Scsi Errors V880 --> L180

Hi,

I have a V880 server with 2 separate diff cards., and a L180 with 2 tape drives. I have tried various ways to connect them up to get the tape drives / robot recognised. I have installed Veritas Netbackup and am using the scsi passthru driver. The only way that seems to recognise everything gives me the following messages on boot:

Apr 23 11:06:14 bhxsvr005 scsi: WARNING: /pci@9,700000/scsi@4 (glm3):

Apr 23 11:06:14 bhxsvr005SCSI bus DATA IN phase parity error

Apr 23 11:06:14 bhxsvr005 scsi: WARNING: /pci@9,700000/scsi@4 (glm3):

Apr 23 11:06:14 bhxsvr005SCSI bus DATA IN phase parity error

Apr 23 11:06:14 bhxsvr005 scsi: WARNING: /pci@9,700000/scsi@4 (glm3):

Apr 23 11:06:14 bhxsvr005Target 0 reducing sync. transfer rate

Apr 23 11:06:14 bhxsvr005 scsi: WARNING: /pci@9,700000/scsi@4 (glm3):

Apr 23 11:06:14 bhxsvr005SCSI bus DATA IN phase parity error

Apr 23 11:06:14 bhxsvr005 scsi: WARNING: /pci@9,700000/scsi@4 (glm3):

Apr 23 11:06:14 bhxsvr005SCSI bus DATA IN phase parity error

Apr 23 11:06:14 bhxsvr005 scsi: WARNING: /pci@9,700000/scsi@4 (glm3):

Apr 23 11:06:14 bhxsvr005Target 0 disabled wide SCSI mode

Apr 23 11:06:14 bhxsvr005 scsi: WARNING: /pci@9,700000/scsi@4 (glm3):

Apr 23 11:06:14 bhxsvr005Target 0 reverting to async. mode

Apr 23 11:06:15 bhxsvr005 scsi: WARNING: /pci@8,700000/scsi@3 (glm1):

Apr 23 11:06:15 bhxsvr005SCSI bus DATA IN phase parity error

Apr 23 11:06:15 bhxsvr005 scsi: WARNING: /pci@8,700000/scsi@3 (glm1):

Apr 23 11:06:15 bhxsvr005SCSI bus DATA IN phase parity error

Apr 23 11:06:15 bhxsvr005 scsi: WARNING: /pci@8,700000/scsi@3 (glm1):

Apr 23 11:06:15 bhxsvr005Target 1 reducing sync. transfer rate

Apr 23 11:06:15 bhxsvr005 scsi: WARNING: /pci@8,700000/scsi@3 (glm1):

Apr 23 11:06:15 bhxsvr005SCSI bus DATA IN phase parity error

Apr 23 11:06:15 bhxsvr005 scsi: WARNING: /pci@8,700000/scsi@3 (glm1):

Apr 23 11:06:15 bhxsvr005SCSI bus DATA IN phase parity error

Apr 23 11:06:15 bhxsvr005 scsi: WARNING: /pci@8,700000/scsi@3 (glm1):

Apr 23 11:06:15 bhxsvr005Target 1 disabled wide SCSI mode

Apr 23 11:06:15 bhxsvr005 scsi: WARNING: /pci@8,700000/scsi@3 (glm1):

Apr 23 11:06:15 bhxsvr005Target 1 reverting to async. mode

I have one cable from server to one tape drive, which is then terminated.

The second cable from the server goes to the robot controller, then daisy-chained to the other tape drive which is then terminated.

Thanks in advance.

Chris.

[2607 byte] By [BigChopper] at [2007-11-25 23:12:21]
# 1
Chris,Check your SCSI cables for bent pins etc. Could be a bad cable or termination. Also, check for firmware and patches.
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