storage to an IBM DS4300 device.Any tips or guidance about setup at all, and would you think id get a big speed boost. Currently volume ...

Hi,I was first doing the backup of my sun VA880 through a UTP cable and it was working perfect but with the increasement of my database the management wants me to do the backup through a fiber cable. So i have installed a fiver card (Qlogic ISP 2200) and connect a fiber cable to link to my SAN ...

What is the capacity of the tape drive or tapes?

Has anyone used the card with this Array?

I have a V120 SPARC running Solaris 9 and I am getting ready to install a second 73GB hard drive in my system to use for backing up my primary drive. I do not need realtime syncing, twice a day would be fine, but would like to be able to boot off the second drive if necessary. Can anyone give ...

Hi!I've got a particular LD on my 3510 which is running very hot. The host shows 100% utilizaiton of the disk in iostat and the server's IOWAIT is in the 70-90% range.My config is one 3510 single controller, direct attached to 2 hosts. 1 v480 and 1 intel box with Redhat Linux. Each host is ...

Hi All,I don't know whether i can use disk (p/n: X6713A) for SE3510FC to replace the existing disk with same size 73.4GB failed or Not ?. However, i know that the above mentioned disk has the different part# than disks supported by Sun list but it has the same disk model supported by Sun ...

I have an A1000 and have been all over the Sun and sunsolve sites looking for raid manager 6.2 or higher, but the download link redirects me to a new storage hardware page. Does anyone have any idea where I can get this software for Solaris 9

hi All,it's my first time i enter here and i hope i will be welcomed :):)i have prb on disk with amber led on 3510 RAID FC sun storage.How can i replace the disk and how can i know if it's in a raid configuration?is there any utilities from Solaris itself or should i be on the serial of the ...

Hello all, hope this is the right forum!I've changed the managment IP's on two arrays, a t3 and t4, using the commands "set ip A.B.C.D" and see that the new configuration reflects the change by issueing the command "set ip". Neither of the array's are accessable via the new IP, however they ...

In the man page of init.wbem it is mentioned that it starts or stops the CIM boot manager.And at startup, the CIM Object Manger Listens for RMI connections on RMI port 5987 and for XML/HTTP connections on HTTP port 5988.But 5988 is not the secured port and I want the CIMOM to listen on the ...

Hi all can anyone tell me . where can i download HBA SG-XPCI1FC-QF2 driver for solaris 10RegardsRPS

Hi, I have a sun enterprise 5000 machine up and running with Solaris 10. I also have a Sparc Storage Array 200 which connects via a fibre channel to the machine. I have tried to search for documentation online, but can磘 seem to find any on Sun磗 website. What I was able to find out is that that ...

hi,i am new in thisi want to connect Enterprise 220R with storEdge A1000, i have a SCSI cable but i do not know how to get into the StorEdge, i have Oracle10 on the 220R and i want to cluster with the StorEdgedo i have to install software on the StorEdge? or on the 220R?so any clue? any ...

I have a bunch of A5200s running in a database environment.Over the past week, I've replaced 10 Seagate ST318203FC 18G fiber channel disks that have had 'failed' indications on the front panels of multiple arrays (Either failed, or ports not connected). Now I'm showing two more failed. All ...

I want install rsync on solaris 9 for mirror a file systems. After download pkg do you now which install rsync with the dependancies?

Hi, I am new to Fibre Channel and I am having problems. I cannot get my v210's to see the fc 3510 array. The disks on the array show up on the switch fabric as Sun and wwpn numbers. The v210 is connected to the FC Switch (cisco 5428) but when I do a luxadm probe no array is seen. Similarly ...

Hi there,I have been trying to configure a Sun StorEdge C4 with Veritas Netbackup 6.0. I have done what the sparse documentation says and also used the Quantum PX502 docs (C4 is just re-badged). The tape drive part is visible in NetBackup but the Robot is reported as not configured properly. ...

Hi,I have a fully loaded 3511(12x250GB). How many global spare drive should I add toconfigure 2 x RAID5 logical drives? Are there any recommendation from you guys ?Thanks,Stefan