Somebody know if this hardware combination is supported: Platform: SUN E25K.OS: Solaris 8 y Solaris 9.HBA: SG-XPCI1FC-QF2, Firmware 1.14.09Switch: Sun SANbox2-16, Firmware 4.0.2.4.0San Foundation Kit, Release4.4.10SE6920, Firmware Version: 3.0.1.22The issue is: if i connect the fiber cable ...

Hello,Can anyone help me to reset the password on Storedge 6120 array?ThanksMVB

Hey,I have 5x73GB HDD's now on my 3310 and i want to add another 7 HDD's of 300GB...I've read some places and talked to sun Israel and they told me that it might work, while others told me for sure that it will work....Any of you have tried puting different sizes of HDD's into the storage? ...

We have recently used the new SAN Foundation 4.4.11 software to configure our storage. MPXIO was enabled and paths were successfully seen to our storage.Reading the release notes for the SAN Foundation 4.4.11, the following bug was addressed:6381878 fcp timeout value needs to be tunableWhere is ...

Hi All,First, i am sorry if i post the question in wrong place.I am having problems with one of the partitions in myhard disk. The problems as belows:I tested the PTEDIT.EXE from Partition Magic on my hard disk. My hard disk has 4 partitions. 2 in NTFS and 2 in FAT32. After i ran the PTEDIT.EXE ...

Where can I configure the threshold for the disk capacity check in StorADE 2.4? regardsBernd-- Original Message -- You requested the following events be forwarded to you from xxx:Site: xxxxAgent: xxxxSeverity : Critical (Actionable) Category : Sun ServerDevice Id : xxxxTopic: disk_capacityEvent ...

Anyone know what is the max raid 5 volume I can create with Disksuite 4.2.1?System is V880, Solaris 8, Disksuite 4.2.1, Infortrend Fiber channel SATA disks. System is all patched but when I try to mount the 2.5TB raid 5 volume the system panics.

Hi I have a requirement where in scripts/binaries need to manage the NAS/SAN storage for mirroring or failover issues. Are there any commands for NAS/SAN that can be used as part of scripts or in compiled code?Regards

Hi AllI have a 280R with a PCI/SCSI card installed. there are 2 scsi paths from the card to a D1000 controller. Recently I have lost 6 of the 12 D1000 disks - I have been told it is the D1000 controller that is faulty. My question is how would I know if it was the controller on the D1000 or the ...

I'm investigating an old T3 has has hideously bad random IO performance. Back in the old days, some dunderhead configured it as a RAID5. But I am seeing some numbers that don't add up. I am doing a dumb old mkfile 2000m, and here are the results compared to a well-striped A5200 and a V400 ...

Hi,I have the following configuration :sunfire v480 with 2 hba qlogic 2340 (multipath with DMP). Initialy 3 LUNs were affected to this server and I could see 6 entries in the "format" command. I attached 3 more LUNs on the server (target 3, 4 and 5) but they are seen on a single controler (8). ...

Hi,we have a 280R with a T3+ directly connected to via fiber (using an X6799A FC-HBA which is apparently a Qlogic 2200F). I need to migrate the content of the T3 to a newly installed EMC Clariiion CX300. As a first step I tried to connect the server to the EMC FC-switch (DS-4400M) and connected ...

Hello fellow Admin'sI have been given the task of upgrading one of our old servers running Solaris 8 and VxVM 3.2 on. I have a brand new server, a 440 runnig Solaris 10. There should exist a 'matrix' of some kind explaining how to do a deport/import between these 2 versions but i havn't ...

I've taken over the support of a prodiction StoreEdge 6320. The web access does not work. I can only log in through the serial port. Once there it seems that I can only do the Initial configuration utility. Will running this destroy the luns, data, etc. that are currently on the 6320 or only ...

I have inherited a T3B array but don't any background with this device. I've upgrade F/W to version v2.01.06, configured the vols, the O/S sees it via cfgadm but I can't get it to configure. I have a T3B I can look at and the only difference between the 2 is my array has enable_volslice set ...

Could somebody please describe how the concepts of LUN, RAID, and volume relate to each other? Individually, I know in basic terms what LUN and RAID are, but how do they relate to each other?If you have 20 disks comprising your total storage, what confuses me is that you can divide it into ...

