From: Lewis, Christina (LewisC@AAFES.COM)
Date: Fri Jan 10 2003 - 13:34:36 EST
We have had this problem a lot - everytime we had to update the microcode on
the disk and reboot.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Bramblett [mailto:bramblet@FULLER.COM]
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 1:05 PM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: FC 6205 Type 4-R Firmware
# mirrorvg -m rootvg hdisk3
0516-1259 mirrorvg: None of the available disks support booting on this
specific system or the boot logical volume already exists on
the specified disk.
0516-1200 mirrorvg: Failed to mirror the volume group.
# lspv
hdisk0 00302592ffe48b64 rootvg
hdisk1 00302592ffe48d4d p21vg
hdisk2 0030259241317729 p21vg
hdisk3 0030259262bddc9d rootvg
hdisk4 00302592a4fa28c2 p21vg
hdisk5 0030259297bf575e p21vg
# ipl_varyon -i
PVNAME BOOT DEVICE PVID VOLUME GROUP ID
hdisk0 YES 00302592ffe48b64 00302592e7113991
hdisk3 YES 0030259262bddc9d 00302592e7113991
hdisk1 NO 00302592ffe48d4d 0030259241317a1b
hdisk2 NO 0030259241317729 0030259241317a1b
hdisk4 NO 00302592a4fa28c2 0030259241317a1b
hdisk5 NO 0030259297bf575e 0030259241317a1b
# bootinfo -B hdisk3
0
# bootinfo -B hdisk0
1
# lsdev -C -c adapter
scsi0 Available 04-A0 Wide SCSI I/O Controller
scsi1 Available 04-B0 Wide SCSI I/O Controller
scsi2 Available 04-02 Wide/Ultra-2 SCSI I/O Controller
scsi3 Available 04-02 Wide/Ultra-2 SCSI I/O Controller
# lscfg -vl scsi2
DEVICE LOCATION DESCRIPTION
scsi2 04-02 Wide/Ultra-2 SCSI I/O Controller
DUAL CHANNEL PCI TO ULTRA2 SCSI ADAPTER:
Part Number.................03N3606
EC Level....................D72901
Manufacture ID..............A16592
Serial Number...............0288
Steve Chandler wrote:
>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
>>
>>
>
>
>
-- Ron Bramblett Sys Admin Fuller Brush Company
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