SUMMARY:Sparc Storage Array

2007-12-24 20:17:00


>>Folks
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>>We have an old SSA which has an FC-AL interface.
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>>It was replaced by a couple of nice A5000s a year or two back and has lay in a
corner since.
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>>I was trying to get it working on an Ultra 1. I plugged in an FC-AL card into
the box, plugged the optical cable between the card and SSA and did a boot -r.
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>>It doesn't see the SSA.
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>>Do I need to install any software to get it to work? I assume the disk
controller is in the SSA as when I try to run the volume manager software that
came with it, it says it can't see a controller.
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>>Any help appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>DH

Reason for problem. I was using a 100 mb/s card which the A5x00 series can use.

The SSA needs a 25 mb/s card.

Thanks to the following for the quick and informative replies:

Justin Stringfellow
Sean Berry
Mark Cohem
Geoff Reed
Pavel
Craig McLean
Frederic Lehmann

DH

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