Hi,

I've got a SUN Enterprise 3500. Today I wanted to install Solaris 10 on the
machine but it complains that no harddrives can be found. Here is a
screenshot of the warning:

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4...rddrivegf9.png

(german setup, message is "No harddrives can be found").

In the machine there were two ST39102FC FibreChannel drives.

So I thought they were broken.

Luckily I also have two StorEdge A5200 full of ST318203FC drives. They work
for sure because accessed them with a PCI FC Hostadapter and Linux. All of
the drives worked well.

So I took four of the ST318203FC from the array and plugged them into the
E3500. But I get the same message :-(

In either case the drives spin up.

What could be the problem, does anybody have a hint?

Thank you very much in advance,

Peter

In <Xns99C5B8503105763832452gmxnet@195.34.135.131> Peter Mairhofer <63832452@gmx.net> writes:

>Hi,

>I've got a SUN Enterprise 3500. Today I wanted to install Solaris 10 on the
>machine but it complains that no harddrives can be found. Here is a
>screenshot of the warning:

>http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4...rddrivegf9.png

>(german setup, message is "No harddrives can be found").

>In the machine there were two ST39102FC FibreChannel drives.

>So I thought they were broken.

>Luckily I also have two StorEdge A5200 full of ST318203FC drives. They work
>for sure because accessed them with a PCI FC Hostadapter and Linux. All of
>the drives worked well.

>So I took four of the ST318203FC from the array and plugged them into the
>E3500. But I get the same message :-(

>In either case the drives spin up.

>What could be the problem, does anybody have a hint?

>Thank you very much in advance,

>Peter

Are the optical cables connected to the GBICs in the back?

--
David B. Chorlian
Neurodynamics Lab SUNY/HSCB
chorlian@cns.hscbklyn.edu
davidc@panix.com

"Peter Mairhofer" <63832452@gmx.net> wrote in message
news:Xns99C5B8503105763832452gmxnet@195.34.135.131 ...
> Hi,
>
> I've got a SUN Enterprise 3500. Today I wanted to install Solaris 10 on
the
> machine but it complains that no harddrives can be found.

Are the drives seen at the ok> prompt or is it only within Solaris that they
are not detected?

Trinean

David B. Chorlian <davidc@panix.com> dixit:

> In <Xns99C5B8503105763832452gmxnet@195.34.135.131> Peter Mairhofer
> <63832452@gmx.net> writes:
>
>>Hi,
>
>>I've got a SUN Enterprise 3500. Today I wanted to install Solaris 10
>>on the machine but it complains that no harddrives can be found. Here
>>is a screenshot of the warning:
>
>>http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4...rddrivegf9.png
>
>>(german setup, message is "No harddrives can be found").
>
>>In the machine there were two ST39102FC FibreChannel drives.
>
>>So I thought they were broken.
>
>>Luckily I also have two StorEdge A5200 full of ST318203FC drives. They
>>work for sure because accessed them with a PCI FC Hostadapter and
>>Linux. All of the drives worked well.
>
>>So I took four of the ST318203FC from the array and plugged them into
>>the E3500. But I get the same message :-(
>
>>In either case the drives spin up.
>
>>What could be the problem, does anybody have a hint?
>
>>Thank you very much in advance,
>
>>Peter
>
> Are the optical cables connected to the GBICs in the back?

Hi,

Thank you very much for your help, this was the problem!

:-)

Peter

Peter Mairhofer <63832452@gmx.net> dixit:
> David B. Chorlian <davidc@panix.com> dixit:
>> [...]
>> Are the optical cables connected to the GBICs in the back?
>
> Hi,
>
> Thank you very much for your help, this was the problem!

But there is one question left.
The interface board has 4 connectors: LA, LB, UA, UB.

The E3500 can holt up to 10 disks (0 to 9).

The manuel says:

+------------+------------+----------------------+
| Disk drives| Drive port | GBIC |
+------------+------------+----------------------+
| 0,1,2,3 | A | GBIC LA (Lower Bank) |
| 0,1,2,3 | B | GBIC LB (Lower Bank) |
| 4,5,6,7 | A | GBIC UA (Upper bank) |
| 4,5,6,7 | B | GBIC UB (Upper Bank) |
+------------+------------+----------------------+

I dont't understand this; what exactly is the "drive port"? Do I need to
connect LA and LB if I want to use the lower bank or just LA xor LB? Why?

If I want to use a drive in 0 and 4 I have one drive in the upper and one
in the lower bank. Do I need to connect all four GBICs then?

Thank you,
Peter

Peter Mairhofer wrote:
> Peter Mairhofer <63832452@gmx.net> dixit:
>
>>David B. Chorlian <davidc@panix.com> dixit:
>>
>>>[...]
>>>Are the optical cables connected to the GBICs in the back?
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Thank you very much for your help, this was the problem!
>
>
> But there is one question left.
> The interface board has 4 connectors: LA, LB, UA, UB.
>
> The E3500 can holt up to 10 disks (0 to 9).
>
> The manuel says:
>
> +------------+------------+----------------------+
> | Disk drives| Drive port | GBIC |
> +------------+------------+----------------------+
> | 0,1,2,3 | A | GBIC LA (Lower Bank) |
> | 0,1,2,3 | B | GBIC LB (Lower Bank) |
> | 4,5,6,7 | A | GBIC UA (Upper bank) |
> | 4,5,6,7 | B | GBIC UB (Upper Bank) |
> +------------+------------+----------------------+
>
> I dont't understand this; what exactly is the "drive port"? Do I need to
> connect LA and LB if I want to use the lower bank or just LA xor LB? Why?
The two ports all you to build in some redundancy.
>
> If I want to use a drive in 0 and 4 I have one drive in the upper and one
> in the lower bank. Do I need to connect all four GBICs then?
No if you don't need some redundancy.
Just plumb up LA and UA to the IO board.
>
> Thank you,
> Peter
>