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Hello,

We have two p5 boxes: 9113-550 and 9133-55A.
Is it possible to move SCSI drives between this boxes ?

When I installed drive from 9133-55A into 9113-550 and run cfgmgr it
complains:

Method error (/etc/methods/cfgscdisk -l hdisk3 ):
0514-086 Cannot perform the requested function because the specified
device is not supported on this platform.

Drive is visible with lscfg command but is not visible with lspv.

hdisk3 U787B.001.DNW38A7-P1-T14-L3-L0 16 Bit LVD SCSI Disk Drive (146800 MB)
Manufacturer................IBM H0
Machine Type and Model......HUS103014FL3800
FRU Number..................03N5267
ROS Level and ID............52505152
Serial Number...............00B1300B
EC Level....................H17923D
Part Number.................26K5574
Device Specific.(Z0)........000004129F00013E
Device Specific.(Z1)........RPQR
Device Specific.(Z2)........0068
Device Specific.(Z3)........07044
Device Specific.(Z4)........0001
Device Specific.(Z5)........22
Device Specific.(Z6)........H17923D
Brand.......................H0

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On Apr 11, 3:32 am, andrey.lak...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We have two p5 boxes: 9113-550 and 9133-55A.
> Is it possible to move SCSI drives between this boxes ?
>
> When I installed drive from 9133-55A into 9113-550 and run cfgmgr it
> complains:
>
> Method error (/etc/methods/cfgscdisk -l hdisk3 ):
> 0514-086 Cannot perform the requested function because the specified
> device is not supported on this platform.
>
> Drive is visible with lscfg command but is not visible with lspv.
>
> hdisk3 U787B.001.DNW38A7-P1-T14-L3-L0 16 Bit LVD SCSI Disk Drive (146800 MB)
> Manufacturer................IBM H0
> Machine Type and Model......HUS103014FL3800
> FRU Number..................03N5267
> ROS Level and ID............52505152
> Serial Number...............00B1300B
> EC Level....................H17923D
> Part Number.................26K5574
> Device Specific.(Z0)........000004129F00013E
> Device Specific.(Z1)........RPQR
> Device Specific.(Z2)........0068
> Device Specific.(Z3)........07044
> Device Specific.(Z4)........0001
> Device Specific.(Z5)........22
> Device Specific.(Z6)........H17923D
> Brand.......................H0
>
> --

What was on the drive? Was the volume group varyied off before
removal? Was it connected to a scsi raid adapter?

c00p <cdeville@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 11, 3:32 am, andrey.lak...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> We have two p5 boxes: 9113-550 and 9133-55A.
>> Is it possible to move SCSI drives between this boxes ?
>>
>> When I installed drive from 9133-55A into 9113-550 and run cfgmgr it
>> complains:
>>
>> Method error (/etc/methods/cfgscdisk -l hdisk3 ):
>> 0514-086 Cannot perform the requested function because the specified
>> device is not supported on this platform.
>>
>> Drive is visible with lscfg command but is not visible with lspv.
>>
>
> What was on the drive? Was the volume group varyied off before
> removal? Was it connected to a scsi raid adapter?

It was clean empty drive just from factory.
It wasn't connected to RAID adapter (AFAIK), but I'll try to reformat it
with 512 bytes sector. May be it helps ?

This drive shows as Defined, and I cant make it Available.

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andrey.lakhno@gmail.com wrote:
> c00p <cdeville@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Apr 11, 3:32 am, andrey.lak...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> We have two p5 boxes: 9113-550 and 9133-55A.
>>> Is it possible to move SCSI drives between this boxes ?
>>>
>>> When I installed drive from 9133-55A into 9113-550 and run cfgmgr it
>>> complains:
>>>
>>> Method error (/etc/methods/cfgscdisk -l hdisk3 ):
>>> 0514-086 Cannot perform the requested function because the specified
>>> device is not supported on this platform.
>>>
>>> Drive is visible with lscfg command but is not visible with lspv.
>>>
>>
>> What was on the drive? Was the volume group varyied off before
>> removal? Was it connected to a scsi raid adapter?
>
> It was clean empty drive just from factory.
> It wasn't connected to RAID adapter (AFAIK), but I'll try to reformat it
> with 512 bytes sector. May be it helps ?