On the weekend I had a FC switch controllers due to the primary failing. Looking at the logs I see a battery charging and finally becoming fully charged. About a second later, there is:Controller ALERT: Redundant Controller Failure Detectedlooking from the host I see:show redundancy Primary ...

Hello,i connect a Win2k3 Server to a SUN Storedge 3511 via HBA Q2362. With SANsurfer Manager i could see the RAID but no LUN's. On Storedge i create two Logic Drives and mapped it to LUN. But the Server can't see it.what can I do?Thank youM.Unger

Hi,By mistakenly I executed "rem_drv sd" command and reboot the host, now the host is sitting at OK prompt.can anyone tell me how can I recover this host.Thanks,Mallik

Hello AllI'm a SAN rookie my current config is a 6140 with two Brocade 200e 4gb switches.I've got the 6140 ready to roll , I'm just having some issues in creating the config in the 200e to point to my host's Could anyone recommended a good how to or some doc's or throw me a few pointers.My ...

Hi there, Have noticed these errors in dmesg log and seems like during this period of errors we had our systems have a very low transfer rate. I have 3 sets of erros to dig into. [1] I did some search and found a similar error and had a patch for the specific device ...(reference ...

HiI have a 3320, the SCCLI 'hangs' when you don't specify an array LUN. End of truss output:14651: stat("/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2", 0xFFBFF408) = 014651: stat("/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2", 0xFFBFF740) = 014651: stat("/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2", 0xFFBFF408) = 014651: open("/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s2", O_RDWR|O_NDELAY)= ...

Hi,after replacement of battery module 370-5545 should I send back whole part (electric parts with ethernet and serial components) or only battery?Thanks

I'm trying to backup Laptops that don't correspond to the normal incremental backup schedule (ie. they're not on the network when the incremental is scheduled to occur)Is there someway I can configure either the Administrator or the Client to automatically run an incremental as soon as the ...

apply the patch (114784-04) and upgrade the FW of SG-XPCI2FC-QF2-Z and still during reboot the SG-XPCI2FC-QF2-Z and 6140 can't established a FCAL link.

Hi, i need help with install & configure SUN StorEdge L280. I have SOLARIS 10 x86 platform on HP DL 380 g3. I need help with this. I dont understend what with this, what drivers is need... On sparc is all ok with veritas netbackup, but on x86...any help?thanks

Has anyone gotten this install in Linux? I have tried a .bin file, but the typical sh <filename> is not working properly. Does anymore have suggestions?I am about to embark on a major shuffling of components / update of equipment and want to ensure I have connectivity at all ...

I've installed SUNWsscs on a V240 with a connected 3310 array under Solaris 9. I am trying to manage the locally connected array via the graphical "ssconsole" and it is PAINFULLY S-L-O-W, often taking 5 to 10 minutes or more just to do simple functions such as selecting the server and doing ...

Are there any device drivers for the STK 4280 that will work with Windows 2003? I hope I don't get crucified for asking a Microsoft related question here, but since Sun acquired STK, this seems like a good place to ask.

Hi, I have a 6140 array attached to 2 McData 4400 (4 connections - each controller connects to each 4400). Attached to the the 4400s i have several boxes, namelly some x4100s. the 4100s have each a dual port QLogic QLA2462 (sun branded). Those boxes are intended to be xen Dom0s (64b) and ...

I'm using Sun Ultra 5/10.I'm trying to add new 250 Gb IDE hard disk. But all I can do is format 127Gb. So, I realized there is LBA limitation. Is it possible to break this threshold?

hello alli'm trying to install A1000 on E250 Solaris 8.Yes, i read some threads related to A1000 on this forum.Some messages are saying that A1000 is recognized, but nothing workHere are the messages:iostat -Ensd147Soft Errors: 0 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0 Vendor: Symbios Product: ...

Hi,i磎 looking for a MIB file for 6140 Disk Array. I found only 3510 MIB file, but nothing related to 6140. The target of my actual task is setting up monitoring on a 6140 Array from a customer. We are using Big Sister Monitoring Software.3510 monitoring was no problem due to the fact that it ...

Hi All,Can we use other type of external hard disc for StorEdge A1000 bside the one provided by Sun? Other brand of hard disc or normal type of hard disc? If yes, what r the hard disk thats compatible with A1000?Thanks for any info at all.

