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#1 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 12:57 PM

Hi folks,

I have an U5, and inside a SYMBIOS SCSI card (SYM22802). I conmected an
external SCSI drive, and issued the command at the OK prompt probe-scsi,
but nothing happend.

How to make that SCSI system work? I've tried to touch reconfigure...
did not help either.

Thank you for your help.
Levente

#2 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 12:57 PM

In article <20040730111549.5bed4c62.Levente.Kovacs@cern.ch> , Levente KOVACS <Levente.Kovacs@cern.ch> writes:
> Hi folks,
>
>
> I have an U5, and inside a SYMBIOS SCSI card (SYM22802). I conmected an
> external SCSI drive, and issued the command at the OK prompt probe-scsi,
> but nothing happend.
>
> How to make that SCSI system work? I've tried to touch reconfigure...
> did not help either.
>
> Thank you for your help.
> Levente

OK> probe-scsi-all
should show the disk, otherwise the card is not supported, or you have
some defective hardware.

In case the card is not supported, you can look in http://sunsolve.sun.com
for an Openprom patch.
Even with an upgrade, Sun only supports their own PCI cards; very few
non-SUN work nevertheless, partly with little drawbacks.

--
Michael Tosch
IT Specialist
HP Managed Services
Technology Solutions Group
Hewlett-Packard GmbH
Phone: +49 2407 575 313
Mail: michael.tosch:hp.com

#3 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 12:57 PM

Michael Tosch <eedmit@no.eed.spam.ericsson.pls.se> wrote:
> In article <20040730111549.5bed4c62.Levente.Kovacs@cern.ch> , Levente KOVACS <Levente.Kovacs@cern.ch> writes:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>>
>> I have an U5, and inside a SYMBIOS SCSI card (SYM22802). I conmected an
>> external SCSI drive, and issued the command at the OK prompt probe-scsi,
>> but nothing happend.
>>
>> How to make that SCSI system work? I've tried to touch reconfigure...
>> did not help either.
>>
>> Thank you for your help.
>> Levente

> OK> probe-scsi-all
> should show the disk, otherwise the card is not supported, or you have
> some defective hardware.

or.. the usual SCSI problems: improperly terminated SCSI chain,
conflicting IDs, bent connector pins on the cables, etc.

-akop

#4 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 12:57 PM

On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 08:20:44 +0000 (UTC)
Akop Pogosian <akopps+usenet@ocf.berkeley.edu.remuvthis.com> wrote:

>
> or.. the usual SCSI problems: improperly terminated SCSI chain,
> conflicting IDs, bent connector pins on the cables, etc.

Well, I connected a Ultra-SCSI disk to it. It was working with my U1
perfectly. But, thanx for the reply.

#5 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 12:57 PM

On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 09:40:45 +0200, Levente KOVACS wrote:

> On Sun, 1 Aug 2004 08:20:44 +0000 (UTC)
> Akop Pogosian <akopps+usenet@ocf.berkeley.edu.remuvthis.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> or.. the usual SCSI problems: improperly terminated SCSI chain,
>> conflicting IDs, bent connector pins on the cables, etc.
>
> Well, I connected a Ultra-SCSI disk to it. It was working with my U1
> perfectly. But, thanx for the reply.

Ultra 1 uses SCA disks and the backplane has the required terminator. The
SCA drives are not self-terminated.

#6 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 12:57 PM

On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 10:05:24 -0500
Dave Uhring <daveuhring@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Ultra 1 uses SCA disks and the backplane has the required terminator.
> The SCA drives are not self-terminated.

My box has auto terminator inside. Ther is 2 leds indicating
termination. These are external boxes, not internal disk drives.

#7 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 12:58 PM

On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 18:05:50 +0200, Levente KOVACS wrote:

> On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 10:05:24 -0500
> Dave Uhring <daveuhring@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Ultra 1 uses SCA disks and the backplane has the required terminator.
>> The SCA drives are not self-terminated.
>
> My box has auto terminator inside. Ther is 2 leds indicating
> termination. These are external boxes, not internal disk drives.

Did "probe-scsi-all" give you any output? Have the target IDs been set on
the external enclosure?

You may find more help from the SCSI FAQ:

http://scsifaq.paralan.com/index.html

#8 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 12:58 PM

Levente KOVACS wrote:
>
>>Ultra 1 uses SCA disks and the backplane has the required terminator.
>>The SCA drives are not self-terminated.
>
>
> My box has auto terminator inside. Ther is 2 leds indicating
> termination. These are external boxes, not internal disk drives.

In your original post, you said that you did a probe-scsi "but nothing
happened." Did the machine hang? If so, you have to "reset" at the boot
prompt, but not let the system boot past the initial logo, so that the
SCSI bus is in an initialized stat (you type the chars after the ">"):

ok
> setenv auto-boot? false
> reset
[ after reinit takes place ]
> probe-scsi-all
[... should get full probe output ...]
> setenv auto-boot? true
> boot -r

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#9 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 12:58 PM

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 09:06:00 -0400
WilliamREMOVEWyattTHIS <REMOVEwyattTHIS@cfa.harvard.edu> wrote:

> but nothing
> happened." Did the machine hang?

No. I said NOTHING happend. I got the prompt again. :-(

And, the card what I have is SUN supported. :-)

#10 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 12:58 PM

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 17:27:25 +0200, Levente KOVACS wrote:

> On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 09:06:00 -0400
> WilliamREMOVEWyattTHIS <REMOVEwyattTHIS@cfa.harvard.edu> wrote:
>
>> but nothing
>> happened." Did the machine hang?
>
> No. I said NOTHING happend. I got the prompt again. :-(
>
> And, the card what I have is SUN supported. :-)

What version of OBP are you using? Perhaps an upgrade is necessary.

http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retr...mod e=results

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