No luck. Drive still is not visible by AIX (5.3).

> This drive shows as Defined, and I cant make it Available.

--

On Apr 13, 4:32 am, andrey.lak...@gmail.com wrote:
> andrey.lak...@gmail.com wrote:
> > c00p <cdevi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Apr 11, 3:32 am, andrey.lak...@gmail.com wrote:
> >>> Hello,
>
> >>> We have two p5 boxes: 9113-550 and 9133-55A.
> >>> Is it possible to move SCSI drives between this boxes ?
>
> >>> When I installed drive from 9133-55A into 9113-550 and run cfgmgr it
> >>> complains:
>
> >>> Method error (/etc/methods/cfgscdisk -l hdisk3 ):
> >>> 0514-086 Cannot perform the requested function because the specified
> >>> device is not supported on this platform.
>
> >>> Drive is visible with lscfg command but is not visible with lspv.
>
> >> What was on the drive? Was the volume group varyied off before
> >> removal? Was it connected to a scsi raid adapter?
>
> > It was clean empty drive just from factory.
> > It wasn't connected to RAID adapter (AFAIK), but I'll try to reformat it
> > with 512 bytes sector. May be it helps ?
>
> No luck. Drive still is not visible by AIX (5.3).
>
> > This drive shows as Defined, and I cant make it Available.
>
> --- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Make sure the firmware on the 9113 is current enough to pick up
support for the 146GB drive you are trying to install

http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp.../aixfixes.html

aixdude@yahoo.com <aixdude@yahoo.com> wrote:

>> >>> We have two p5 boxes: 9113-550 and 9133-55A.
>> >>> Is it possible to move SCSI drives between this boxes ?
>>
>> >>> When I installed drive from 9133-55A into 9113-550 and run cfgmgr it
>> >>> complains:
>>
>> >>> Method error (/etc/methods/cfgscdisk -l hdisk3 ):
>> >>> 0514-086 Cannot perform the requested function because the specified
>> >>> device is not supported on this platform.
>>
>> >>> Drive is visible with lscfg command but is not visible with lspv.
>>
>> >> What was on the drive? Was the volume group varyied off before
>> >> removal? Was it connected to a scsi raid adapter?
>>
>> > It was clean empty drive just from factory.
>> > It wasn't connected to RAID adapter (AFAIK), but I'll try to reformat it
>> > with 512 bytes sector. May be it helps ?
>>
>> No luck. Drive still is not visible by AIX (5.3).
>>
>> > This drive shows as Defined, and I cant make it Available.
>>
>> --- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Make sure the firmware on the 9113 is current enough to pick up
> support for the 146GB drive you are trying to install
>
> http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp.../aixfixes.html

We've already updated p5 550's firmware to the latest available version (240_299).
And SCSI adapter microcode also has been updated.
Drive still is visible as defined and could not be made available. Even
while booting from diagnostic CD and this is the only drive in the server.
This drive works fine in p5 55A adn p5 52A models.

We can plug into p5 550 any SCSI drive except IBM's. That's amazing.

