From: Steve Chandler (schandler@APPLE.COM)
Date: Thu Jan 09 2003 - 13:29:21 EST
The 6205 should not be a problem, you could replace it with a 6203 (4Y) card.
This is an ultra3 SCSI card. But I think this is a tangent. This should work
fine with a 6203 card, unless the card itself is bad.
What is the actual problem you see when you try to mirror rootvg?
Could you post the output from
lsdev -C -c adapter
and
lscfg -vl scsix where x is the address of the 6205 adapter
steve
Ron Bramblett wrote:
> Are there any other cards that we can replace this one with?
>
> The way our system is set up is this way
> SCSI controler 1 (Came with System)
> Hdisk0 rootvg
> Hdisk1 data
> Hdisk2 data
> 6205 SCSI controller
> Hdisk3 should be rootvg mirror but currently unmirrored
> Hdisk4 data (mirror)
> Hdisk5 data (mirror)
> I have a 7025 Model F40
>
> Steve Chandler wrote:
>
> >There is no downloadable firmware for the 6205 card. As far as I know this
> >card is not flashable.
> >
> >
> >steve
> >
> >Ron Bramblett wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Hello,
> >>I have been fighting a problem since early last month.
> >>System: RS /6000 7025 Model F40
> >>OS: Was 4.2.1 on Nov 1st. Dec 14th upgraded to 4.3.3 ML08
> >>
> >>Nov 1st IBM came out and installed some new hardware including a FC
> >>6205: PCI Dual Channel Ultra2 SCSI (Type 4-R) controller. Our lovely
> >>T/S people could not find the driver they needed for this controller so
> >>I RTFM and pointed out to them exactly what one to load. In the mean
> >>time they installed anything that might be right. (not sure what they
> >>loaded)
> >>
> >>Dec 3rd we tried the Upgrade but did not have access to the P21 system
> >>or data so we went back.
> >>Dec 14th I upgraded to 4.3.3 all went well except
> >>
> >> ON 4.2.1 we had rootvg mirrored with another drive.
> >> Now on 4.3.3 we have our data mirrored but the rootvg is not
> >>mirrored and it fails because it says that this devices doesn't support
> >>booting from our 4th drive. (It is on the new controller)
> >>
> >>OUR lovely T/S people have been telling me that they don't know what is
> >>going on. So I pressed for an escalation to IBM. The CE came out and we
> >>loaded the latest firmware on the system and all of the disks. He could
> >>not find the firmware for the card. Our lovely T/S people say that it
> >>is hardware not software.
> >>
> >>Any ideas where I can find the firmware for this card?? How do I find
> >>out what firmware is now on the card??
> >>Is it even flashable??
> >>
> >>--
> >>Ron Bramblett
> >>Sys Admin
> >>Fuller Brush Company
> >>
> >>
>
> --
> Ron Bramblett
> Sys Admin
> Fuller Brush Company
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