Scsi error

[Fadia Almarei]

Dear All
i have HP DL380 server i install redhat Enterprise Linux AS v.4 i connect a scsi DLT tape drive to the system and reboot it but the system does not detect the tape drive , itry to run a script to detect the tape drive it give me the following error
" No SCSI host adapters found in sysfs"

[Gopi Sekar]

you may have to load drivers for scsi adapters.

second when you reboot ur server, the tape drive should be kept on (if it is external).

check dmesg output for any st0/nst0 entries

Gopi

[Fadia Almarei]

from where to get te driver ,the tape is on and there is no output from dmesg

[Stuart Browne]

DL380 eh? What controller did you plug it in to? The onboard 5i/6i? Or do you have another SCSI controller in there?

The 5i/6i will only be able to take an internal hot-plug tape drive, so you will *NEED* a different SCSI controller to plug a tape drive into.

If it is plugged into another controller, then what type of controller is it, so we can see if the appropraite drivers are available.

[Fadia Almarei]

it is 6i controller

[Fadia Almarei]

i have an externel tape drive ,so what should i do

[Gopi Sekar]

if u r having external tape drive then u should connect it to another scsi bus other than 6i controller. 6i is internal controller.