rx2660 HP-UX install: SmartArray P400 does not see SAS disk

[Carsten.Cimander]

Hello all,

I tried to install HP-UX on a rx2660 box with an SmartArray P400 Controller build in.
Following QuickSpecs this controller should be supported for HP-UX and OpenVMS also.

As I installed HP-UX 11.31 the Installation stopped as no disk could be found: the P400 controller could not be configured during the (standard) HP-UX installation procedure.

Can anybody give me a hint?
Many thanks in advance


The output during installation:
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Loading.: Internal Bootable DVD
Searching for devices
Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet (BCM5704) is detected (PCI-X)
Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet (BCM5704) is detected (PCI-X)
HP Smart Array P400 Controller (version 2.08) 1 Logical Drive
1794-Drive Array - Array Accelerator Battery Charge Low
Array Accelerator Posted-Write Cache is temporarily disabled.
Array Accelerator will be reenabled when batteries reach full charge.
Starting: Internal Bootable DVD

(C) Copyright 1999-2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. All rights reserved
HP-UX Boot Loader for IPF -- Revision 2.035

Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot
\EFI\BOOT\AUTO ==> boot :IINSTALL
Seconds left till autoboot - 0
AUTOBOOTING...> System Memory = 16363 MB
loading section 0
...................................................................................... (complete)
loading section 1
............... (complete)
loading symbol table
loading ram disk file (:IINSTALLFS).
.....................................................................................................................
(complete)
Launching :IINSTALL
SIZE: Text:43626K + Data:7580K + BSS:20890K = Total:72097K
Console is on Serial Device - via PCDP
Booting kernel...

krs_read_mfs: Error 5 opening MFS.
Loaded ACPI revision 2.0 tables.
krs_read_mfs: Error 5 opening MFS.

Memory Class Setup
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Class Physmem Lockmem Swapmem
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
System : 15564 MB 15564 MB 15564 MB
Kernel : 15564 MB 15564 MB 15564 MB
User : 14612 MB 12954 MB 13005 MB
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Starting ktracer 0 1
Installing Socket Protocol families AF_INET and AF_INET6
Kernel EVM initialized
sec_init(): kernel RPC authentication/security initialization.
secgss_init(): kernel RPCSEC_GSS security initialization.
rpc_init(): kernel RPC initialization.
rpcmod_install(): kernel RPC STREAMS module "rpcmod" installation. ...(driver_install)
NOTICE: nfs_client_pv3_install(): nfs3 File system was registered at index 11.
NOTICE: nfs_client_pv4_install(): nfs4 File system was registered at index 12.
NOTICE: USB device attached. Identification String:
Devices/Device/USB/Standard/hp/Unknown/0_1
<2.1.3.10.1008.4390.1>
NOTICE: USB device attached. Identification String:
Devices/Keyboard/USB/Boot/hp/Unknown/0_1
<2.305.3.100.1008.4390.1>
NOTICE: USB device attached. Identification String:
Devices/Mouse/USB/Boot/hp/Unknown/0_1
<2.307.3.100.1008.4390.1>
NOTICE: USB device attached. Identification String:
Devices/Device/USB/Standard/hp/Multibay/0_a1
<2.1.3.10.1008.294.161>
NOTICE: USB device attached. Identification String:
Devices/MassStorage-SCSI/USB/BulkOnly/hp/Multibay/0_a1
<2.310.3.150.1008.294.161>
NOTICE: USB device attached. Identification String:
Devices/ScsiControllerAdaptor/USB/BulkOnly/hp/Multibay
<2.1000.3.150.1008.294>

System Console is on the Built-In Serial Interface
igelan0: INITIALIZING HP PCI-X 1000Base-T Dual-port Built-in at hardware path 0/1/2/0
igelan1: INITIALIZING HP PCI-X 1000Base-T Dual-port Built-in at hardware path 0/1/2/1
AF_INET socket/streams output daemon running, pid 33
afinet_prelink: module installed
Starting the STREAMS daemons-phase 1
Swap device table: (start & size given in 512-byte blocks)
entry 0 - auto-configured on root device; ignored - no room
WARNING: No swap device configured, so dump cannot be defaulted to primary swap.
WARNING: No dump devices are configured. Dump is disabled.
Create STCP device files
Starting the STREAMS daemons-phase 2
$Revision: vmunix: B.11.31_LR FLAVOR=perf nfsauth: lookupname: 2

Memory Information:
physical page size = 4096 bytes, logical page size = 4096 bytes
Physical: 16756716 Kbytes, lockable: 13056720 Kbytes, available: 14496024 Kbytes

* Preparing to execute init...
======= 08/29/07 12:26:02 EDT HP-UX Installation Initialization. (Wed Aug 29
12:26:02 EDT 2007)
@(#)Ignite-UX Revision C.7.0.212
@(#)ignite/launch (opt) $Revision: 10.590.1.2 $ $Date: 2006/12/18
20:51:11 $
* Configuring RAM filesystems...
* Scanning system for IO devices...
NOTE: There were no disk devices found during the scan. Make sure that the
destination disks are connected and powered on. You may choose to
scan for more disk drives from next menu on the console.
NOTE: Primary path not currently set to an existing disk device.
* Setting keyboard language.

