installing disk array A3700A to a HP-UX 11.0 9000/867/G40 server

[Keenan Hale]

I do not have any documentation for this G40 server and nor the configuration s/w for the A3700A disk array. I cannot load the patches necessary to recognize this disk array, because they are sparse/filesets. Therefore, I need preexisting data(patches)names, etc..,
Any suggestion of a plan of attack???

[Insu Kim]

A3700A is a HP AutoRAID disk array.
To install it to the system, all that you need is to have appropriate drivers into the kernel.

Add disc3, scsi3 to the system and reconfigure the kernel in SAM.

For AutoRAID management software, you need to load a patch using swinstall which is PHCO_23262.

Hope this helps,

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

Run ioscan to verify that you see the autoraid.
You can configure it from the front panel and set things such as controller scsi id in the controller changes area. You may want to set the controllers to a free scsi id before you attach it to your system.
If the mentioned drivers are installed you should see the autoraid Luns show up as A5447A in the ioscan not A3700
ioscan -fnkCdisk
after the reboot.
If you powered on the a/r after the system ran it's ioinit on bootup, run
ioscan -fnCdisk
to rescan
and insf -eH 8/12
or whatever the h/w path is, to add device files for the array.

The management s/w should then be installed.
You can get the patch here in the itrc.

http://europe-support.external.hp.com/wpsl/bin/doc.pl/screen=wpslDisplayPatch/sid=1727c25e12dc0702e6?PACH_NAM=PHCO_23262&HW=s800&OS=11.00

Later,
Bill