--

On Apr 16, 11:45 am, andrey.lak...@gmail.com wrote:
> aixd...@yahoo.com <aixd...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> >>> We have two p5 boxes: 9113-550 and 9133-55A.
> >> >>> Is it possible to move SCSI drives between this boxes ?
>
> >> >>> When I installed drive from 9133-55A into 9113-550 and run cfgmgr it
> >> >>> complains:
>
> >> >>> Method error (/etc/methods/cfgscdisk -l hdisk3 ):
> >> >>> 0514-086 Cannot perform the requested function because the specified
> >> >>> device is not supported on this platform.
>
> >> >>> Drive is visible with lscfg command but is not visible with lspv.
>
> >> >> What was on the drive? Was the volume group varyied off before
> >> >> removal? Was it connected to a scsi raid adapter?
>
> >> > It was clean empty drive just from factory.
> >> > It wasn't connected to RAID adapter (AFAIK), but I'll try to reformat it
> >> > with 512 bytes sector. May be it helps ?
>
> >> No luck. Drive still is not visible by AIX (5.3).
>
> >> > This drive shows as Defined, and I cant make it Available.
>
> >> --- Hide quoted text -
>
> >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > Make sure the firmware on the 9113 is current enough to pick up
> > support for the 146GB drive you are trying to install
>
> >http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp.../aixfixes.html
>
> We've already updated p5 550's firmware to the latest available version (240_299).
> And SCSI adapter microcode also has been updated.
> Drive still is visible as defined and could not be made available. Even
> while booting from diagnostic CD and this is the only drive in the server.
> This drive works fine in p5 55A adn p5 52A models.
>
> We can plug into p5 550 any SCSI drive except IBM's. That's amazing.
>
> --

We had the same problem (taking a drive from a 55A and trying to put
it into a 550). We eventually opened a call with IBM and were told
that the 55A drives are not supported on 550s (there's apparently a
hardware compatibility website somewhere that says just that).

Strangely, the 55A drive does work on our older B80 servers.

On Apr 19, 11:06 am, rahim.abdu...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Apr 16, 11:45 am, andrey.lak...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > aixd...@yahoo.com <aixd...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >> >>> We have two p5 boxes: 9113-550 and 9133-55A.
> > >> >>> Is it possible to move SCSI drives between this boxes ?
>
> > >> >>> When I installed drive from 9133-55A into 9113-550 and run cfgmgr it
> > >> >>> complains:
>
> > >> >>> Method error (/etc/methods/cfgscdisk -l hdisk3 ):
> > >> >>> 0514-086 Cannot perform the requested function because the specified
> > >> >>> device is not supported on this platform.
>
> > >> >>> Drive is visible with lscfg command but is not visible with lspv.
>
> > >> >> What was on the drive? Was the volume group varyied off before
> > >> >> removal? Was it connected to a scsi raid adapter?
>
> > >> > It was clean empty drive just from factory.
> > >> > It wasn't connected to RAID adapter (AFAIK), but I'll try to reformat it
> > >> > with 512 bytes sector. May be it helps ?
>
> > >> No luck. Drive still is not visible by AIX (5.3).
>
> > >> > This drive shows as Defined, and I cant make it Available.
>
> > >> --- Hide quoted text -
>
> > >> - Show quoted text -
>
> > > Make sure the firmware on the 9113 is current enough to pick up
> > > support for the 146GB drive you are trying to install
>
> > >http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp.../aixfixes.html
>
> > We've already updated p5 550's firmware to the latest available version (240_299).
> > And SCSI adapter microcode also has been updated.
> > Drive still is visible as defined and could not be made available. Even
> > while booting from diagnostic CD and this is the only drive in the server.
> > This drive works fine in p5 55A adn p5 52A models.
>
> > We can plug into p5 550 any SCSI drive except IBM's. That's amazing.
>
> > --
>
> We had the same problem (taking a drive from a 55A and trying to put
> it into a 550). We eventually opened a call with IBM and were told
> that the 55A drives are not supported on 550s (there's apparently a
> hardware compatibility website somewhere that says just that).
>
> Strangely, the 55A drive does work on our older B80 servers.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I had this problem with multi-port NICs as well -- the 9113 -550 is
apparrently off by itself as far as hardware compatability goes--
Its really hard to get a straight answer from their tech support
because the docmentation doesn't explicitly say it's incompatible;
it just fails to list certain feature codes ( on a very long list).
anyhow the older feature code 57XX PCI cards seem to work the new
18xx or 23xx cards shipped in the 560's and up do not work in the
550 either.