Hi I am new to t3 arrays. I have a t3 plus and I created a volume of 300gb using all the 9 disks. Then I created 2 slices , 100Gb and 200Gb .Both are visible under solaris asc0twwnd0 and c0twwnd1. Now I deleted both the slices and created only one slice of 300Gb. Under solaris now I see only ...

So, we have been asked to recover emails archived by a company that retired their Sun Netra T 1405 and StorEdge L280 some years ago. We have no monitor or keyboard but reached the login via terminal session, no problem there. All ok until we enter the root password they have for it: no good and ...

Hi:I noticed that the 6140 does not support cross-connecting the 2 controllers to 2 switches for higher availability when using Sun Cluster: http://docs.sun.com/source/819-7497-10/chapter3.htmlDoes anyone know why this restriction is there?Thanks!

We have a 750 Gig SAN Volume that we created under Solaris 8. We gave newfs no additional options when creating this filesystem. We've now upgraded to Solaris 10, and we wish to grow this Volume to 1.2 TB. Our SAN easily (and immediately) lets us do this, as long as no system is accessing the ...

Greetings fellow storage guru'sI've got a couple of Brocade 200e FC switches and would like to know if their is any doc's etc on doing lun masking.Thanks guys

Hello All,I am new here so please pardon my ignorance. I have a question about the replacement of the upper battery of the Sun StorEdge 3510 as it has expired.I would like to know if the StorEdge box has to be shutdown for replacing this battery or if this is something that can be done without ...

Hi I am trying to understand where exactly does iSCSI fit in the storage solutions. is iSCSI recommended ? My interest: I would like to provide our users, access to our mass storage, provided by, Sun Fire V890 via 6130 Storage Arrays. Our users working from their windows box would like to have ...

Summary: We are experiencing long pauses waiting for files to close on NAS 5320.Hardware:NFS Server: 5320 NAS S/N ST5320200609190020 Version 4.20 M0 (Build 78)NFS Clients: SunOS 5.10 Generic_118833-17 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V240SunOS mnemo 5.6 Generic_105181-20 sun4u sparc ...

I connect a Sun server with Solaris10 and a HP server with Linux 3.0 to StorageTek 6140 using HBA cards respectively. I can detect the storage in Sun server, but can't in Linux. The HBA cards I use are SG-XPCI2FC-QF4. What I should do to connect both of them to the storage?

hi gurus,i have 2 sunfire v440 and i found big differenceof write performance on internal disks.the 2 servers have both solaris 10 update 1 with thelast cluster patches installed.the 2 servers have both the lsi53c1030 controllerwith firmware rev. 1.03.11.01the only difference i can see is the ...

I was startled to see one of the PSUs in our T3 go into "substituted" state, something it has never done before:POWERSTATUSSTATESOURCE OUTPUT BATTERY TEMPFAN1FAN2u1pcu1 readyenabledlinenormal normalnormal normal normal u1pcu2 readysubstituted battery normal faultnormal normal normal A new ...

Recently my company purchased SUN FIRE V880 server with SG-XTAPDAT72-5F68 internal tape drive. Meanwhile, the server changed to SUN FIRE V490 which is not suitable with internal type tape drives. Thus, I need know what kind of enclosure do I have to use in order to convert SG-XTAPDAT72-5F68 ...

Hello,I have a Sun Blade 150, with SunOS 5.8.And I had a problem with my disk, and now when I reboot it says:(...)/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1: I/O errorThe system is coming up. Please wait.checking ufs filesystems/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s7: I/O errorCan't open /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s7/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s7: CAN'T CHECK ...

For solaris 10. Running x86system?Where can I fin a compatable driver?

Hi,I'm new to Solaris, and have been trying to install a Sun StorEdge 2Gb FC card into a SunBlade 2500 running Solaris 8, but have run into a few problems.I have followed the installation procedure from the Release Notes on Sunsolve as follows:- Install SUNWsan, SUNWcfpl and SUNWcfplx from the ...

I have a client with a non-UNIX sysadmin. We need to mount a NASdrive on the Sun system. Can you point me to the correct docs thatwill help us attach this drive? I haven't been a sysadmin for >7 years,so I no longer remember even where to ...