Ultra SCSI 160 and Itanium rx2620

[Ralf Buchhold]

Hello
I have a problem:
On my ney rx2620 with an SCSI Ultra 160 Card
(A6828A) is a DS2100 (A5675A) connected.
During the booting of the server i only can see
the three internal discs. The three externals
discs are no available. After the booting, I can use all of the six discs.
For info: I want to mirror the system-dics for a later booting.
Any ideas ?
Thanks
Ralf

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Ralph,

What is your OS version?

Robert-Jan

[Ralf Buchhold]

HPUX 11.23
By
Ralf

[Steven E. Protter]

Check scsi id, cableing and power on the external devices.

ioscan -fnC ext_bus

then disk

SEP

[Ralf Buchhold]

the message after ioscan:
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
========================================================================
ext_bus 0 0/0/2/0.0 side CLAIMED INTERFACE IDE Primary Channel
ext_bus 1 0/0/2/0.1 side CLAIMED INTERFACE IDE Secondary Channel
ext_bus 2 0/1/1/0 mpt CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI Ultra320
/dev/mpt2
ext_bus 3 0/1/1/1 mpt CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI Ultra320
/dev/mpt3
ext_bus 4 0/4/1/0 c8xx CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI C1010 Ultra160 Wide LVD A6828-60101
lass I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
============================================================================
disk 0 0/0/2/0.0.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE TEAC DV-28E-C
/dev/dsk/c0t0d0 /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0
disk 1 0/1/1/0.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 36.4GMAS3367NC
/dev/dsk/c2t0d0 /dev/rdsk/c2t0d0
disk 2 0/1/1/0.1.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 36.4GMAS3367NC
/dev/dsk/c2t1d0 /dev/rdsk/c2t1d0
disk 3 0/1/1/1.2.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 36.4GMAS3367NC
/dev/dsk/c3t2d0 /dev/dsk/c3t2d0s2 /dev/rdsk/c3t2d0 /dev/rdsk/c3t2d0s2
/dev/dsk/c3t2d0s1 /dev/dsk/c3t2d0s3 /dev/rdsk/c3t2d0s1 /dev/rdsk/c3t2d0s3
disk 4 0/4/1/0.8.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 36.4GMAP3367NC
/dev/dsk/c4t8d0 /dev/rdsk/c4t8d0
disk 5 0/4/1/0.10.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 36.4GMAP3367NC
/dev/dsk/c4t10d0 /dev/rdsk/c4t10d0
disk 6 0/4/1/0.12.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 36.4GMAP3367NC
/dev/dsk/c4t12d0 /dev/rdsk/c4t12d0

All discs works fine. Only on EFI I cant see all of the three discs so that I cant start from the mirrored system disc.
By Ralf

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

HI Ralf,

Check this doc.

http://www8.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000076418218

Document id: KBQA00000505

Hope this helps,
Robert-Jan

[Joerg-Udo Werner]

Hi Ralf,

there is a change with the new firmware of the rx2620. The external disks for which you don't have a entry in the Boot Manager Menu are not connected to EFI by default. After the server is at EFI just perform a "reconnect -r" from the shell prompt and you will see all the disks.

After you mirrored you OS, please create an entry in the Boot Manager Menu. If this entry exist EFI will connect the disk automaticly after the next selftest!

Regards,
Udo

[Ivajlo Yanakiev]

EFI is like OS it need driver for working with hardware.