HP PB FWD SCSI-2 Card

[Sanjiv Sharma_1]

Dear Friends,
I am facing a problem with DLT8000 connected with a KClass Server with HP PB FWD SCSI-2 Card part no.28696A. If gives "tar:cannot open /dev/rmt/1m" with tar command.
But it is showing the device as claimed in ioscan.
As per the patch database it has been adviced to upgrade the FW by using the patch PF_ISFW3944 . What is the procedure to find the current FW version? Also What will be the FW version after installing this patch.

Thanks in advance.

[Patrick Wessel · Accepted solution]

A DLT8000 is not supported on a 28696A. You need an HSC bus SCSI card for this device.

[Joerg-Udo Werner_1]

Hello,
you may retrieve this patch via anonymous ftp(1) from ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/firmware_patches/hp/io_cards/PF_ISFW3944
using your browser's "Save Link As" (Netscape) or "Save Target As" (MSIE) operation.
I attached the installion guide.
After download the firmware to the controller the firmware version will be 39.44.
Hope this helps, Udo

[Sanjiv Sharma_1]

Dear Patrick,
Can you tell me from where I can get the confirmed details that DLT8000 is not supported on 28696A Card?
Regards,

[Patrick Wessel]

Sanjiv,
The information is from the "HP 9000 Enterprise Servers Configuration Guide" May 2000 page 4-240

[Rita C Workman]

Hi Sanjiv,

I can tell you that the DLT8000 will run off a HSC or PCI - but WILL NOT communicate with the HP-PB FW scsi. I hit the same issue on a T500 where they got a DLT8000 to install on it. Now what you can do is get a different card than a HP-PB,
will an HSC fit into your K box (...I think it will).

Regards,