[Info-vax] smartarray 5300 question

[MG]

On 20-feb-2013 18:12, Hans Vlems wrote:
> I'm a hobbyist so unsupported is less important than it works,
> provided it does of course.

There are no PAKs involved, fortunately.  I never tried any Smart
Array 5300 controller in anything other than a DS10.  But, if you
see "PYA0" listed amongst the devices in the SRM, then I think
it is supported to at least some degree.


> I haven't done anything yet on the SRM prompt.

I'm not sure if it's necessary, only if you plan to use a Smart
Array logical volume as a system disk.


> VMS sees it as a PKC0 and MSA connect to it and get a few responses.
> What manual do I read to figure out the srm incantations?

I never really used the MSA$UTIL, but regardless of the SRM boot
ROM configuration environment and the aforementioned utility: Did
you prepare any logical volume(s) yet?  Because the controller,
like most (e.g. SCSI) RAID HBAs, can't or won't serve 'JBOD' and
must explicitly configure any type of volume.  You can naturally
achieve JBOD, by just creating a 'NRAID' volume on a per disk
basis.  If I may ask, what do you intend to do/set up?

  - MG