A1000 Disk in E450 causing trouble

From: Daniel.Denes@bg-sys.de
Date: Fri Jul 25 2003 - 11:51:21 EDT


Hi List,

i hear of a problem my colleagues had when they tried to run an IBM
Ultrastar 36GB drive that originated from an A1000 in one of the E450's.
The server would eventually freeze for some seconds and then sprew out
these errors:

glm0

Jun 23 22:25:20 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3 (glm0):
Jun 23 22:25:20 sysccv01 Connected command timeout for Target 3.0
Jun 23 22:25:20 sysccv01 genunix: [ID 408822 kern.info] NOTICE: glm0: fault
detected in device; service still available
Jun 23 22:25:20 sysccv01 genunix: [ID 611667 kern.info] NOTICE: glm0:
Connected command timeout for Target 3.0
Jun 23 22:25:20 sysccv01 glm: [ID 280919 kern.warning] WARNING:
ID[SUNWpd.glm.cmd_timeout.6017]
Jun 23 22:25:20 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3 (glm0):
Jun 23 22:25:20 sysccv01 got SCSI bus reset
Jun 23 22:25:20 sysccv01 genunix: [ID 408822 kern.info] NOTICE: glm0: fault
detected in device; service still available
Jun 23 22:25:20 sysccv01 genunix: [ID 611667 kern.info] NOTICE: glm0: got
SCSI bus reset
Jun 23 22:25:20 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@0,0 (sd0):
Jun 23 22:25:20 sysccv01 SCSI transport failed: reason 'reset':
retrying command
Jun 23 22:25:20 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@1,0 (sd1):
Jun 23 22:25:20 sysccv01 SCSI transport failed: reason 'reset':
retrying command
Jun 23 22:25:20 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@3,0 (sd3):
Jun 23 22:25:20 sysccv01 SCSI transport failed: reason 'reset':
retrying command
Jun 23 22:25:20 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@3,0 (sd3):
Jun 23 22:25:20 sysccv01 SCSI transport failed: reason 'timeout':
retrying command
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@3,0 (sd3):
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 Error for Command: write
Error Level: Fatal
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Requested Block:
277760 Error Block: 277760
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Vendor: IBM
Serial Number: 9827194
112
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Sense Key: Not
Ready
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] ASC: 0x4 (<vendor
unique code 0x4>), ASCQ: 0x1, FRU: 0x0
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@3,0 (sd3):
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 Error for Command: write(10)
Error Level: Fatal
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Requested Block:
11096512 Error Block: 11096512
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Vendor: IBM
Serial Number: 9827194
112
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Sense Key: Not
Ready
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] ASC: 0x4 (<vendor
unique code 0x4>), ASCQ: 0x1, FRU: 0x0
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@3,0 (sd3):
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 Error for Command: write(10)
Error Level: Fatal
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Requested Block:
11003968 Error Block: 11003968
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Vendor: IBM
Serial Number: 9827194
112
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Sense Key: Not
Ready
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] ASC: 0x4 (<vendor
unique code 0x4>), ASCQ: 0x1, FRU: 0x0
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING:
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/sd@3,0 (sd3):
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 Error for Command: write(10)
Error Level: Fatal
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Requested Block:
11003952 Error Block: 11003952
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Vendor: IBM
Serial Number: 9827194
112
Jun 23 22:25:28 sysccv01 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice] Sense Key: Not
Ready

Calling Sun revealed the type of disk is "not supported". However i'd still
like to know wether anyone ever managed to get these drives to work in a
E450? They look perfectly regular from the outside.

Thanks in advance. Will summarize if anything else than "out of office"
notifications arrives.

Daniel Denes

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