Identifying SCSI controller model numbers by ioscan descriptions

[Greg Vaidman]

Does anyone know how to map ioscan descriptions like "C875 Fast Wide Differential," "C87x Ultra Wide Single-Ended," "C896 Ultra2 Wide LVD," etc., to actual SCSI controller model numbers (e.g., A4800A, A5159A, etc.)?

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom Greg,

If you do a search of HP's website for the C986 for example, you will find a document that shows the part number of the device.

See this search:

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/james/search.do?searchtext=C896+SCSI&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&hpl=1&todo=search&searchcriteria=allwords&from=home&searchcategory=ALL&rn=25&presort=rank&source=7000&esc=us.support.itrc.hp.com&wpa=www2.itrc.hp.com%3A80&origin=0&chkServStor=on

It pretty much gets you the informatoin you want.

For futher assistance, please post the ioscan commmand that was used and the output.

SEP

[Greg Vaidman]

SEP,

I looked at the search link you specified and none of the first 10-12 messages answered my question - http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=212448 provides some detail I didn't have, but doesn't get me any closer to mapping to an actual HP model number.

And searching on the ioscan reported values (such as "c896") on hp.com doesn't yield anything relevant.

The ioscan command that was run was simply "ioscan -fC ext_bus" which yields output such as the following:

Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
===========================================================================
ext_bus 0 0/0/1/0 c720 CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI C896 Ultra Wide LVD
ext_bus 1 0/0/1/1 c720 CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI C896 Ultra Wide Single-Ended
ext_bus 2 0/0/2/0 c720 CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI C87x Ultra Wide Single-Ended
ext_bus 3 0/0/2/1 c720 CLAIMED INTERFACE SCSI C87x Fast Wide Single-Ended

Note that I am not looking for answers for just the output above, since I need to do this for at least a dozen servers - I need a general mapping of all available SCSI controllers to their ioscan descriptions.

I'm looking for the actual model numbers of the devices as is reported by ioscan for other device types, e.g., ioscan -kfC lan
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
===================================================================
lan 5 0/3/0/0 igelan CLAIMED INTERFACE HP A6825-60101 PCI 1000Base-T Adapter
lan 6 0/9/0/0 igelan CLAIMED INTERFACE HP A6825-60101 PCI 1000Base-T Adapter

[marie-noelle jeanson_1]

Greg,

I found this "system info in a snap":
http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=279919

Here is your answer: if you do a print_manifest it should give you the correlation that you are after.

#/opt/ignite/bin/print_manifest

It should include a part like this:

Storage devices HW Path Interface
SEAGATE ST336706LW 35003 Mb 0/0/1/0.0.0 SCSI C896 Fast Wide LVD
HP DVD-ROM 305 0/0/2/1.2.0 SCSI C87x Ultra Wide Single-Ended
HP 36.4GMAN3367MC 34732 Mb 0/0/2/0.2.0 SCSI C87x Ultra Wide Single-Ended
HP 36.4GMAN3367MC 34732 Mb 0/0/1/1.2.0 SCSI C896 Ultra Wide Single-Ended
HP Ultrium 1-SCSI 0/0/1/0.3.0 SCSI C896 Fast Wide LVD


Marie

[marie-noelle jeanson_1]

Greg,

You may be interested by this thread too:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=212448

Marie.

[Greg Vaidman]

Marie, thanks, but print_manifest doesn't tell me model numbers, just the same thing ioscan does. And the thread you mention is one I referenced myself in my previous response.

[Sameer_Nirmal]

Hi,

I don't think the mapping to model number in this case is possible.

It is all depends on what is stored on those card in the form "Device Identification" Data. As a part of this data, "ioscan" queries the "Product ID" field , chipset and product description if any. In case SCSI adapter , it will show the scsi parameter like FWD,SE ( depending on what is set and if not set showing default value).

The more inside of "Device Identification" is done by "Information Tool" captured by STM. It will show infor like "Vendor ID"
"Device Status" etc. but not model number.

To get rid of this shortcoming and identifying the exact model number , HP usually put the model number sticker or embossing on the card which one can see from outside.

The bottom line is , unless the Device Identication data field "Product ID" contain the "Model Number" like A4800A etc. , you won't see it in ioscan output.

I personally think that, model number should be shown in ioscan for all hardware inside the system ( whereever applicable) or in STM
Info Tool. Now to make it happen, I guess the HP model numbers should be feeded into the Device ID data on the actual hardware which could be queried by ioscan or STM. HP can make it mandatory on all HP supported hardware involving the concerned hardware vendor.