Drivers for HP A6255A Scsi Enclosure Device

[TYP3R]

Hi guys

I've connected a ds2405 on a window 2000 server and i need a a A6255A driver.. Does anyone know where i can download one ? I've looked on this site but can't find one at the moment.

Will

[Steven Clementi]

Will:

I believe that you do not need a driver. How is the ds connected? and what type of server is it connected to?

Usually, a disk shelf is just an extension of a SCSI bus. It is on the end of a SIngle Ended SCSI cable and allows you to attack multiple SCSI hdd's to your system. At the very least, you need a SCSI controller to use the drives. In most situations, one would have a RAID Controller like a Smart Array Controller to utilize a Hardware RAID solution with the disks. Without the RAID Controller, the Windows System should just see 14 individual disks (or whatever amount of disks you have connected.)


Steven

[Torsten.]

The DS2405 is a fibre channel JBOD and the A6255A are the LCC (link controller card) used for monitoring the box.

You should be able to use the disks even without a special driver.

[TYP3R]

Hi steven

I think i should it more clearer. The DS2405 is an FC enclouse. And i've got commandView SDM installed on a server. For this program to find the disks installed on the DS2405 i need a driver (A6255A) which on windows says a Scsi Enclosure Device but on partsufer its a Link Controller Card (LCC) for disk enclosure. I guess the A6255A driver will let commandView SDM detect the enclouse and drives install on it

[Peter Godron]

Will,
have you looked at:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp?prodNameId=321655〈=en&cc=us&taskId=135&prodSeriesId=81150&prodTypeId=12169

[Steven Clementi]

Hmmm..


How do you have this box connected to a Windows server?

Seeing as the ds2405 is generally geared for an HP-UX environment, I am not sure how much support you will get connected to a Windows server.

I am not a ds expert and have little experience with them so I could be way off.


Steven

[Steven Clementi]

Thats what I get for sitting ona response and not checking to see if someone has replyed before hitting the submit button.

Now that I see your dilemma more clearly, I can probably stop littering the thread since I am NOT the expect on the subject ;o)


Steven

[Torsten.]

This box is coming from the HP-UX side, but works with windows. But I have never seen it connected to a windows machine.

Try if your commandview (should be at least version 1.09.0x) can see the box. Open a cmd window and type either "cvui" or armdiscover. What do you get?

[TYP3R]

HI Torsten-

When i open cmd on window and type cuvi or armdiscover it says that its not an internal or external command. I guess i need another software where i can apply these command but dont know what software.
I've got the window server to detect the enclosure and all disk attached to it but now i cant format/create array on it.. Do you guys know what other software that i need to apply the cuvi or armdiscover command ?

will

[Torsten. · Accepted solution]

The commands are part of commandview sdm, if you installed the software (like you wrote) you have to logout and back in to activate the changed path variable.