Fuji 2263 "reset" problems

2007-12-25 7:21:00

The problem was that I was getting error messages as listed:

11:04:23 sparky vmunix: esp0: current command timeout for Target 0 Lun 0

11:04:23 sparky vmunix: sd3: SCSI transport failed: reason 'reset': retrying

command

11:04:23 sparky vmunix: sd0: SCSI transport failed: reason 'reset': retrying

command

The solution as suggested by several people was to disable the

"read-ahead cache" on the disk.

One of the clearest discriptions came from "sharp@naoa.edu" as follows.

------------begin included---------------------

 If you have the technical handbook, turn to page 3-8 and

turn off the read-ahead caching. If you don't, then ...

At the back of the board, below the SCSI connectors, there's a

"terminal" referred to as CN9. Low numbers are at the bottom,

furthest from the connector

  SCSI connectors |

13 __

   --| | | 13 11 9 7 5 3 1

   --| | | | | | | | |

   --| | | 14 12 10 8 6 4 2

   --| | ------circuit board------

   --| | | ^

   --| | |

   --|__| | 5&6 - read-ahead

1

As shipped, pins 5 and 6 are shorted, enabling the feature.

Open this connection and all should be well.

------------end included---------------------

Other suggestions included short cable lengths, running format, swapping

drives, and adding terminators to each drive.

Thanks to

 "D.W. Desousa" <dan@esker.geog.utoronto.ca>

 "Hilarie K. Orman" <ho@la.tis.com>

 Fabrice Le Metayer <fabrice@sj.ate.slb.com>

 Jim Guyton <guyton%condor@rand.org>

 Stefan Mochnacki <stefan@centaur.astro.utoronto.ca>

 Steve Hanson <hanson@pogo.fnal.gov>

 Steve.Piette@Central.Sun.COM (Steve Piette Midwest Area SE)

 andrew@calvin.doc.ca (Andrew Patrick)

 censun1!fox!cb@uunet.UU.NET (Charlie Butterfield)

 frl@phebos.aps.anl.gov (Frank Lenkszus)

 kindred@rooster.acn.purdue.edu (Don Kindred)

 mike@sparky.uwaterloo.ca (Michael Scott)

 mis@seiden.com (Mark Seiden)

 phil@dgbt.doc.ca (Phil Blanchfield)

 root@rainbow.cse.nau.edu (System Administrator)

 sgf@cfm.brown.edu (Sam Fulcomer)

 sharp@noao.edu (Nigel Sharp)

and any others I may have missed.

--Gene

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