a1000 on E250 solaris 8

hello all

i'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 work

Here are the messages:

iostat -En

sd147Soft Errors: 0 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0

Vendor: Symbios Product: StorEDGE A1000Revision: 0301 Serial No: 1T02596846

Size: 180.72GB <180718141440 bytes>

Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0

Illegal Request: 0 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0

but format don't show devices, nor lad

probe-scsi-all don't show something related to A1000

and when i try to boot -r, kernel crashes:

panic[cpu1]/thread=3000730e020: BAD TRAP: type=31 rp=2a100324ff0 addr=300078c5b48 mmu_fsr=0

devfsadm: trap type = 0x31

addr=0x300078c5b48

pid=59, pc=0x1027b914, sp=0x2a100324891, tstate=0x4480001606, context=0x1ff3

i'm in solaris 8, 117350-43 patch kernel

There are no devices (controllers) in the system; nvutil terminated.

There are no devices (controllers) in the system.

fwutil failed!

Array Monitor initiated

RDAC daemons initiated

Dec 19 15:54:11 serengheti /usr/lib/osa/bin/arraymon: No RAID devices found to check.

Dec 19 15:54:11 serengheti rdriver: ID[RAIDarray.rdaemon.1001] RDAC Resolution Daemon locked in memory

What can i do?

Thanks in advance for help,

[1481 byte] By [latp2006a] at [2007-11-26 13:02:49]
# 1

first thing is that the A1000 is HVD, so if you are trying to hook it up to the LVD on board scsi it ain't gonna work... you need a pci card that is HVD, like the X6541A ( 375-0006 ). second, unfortunately the A1000 has a battery since it hardware raid I don't know if a dead battery would have any effect on it.

It seems as if you don't have this document...

http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/pdf/805-2624-12.pdf

see if this helps..

good luck,

haroldkarl

haroldba at 2007-7-7 17:06:23 > top of Java-index,Storage Forums,Storage General Discussion...
# 2

I had the same situation a few maonts ago. The solution was using another version of the Raid Software (which has the driver included). I red, that the serial number of the controller board has many influence on the version of raid manager which can be used. I would recommend to work with some lower versions.

ssteimanna at 2007-7-7 17:06:23 > top of Java-index,Storage Forums,Storage General Discussion...
# 3

yes i have the right card:

Symbios 348-0036690C (and also 3750006255567). When i searched on internet, these numbers are related to X6541A

For the battery, how can i view status?

I can't use raidutil -c cXtXd0s2 -B because there is no cXtXd0s2

I have to search if it possible to connect to A1000 with Ethernet port? (TP on rear side?)

latp2006a at 2007-7-7 17:06:23 > top of Java-index,Storage Forums,Storage General Discussion...
# 4
actually, i installed RM 6.22.1serengheti-root% pkginfo -l SUNWosar...VSTOCK: 06.22.01.54...Where can i get other releases of RM? on sun.com/downloads, there is only the last release one.
latp2006a at 2007-7-7 17:06:23 > top of Java-index,Storage Forums,Storage General Discussion...
# 5

I took a look on the machine to which the A1000 is connected, and it has the following packages installed:

The following packages are available:

1 SUNWosafwOpen Storage Array Firmware

(sparc) 6.01,REV=01.11

2 SUNWosamnOpen Storage Array Man Pages

(sparc) 6.01,REV=01.11

3 SUNWosarOpen Storage Array (Root)

(sparc) 6.01,REV=01.11

4 SUNWosauOpen Storage Array (Usr)

(sparc) 6.01,REV=01.11

5 SUNWvtsseUnbundled SunVTS enctest for StorEdge 1000 Enclosure

(sparc) 2.1.2,REV=12.98.01.23

If you have troubles getting another version, please send an email to me, so I will send you the release shown above.

ssteimanna at 2007-7-7 17:06:23 > top of Java-index,Storage Forums,Storage General Discussion...
# 6

Hello,

iostat -En

sd147 Soft Errors: 0 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0

Vendor: Symbios Product: StorEDGE A1000 Revision: 0301 Serial No: 1T02596846

Size: 180.72GB <180718141440 bytes>

Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0

Illegal Request: 0 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0

...probe-scsi-all don't show something related to A1000

iostat works at the operating system level, therefore the A1000 was indeed detected at the ok-prompt, otherwise the device tree wouldn't have been build properly.

Even an A1000 w/o disks should be detected at the ok-prompt. The integrated RAID-Controller is already a device. The installed disks are only detected with probe-scsi-all after being configuring with RaidManager (the configured LUNs are displayed, not the individual disks).

Please check the cable and the HVD-SCSI terminator at the rear of the A1000.

After the A1000 is detected at the ok-prompt advance to the next step.

Check if the 4 SUNWosa... packages that ssteimann mentioned are installed.

The version of RaidManager must match the installed A1000 firmware. If you can login to SunSolve there is a firmware matrix (InfoDoc 43483).

Maybe you should remove these packages and re-install them.

Merry Christmas !

Michael

Any updates ?

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MAALATFTa at 2007-7-7 17:06:23 > top of Java-index,Storage Forums,Storage General Discussion...