A USB interface has been detected on this system.
In order to use a keyboard on this interface, you must specify
a language mapping which will be used by X windows and
the Internal Terminal Emulator (ITE).
The characters "1234567890" will appear as "!@#$^&*()"
on keyboards that use the shift key to type a number.
Your choice will be stored in the file /etc/kbdlang


1) USB_PS2_DIN_Belgian 2) USB_PS2_DIN_Belgian_Euro
3) USB_PS2_DIN_Danish 4) USB_PS2_DIN_Danish_Euro
5) USB_PS2_DIN_Euro_Spanish 6) USB_PS2_DIN_Euro_Spanish_Euro
7) USB_PS2_DIN_French 8) USB_PS2_DIN_French_Euro
9) USB_PS2_DIN_German 10) USB_PS2_DIN_German_Euro
11) USB_PS2_DIN_Italian 12) USB_PS2_DIN_Italian_Euro
13) USB_PS2_DIN_JIS_109 14) USB_PS2_DIN_Korean
15) USB_PS2_DIN_Norwegian 16) USB_PS2_DIN_Norwegian_Euro
17) USB_PS2_DIN_S_Chinese 18) USB_PS2_DIN_Swedish
19) USB_PS2_DIN_Swedish_Euro 20) USB_PS2_DIN_Swiss_French2_Euro
21) USB_PS2_DIN_Swiss_German2 22) USB_PS2_DIN_Swiss_German2_Euro
23) USB_PS2_DIN_T_Chinese 24) USB_PS2_DIN_UK_English
25) USB_PS2_DIN_UK_English_Euro 26) USB_PS2_DIN_US_English
27) USB_PS2_DIN_US_English_Euro

Enter the number of the language you want:10



Welcome to the HP-UX installation/recovery process!

Use the key to navigate between fields, and the arrow keys
within fields. Use the key to select an item.
Use the or to pop-up a choices list. If the
menus are not clear, select the "Help" item for more information.

Hardware Summary: System Model: ia64 hp server rx2660
+----------------------+---------------+--------------------+[ Scan Again ]
| Disks: 0 ( 0.0GB)| Floppies: 0 | LAN cards: 2 |
| CD/DVDs: 1 | Tapes: 0 | Memory: 16363Mb |
| Graphics Ports: 1 | IO Buses: 9 | CPUs: 4 |[ H/W Details ]
+----------------------+---------------+--------------------+

[ Install HP-UX ]

[ Run an Expert Recovery Shell ]

[ Advanced Options ]


[ Reboot ] [ Help ]


@(#)Ignite-UX Revision C.7.0.212
@(#)ignite/net_cfg_prep (opt) $Revision: 10.260 $ $Date: 2006/11/17 23:41:56 $
@(#)ignite/libcfg (opt) $Revision: 10.1069 $ $Date: 2006/11/01 18:24:28 $

uname(1M) information:
Kernel OS release: B.11.31
Machine model: ia64 hp
Machine ID: 0218826566

Press any key to continue. >

LAN Interfaces:
Interface Name LAN Address Description H/W Path
/dev/lan0 0017A4AB50B5 HP_PCI-X_1000Base-T 0/1/2/0
/dev/lan1 0017A4AB50B4 HP_PCI-X_1000Base-T 0/1/2/1

Graphics Ports:

Model Resolution Planes H/W Path
PCI_Display_(1 0 X 0 0 0/0/3/0

CD/DVD-ROM Drives:
USB_SCSI_Stack_Adaptor
0/0/2/1.0x0.0x10

I/O Buses:
PCI_SerialBus_(10330035) 0/0/2/0
USB_Composite_Device 0/0/2/0.0x0
Virtual_Keyboard 0/0/2/0.0x0.0x0
USB_Boot_Protocol_Mouse 0/0/2/0.0x0.0x1
PCI_SerialBus_(10330035) 0/0/2/1
USB_Composite_Device 0/0/2/1.0x0
USB_Bulk_Only 0/0/2/1.0x0.0x0
PCI_SerialBus_(103300e0) 0/0/2/2
--more--
HP_PCI/PCI-X_SAS_MPT_Adap 0/1/1/0

Processors:
Processor 120
Processor 121
Processor 122
Processor 123


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than a (automatic) Reboot occures but with no change / success either at the next installation.

[Torsten.]

The smartarray P400 is supported with 11.23, but not yet with 11.31, see

http://docs.hp.com/en/SM_SA3/SA_Support_Matrix.htm

IMHO, you have to be patient for while ...

[Torsten.]

to add this:

the matrix says "check the docs server for newest updates" - IMHO this means the support will come in near future.

[Carsten.Cimander]

Hello Thorsten,

thanks for the hint.

OK :-/
let's wait a while and go on with HP-UX 11.23 ...

Carsten

[Sameer_Nirmal]

The Smart Array P400 is supported with 11.31

Take a look at this document.
http://docs.hp.com/en/J6369-90048/ar01s02.html

Are you using Sept'07 HPUX 11.31 media?

[Torsten.]

Looks like someone must update the matrix soon ;-)

"Support for PCIe Smart Array P400 Controller

The HP Smart Array P400 Controller is now supported on HP-UX 11i v3."

This is a good news. I already know who is interested in this.

IMHO we have to expect more enhancements notifications with 11.31 frequently...

[Carsten.Cimander]

Hello Sameer,

thank you for your hint. I downloaded the document. You are right: it seems as I will need to install September 2007 version (HP-UX 11i v3 September 2007 Operating Environment Update Version).

Best Regards,
Carsten