RAID 410 host adapter driver does not load !!
2007-12-25 10:50:00
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I had problems loading the RAID Host adapter file ptisp.o on boot up.
Actually it turned out that the problem was with the actual adapter card.
Apparently there are 2 different types of host adapter cards. The
difference is seen when:
ok, show-sbus
command is issued. The output for the 2 cards are different.
one says:
slot 1 ptisp
the good card should say:
slot1 PTI, ptisp
I think it has to do with the level of operating system too. We are still
on SunOS 4.1.4.
The DEC Hardware Engineer who swapped the card fortunately knew this.
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My many thanks to the following helpful souls who responded to my post:
Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
Ed Romascan <ed@magma.COM>
Brad Young <bbyoung@amoco.com>
Mike Frisch <frisch@hummingbird.com>
My original message is as follows:
>System:
>=======
> Digital's Storageworks RAID Array 410
> Axil 320 ( Sun Clone ) running SunOS 4.1.4
>
>Problem:
>========
>
>1. RAID Array 410 Host adapter has been installed in SBus slot 0.
>2. show-sbus shows that the adapter has been installed in SBus slot 0.
>
>So far so fine.
>
>
>3. Next, I try to install the device driver for the Host adapter
>( ptisp.o ). I've followed the instructions from the
>'Getting Started - Installation Guide'
>
>and have rebuilt the kernel.
>
>4. The Kernel config file has the entry:
>
>device-driver ptisp #PT-SBS440A FWD SCSI Device Driver
>.
>.
>.
>scsibus1 at ptisp
>disk sr4 at scsibus1 target 5 lun 0
>.
>.
>===============================================================================
>5. Here comes the PROBLEM:
>
>For some reason, on boot up, it DOES NOT come up with :
>
>ptisp0 at SBus slot 0 0x800000 pri x
>===============================================================================
>
>
>Because the host adapter driver fails to load, the driver for
>the disks don't get loaded.
>
>I've double-checked what I've done and I can't figure out why
>the ptisp.o fails to get loaded.
>
>I'd appreciate any help in solving this problem.
>
>Thanks heaps
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