DS2405 and HP-UX 11.31

[Juergen Nagel_1]

Hi,
Is it possible to use an old DS2405 with a rx1600 and HP-UX 11.31. I can see it but I can't connect to the disk.

Thanks
Juergen

ioscan:
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
=======================================================================
disk 6 0/3/1/0/4/0.8.0.109.0.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP
A6218A
/dev/dsk/c5t0d0 /dev/rdsk/c5t0d0
disk 7 0/3/1/0/4/1.8.0.107.0.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP
A6218A
# pvcreate /dev/rdsk/c5t0d0
pvcreate: IO error on Physical Volume device "/dev/rdsk/c5t0d0".
#

[Torsten.]

Hi Jürgen,

isn't this the LUN 0 of a VA7410?

LUN 0 is usually never used for data!

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

LUN0 is often if there is no disk presented mis-detected as a disk. It is not really a disk in this case it is the disk array itself, or the controller.

SEP

[Juergen Nagel_1]

Hi,

Yes and no. DS2405 was part of the VA but also usable as JBOD. The device was running on the same machine same configuration without a problem. Now I updated to 11.31 and itâ s no longer working. Any idea?

[Torsten.]

Your ioscan looks to me like a VA as mentioned before.

The LUN 0 is normally a very small LUN (~ 10 .. 20 MB) and not used. Do you have secure manager in use?

An ioscan for a "pure" DS2405 would look different:

ctl 0 1/0/9/0/0.8.0.255.0.15.0 sctl CLAIMED DEVICE HP
A6255A
/dev/rscsi/c0t15d0


This is the controller device, disks are shown as disks only:

disk 3 1/0/9/0/0.8.0.255.0.3.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP
36.4GST336607FC
/dev/dsk/c0t3d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t3d0



You should install commandview sdm version 1.09.03 to get more information.

[Juergen Nagel_1]

Hi, I don't use Secure Manager. I tried to format the device with JBODfmt -f
Result: com.hp.HpPanDev.SanDevice.DeviceException: Failed to open device:null

[Torsten.]

If this is a VA (I think it is) the jbodfmt is the wrong command. Do you get some results from

# armdsp -i
# armdiscover
# armdsp -a

[Torsten.]

Commandview SDM:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=18964&prodSeriesId=64112&swItem=co-47280-1&prodNameId=30591&swEnvOID=4001&swLang=13&taskId=135&mode=4&idx=0

[Juergen Nagel_1]

Hi,
I followed the procedure you sent me. But still the same issue.
# armdiscover
Failed to obtain remote database interface to host: localhost
# armdsp -i
Error logging in: TIMEOUT EXPIRED
Maybe a network issue.