[Info-vax] smartarray 5300 question

[Hans Vlems]

On 20 feb, 19:56, Hans Vlems <hvl... at freenet.de> wrote:
> On 20 feb, 18:24, MG <marcog... at SPAMxs4all.nl> wrote:
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> > On 20-feb-2013 18:12, Hans Vlems wrote:
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> > > I'm a hobbyist so unsupported is less important than it works,
> > > provided it does of course.
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> > 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.
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> > > I haven't done anything yet on the SRM prompt.
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> > I'm not sure if it's necessary, only if you plan to use a Smart
> > Array logical volume as a system disk.
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> > > 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?
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> > I never really used the MSA$UTIL, but regardless of the SRM boot
> > ROM configuration environment and the aforementioned utility: Did
> > you prepare any logical volume(s) yet?  Because the controller,
> > like most (e.g. SCSI) RAID HBAs, can't or won't serve 'JBOD' and
> > must explicitly configure any type of volume.  You can naturally
> > achieve JBOD, by just creating a 'NRAID' volume on a per disk
> > basis.  If I may ask, what do you intend to do/set up?
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> >   - MG
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> The SA5300 was a gift. What I'm trying to do is see if I can make it
> work.
> The 5300 is not exactly a fine match with VMS so I want to see how and
> if it works.
> If works with VMS then I'll put it in my DS20E. Which is big & heavy
> so I prefer
> the AlphaServer 800 for tests.
> My main problem is that neither the off line cofiguration utility nor
> MSA$UTIL detects
> the single drive attached to it.
> My next test is to add more than one drive, of various sizes and see
> what happens.
> Main problem: all I have are SCA drives and the only cable I have is
> 68 pin. Which adds
> another uncertain factor: a SCSI converter.
> But your and Hoff's tips got me on my way (for the time being :)
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PS
the following setup produced a positive result. Using the intyernal
diskcage of the AS800 and its
cable along with one disk in the cage worked. In the sense that run
bios pya0 kept running,
detected one drive and allowed me ty create dya0
Unfortunately the drives in the cage are usually attached to a
mylex960 controller and they are
the system disk. So no boot device left to check whther dya0 (or dya1)
was present under VMS.
It proves that either the SCSI converter is dead, or the other cable
is dead or both.
It may still work...
Hans