topic Re: Seeking SCSI diagnostic software in Operating System - HP-UX

Seeking SCSI diagnostic software

A. Earl Jackson_1 — Fri, 03 Nov 2000 04:48:51 GMT

I am seeking some code sources that would allow testing of SCSI targets such as hard drives. I have had an encounter with a version of HPUX 10.2 that firmly suggested that one of my daisy chained external hard drivers was defective. I removed the drive from the chain and tested it on another system using the same operating system and the drive checked out find using SAM. But the first machine a J210 clearly stated that the drive was defective. I check items such as the cables, drive, case and terminator. None of these items were defective. So, I thought I would like to check out the controler in the J210; but I believe that I need some sort of diagnostic software. Could anyone suggest where I could get C code or scripts that would allow such test to be conducted. Thanks to all that respond.

Re: Seeking SCSI diagnostic software

Carlos Fernandez Riera — Fri, 03 Nov 2000 09:29:33 GMT

Stm provides some funtions to hardware test.

Select device and run exercise.

C source:

I dont know any software ( exclude stm) that allows you testing.

I wrote a DDS diagnostics, and i can tell you it is not easy at all. You need good documents describing SCSI protocol, and status of scsi commands.

Re: Seeking SCSI diagnostic software

A. Earl Jackson — Tue, 07 Nov 2000 14:14:35 GMT

Calos:

Thanks for responding with your suggestion. However, I am at a loss as to what STM is and what it stands for?

Re: Seeking SCSI diagnostic software

Dan Hetzel — Tue, 07 Nov 2000 16:01:38 GMT

Hi,

STM stands for Support Tool Manager and comes in a few different versions:
xstm - X11 GUI stm
mstm - Menu based stm
cstm - Command line stm

Type a 'man stm' to get the basics.

You'll be able to test your SCSI interface with stm. Start xstm if you're running X11 and the SCSI interfaces will show up in the first window.

Dan

Re: Seeking SCSI diagnostic software

Elizabeth_2 — Tue, 07 Nov 2000 16:03:26 GMT

What is STM?
- Support Tools Manager

The STM package provides a set of support tools for troubleshooting computer system hardware, including CPUs, memory, interface cards, mass storage devices, etc. Upon startup, STM can provide a system map of all of the hardware devices on your system. Using this system map, you can select devices, receive information, or execute online support tools.

Re: Seeking SCSI diagnostic software

Elizabeth_2 — Tue, 07 Nov 2000 16:06:28 GMT

What is STM?
-> Support Tools Manager

The STM package provides a set of support tools for troubleshooting computer system hardware, including CPUs, memory, interface cards, mass storage devices, etc. Upon startup, STM can provide a system map of all of the hardware devices on your system. Using this system map, you can select devices, receive information, or execute online support tools.