StoreEdge Raid Manager 6.22.x
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 for download on Sun's site. I would greatly appreciate someone giving me the URL for Downloading Raid Manager 6.22.1......
Regards,
TexasMike
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TexasMike] at [2007-11-26 6:53:52]
# 5
Hello Stephen,
I don't think he (Bill) is using this EOL equipment in an productive environment.
If the systems are under service contract he might still get a copy of Raid Manager from Sun.
I have a Platinum contract with Sun for one of the these while I migrate the host to our new storage and I had to wait for two days to get a disk and a controller that failed.
The disk options (1" high, not the 1.6") are those for the D240 which isn't EOL (according to the Online Sun System Handbook). You should get a disk within a few hours. The reason for the higher prices is that Sun must keep these parts on stock to fullfil servce contracts. The controller should also been kept on stock (but is only used in systems that have already reached EOL) ...
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The StorEdge A3500/A3500FC went EOL 05/01 and have now reached EOSL.
The A1000/D1000 went EOL 06/04 and have not reached EOSL.
This a link explaining the EOL/EOSL policy.
http://au.sun.com/support/eosl/
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We once opened a service case (A1000 disk failed) on the afternoon and got the replacement disk the next morning (even with only Silver contract).
I was told that one has to wait for a replacement tape drive for about 7-14 days without a service contract. That's one of the reasons why having especially tape systems under service contract is highly recommended.
The special battery for the A1000 is available from the original manufacturer (http://www.innergypower.com/OEM_Batt.html), but 200 USD isn't a great saving compared to about 300 USD for the genuine Sun spare part. Even if it's exactly the same part (it's manufactured only for Sun), it might void the warranty.
Michael
Correction regarding EOSL (End of Service Life)
Message was edited by:
MAALATFT
# 10
Hello Bill,
I was searching (with google) for one of my former posting regarding Raid Manager 6 under Solaris 10.
This is the link to this posting and in case the next forums maintainance invalidates the link, I have appended the full text
[url=http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5104951&messageID=93583 36]RAID manager failed!!!!!!!!!!![/url]
Hello,
the A1000 isn't supported under Solaris 10 (by Sun, under service contract, ...), but works.
Rainer Orth and Fredrik Lundholm posted instructions on comp.unix.solaris. This an except from the post
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Fredrik Lundholm < ... > wrote:
> RDAC stands for Redundant Disk Array Controller Support, and is only
> needed for path failover on RSM2000/A3000/A3500/A3500FC. Since A1000
> only has a single controller it is not needed. rm6 talks to the A1000
> through Lun 0.
I had complained loudly during Solaris 10 Platinum Beta when I first
learned about removal of RM6/A1000 support in S10 FCS *without any
appropriate prior notice (i.e.: EOL notices) in S9 Release Notes*.
Unfortunately, this didn't help to bring the support back, but my support
engineer quickly determined that RM6 runs just fine with an A1000.
I later learned that the claimed reason for support removal was that the
A1000 itself had been EOLed before S10 went FCS.
> Perhaps in some cases RM6 is looking for the RDAC paths in order to
> determine where the modules are? So while the driver isn't technically
> required it can still cause issues by its absence?
The rdriver won't load in S10:
Nov 21 23:24:47 sequoia krtld: [ID 819705 kern.notice] /kernel/drv/sparcv9/rdriver: undefined symbol
Nov 21 23:24:47 sequoia krtld: [ID 826211 kern.notice] 'dev_get_dev_info'
Nov 21 23:24:47 sequoia krtld: [ID 472681 kern.notice] WARNING: mod_load: cannot load module 'rdriver'
Nov 21 23:24:47 sequoia genunix: [ID 370176 kern.warning] WARNING: forceload of drv/rdriver failed
Nov 21 23:24:47 sequoia krtld: [ID 819705 kern.notice] /kernel/drv/sparcv9/rdriver: undefined symbol
Nov 21 23:24:47 sequoia krtld: [ID 826211 kern.notice] 'dev_get_dev_info'
Nov 21 23:24:47 sequoia krtld: [ID 472681 kern.notice] WARNING: mod_load: cannot load module 'rdriver'
But since rdriver and rdnexus are only needed for RDAC (which doesn't do anything useful with the single-controller A1000), I just rem_drv'ed both and disabled RDAC support in /etc/osa/rmparams,
as I had already done in S8:
rmparams.rm6221 Mon Nov 21 13:29:22 2005
+++ rmparams Tue Nov 22 00:23:58 2005
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@
# RDAC driver/Resolution Daemon Failover parameters
-Rdac_SupportDisabled=FALSE
-Rdac_SinglePathSupportDisabled=FALSE
+# Disabled, useless on A1000 without redundant controllers
+Rdac_SupportDisabled=TRUE
+Rdac_SinglePathSupportDisabled=TRUE
Rdac_HotAddDisabled=PARTIAL
Rdac_HotAddIDs:4:5:
Rdac_NativeScsiDrivers:sd:
This way, an A1000 works just fine when connected to an E3000 with 4 x 167 MHz UltraSPARC I CPUs running Solaris Express Build 33, including arraymon and the RM6 GUI and CLI interfaces :-)
I'm actually using it for some ZFS testing, which works amazingly well, considering the old and slow hardware.
Hope this helps.
Rainer
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Rainer Orth, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University
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The instructions worked for me. I did remove the two forceloads (rdriver, rdnexus) in /etc/system as well.
Sideeffect: These changes removed the long delay (about 5-10 minutes) during boot Solaris 9/Solaris 10 too.
Michael
