Re: New disks in 7026

From: Maguire, James (James.Maguire@OGS.STATE.NY.US)
Date: Tue Dec 30 2003 - 11:19:57 EST


Robert,
Here's what I get following your hint...It looks like that's the trick,
because it does see them. I suppose I will CAUTIOUSLY add them to the
existing array. They then show up in the ADD HOT SPARE option. I am
assuming once I do that I can assign them to volume groups, etc. in the
usual way?
Thanks!
Jim

hdisk2 Available Raid 1 20-58-00-0,0 34715 MB Status OPTIMAL
      hdisk2 10 Channel 1 ID 0 ONLINE - 34715Meg
      hdisk2 28 Channel 2 ID 8 ONLINE - 34715Meg

hdisk3 Available Raid 1 20-58-00-1,0 34715 MB Status OPTIMAL
      hdisk3 11 Channel 1 ID 1 ONLINE - 34715Meg
      hdisk3 29 Channel 2 ID 9 ONLINE - 34715Meg

hdisk4 Available Raid 1 20-58-00-2,0 34715 MB Status OPTIMAL
      hdisk4 12 Channel 1 ID 2 ONLINE - 34715Meg
      hdisk4 2A Channel 2 ID A ONLINE - 34715Meg

hdisk5 Available Raid 0 20-58-00-3,0 34715 MB Status OPTIMAL
      hdisk5 13 Channel 1 ID 3 ONLINE - 34715Meg

hdisk6 Available Raid 0 20-58-00-4,0 34715 MB Status OPTIMAL
      hdisk6 14 Channel 1 ID 4 ONLINE - 34715Meg

hdisk7 Available Raid 0 20-58-00-5,0 34715 MB Status OPTIMAL
      hdisk7 2B Channel 2 ID B ONLINE - 34715Meg

hdisk8 Available Raid 0 20-58-00-6,0 34715 MB Status OPTIMAL
      hdisk8 2C Channel 2 ID C ONLINE - 34715Meg

15 SPARE on Channel 1 ID 5 - 70007Meg
2D SPARE on Channel 2 ID D - 70007Meg

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Miller [mailto:rmiller@SMUD.ORG]
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 11:00 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: New disks in 7026

I have this same hardware setup - try looking in smitty devices -> Disk
Array -> IBM PCI SCSI Disk Array -> PCI SCSI Disk Array Manager, you might
find some useful stuff in there.

Once you plug in the drives I *think* the green light should light up on
them (may not till you configure them), and with the Disk Array menus you
should be able to add them to your current array (or create a new one,
though I'm not sure if that adapter will support more than one array...). I
remember scratching my head over this till I found those menus...

HTH...

--rm
-----Original Message-----
From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU]On Behalf Of
Patrick B. O'Brien
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 7:48 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: New disks in 7026

Can you hear the drives spinning up or do you see a green LED on these
drives?

You may have to provide AIX with additional drivers. Doing a cfgmgr -v may
show you AIX is looking for drivers or some other clue.

-----Original Message-----
From: Maguire, James [mailto:James.Maguire@OGS.STATE.NY.US]
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 7:44 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: New disks in 7026

Yes they are scsi. They are mounted in a 2104-DU3 expandable storage unit.
(I'm just reading the specs here, I'm never dealt with this unit before)
Thanks,
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: John Jolet [mailto:john.jolet@FXFN.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 10:23 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: New disks in 7026
i'm not familiar with that drive module...are these scsi disks?
-----Original Message-----
From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU]On Behalf Of
Maguire, James
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 8:56 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: New disks in 7026
John,
I have never dealt with this machine before, (only worked with F50's), but
these go into a 2104 drive module. They don't show up at all. There were 8
disks in it already, and these are the 9th and 10th.
Thanks
Jim
-----Original Message-----
From: John Jolet [mailto:john.jolet@FXFN.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 9:42 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: New disks in 7026
You don't say whether they were hotpluggable disks or not, so we'll assume
they were. after you inserted the drives, did you get power back to the
drive slots? You might check and see if they show up, but as defined, not
available.
-----Original Message-----
From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU]On Behalf Of
Maguire, James
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 7:38 AM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: New disks in 7026
Hello list. I just received two 73gb drives for a 7026-B80. I put them in
place yesterday, and thought they would become available by running cfgmgr,
but they do not appear. So, I scheduled a reboot last night hoping that
would take care of it, but still no luck. In looking at the Installation
instructions it appears that it might need a power off/ power on. Is there
any way around that?
Thanks,
Jim



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