[Info-vax] rx3600 SAS controller

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2016-11-13 16:33:25 +0000, Hans Vlems said:

> I replaced the 106x core SAS controller in slot 1 of the rx3600. The 
> good news is that it can boot off the internal dvd and VMS V8.4 
> installs on dka100. The installation procedure asks whether it must 
> create a boot entry and did so.
> Rebooting the system did not work: load of VMS on dka100: failed : Not Found
> 
> The dka devices don't show up in the EFI boot menu, just the dvd file system.
> 
> Bad controller?
> Hans

Could be a bad system.   Bad or down-revision or mismatched firmware.   
Old Integrity systems are a problem without a support contract, as the 
firmware has largely disappeared behind a paywall.

As for EFI, boot the DVD, maybe verify the entries, but it's typical to 
remove the existing boot alias entries related to the boot disk, and to 
re-add them using the BOOT_OPTIONS.COM tool.

Try enabling the boot-time diagnostics.   See the primary boot flags 
for diagnostics: http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/192

But given you are working with hardware that has apparently already 
failed once and could well have deeper issues with the configuration or 
firmware or support, who knows what's wrong with this box?



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