Summary: Sun 220R and IBM ESS (shark) array

From: Nicole Skyrca <nskyrca_at_syr.edu>
Date: Tue Nov 09 2004 - 14:34:06 EST
Hello,
The solution turned out to be to unplug, and replug in the fiber cable.
 It
must have not had a good connection. Once I did that, I had no
problems.

Nicole


>>> "Nicole Skyrca" <nskyrca@syr.edu> 10/22/2004 4:19:07 PM >>>
Hello,
I have a Sun 220R connected to an IBM ESS (shark) model 2150 with
McData Intrepid 6040 Director switch.  The HBA in the 220R is Sun part
x6767a (Sun SorEdge 2G FC PCI Single Channel Network Adapter).  When I
do a "cfgadm -al", more times than not, it shows my disks as failing. 
But occassionally, the command will complete with no errors. 

Some history of the machine:
When I first connected the 220R to the Shark, it was running Solaris 8
HW 2/2002, OBP 3.23.1 7/16/99 & POST 2.0.2 10/19/98, and the firmware
revision of the fiber channel card was 1.13.08 4/10/02.  With this
configuration, I was able to consistantly run "cfgadm -al" without any
errors, and the disks appeared in format. (Please note that I didn't
get
to the point to install any multipathing software like mpxio or IBM's
SDD)

I decided to upgrade the OS and firmware to more recent levels. First,
I upgraded the fiber channel firmware to 1.14.09 3/8/04. Next, I
upgraed
the OS to Solaris 8 HW 2/04, finally the OBP and POST to 3.31.0
7/25/2001 and 2.30 7/31/2000 respectively.  I was able to successfully
run "cfgadm -al" after each change (although I didn't run it multiple
times).  But a few days after the changes, I'm expiriencing
intermittant
problems.

Does anyone have any expirience with SANS and have any clues as to
what
could be the cause of the problem?  I know that I changed a lot of
stuff, so any combination of things could have broke it.  I also know
that I have a V440 running solaris 8 HW 2/04 and fiber channel cards
with the same firmware revision, and that seems to be working ok.  I'm
new to SANS so I'm not sure what else to look at. It seems that since
the hardware has not changed, it has to be something on my 220R.

Here are some examples of the cfgadm output that were run within
minutes of each other.

bash-2.03# cfgadm -al
Ap_Id                          Type         Receptacle   Occupant    
Condition
c0                             scsi-bus     connected    configured  
unknown
c0::dsk/c0t0d0                 disk         connected    configured  
unknown
c0::dsk/c0t1d0                 disk         connected    configured  
unknown
c0::dsk/c0t6d0                 CD-ROM       connected    configured  
unknown
c1                             scsi-bus     connected    unconfigured
unknown
c2                             fc-fabric    connected    configured  
unknown
c2::10000000c9333597           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c93335e3           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c9333709           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c9333796           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c93337ee           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c9333e8b           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c9333f72           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c9333f77           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c93f29c8           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::210000e08b04ca21           unknown      connected    unconfigured
unknown
c2::210000e08b11beb0           unknown      connected    unconfigured
unknown
c2::5005076300c39cea           disk         connected    configured  
failing
c2::5005076300c49cea           disk         connected    configured  
failing
c2::5005076300c89cea           disk         connected    configured  
failing
c2::5005076300cc9cea           disk         connected    configured  
failing
c2::5005076300cf9cea           disk         connected    configured  
unknown
c2::5005076300d09cea           disk         connected    configured  
unknown
bash-2.03# cfgadm -al
Ap_Id                          Type         Receptacle   Occupant    
Condition
c0                             scsi-bus     connected    configured  
unknown
c0::dsk/c0t0d0                 disk         connected    configured  
unknown
c0::dsk/c0t1d0                 disk         connected    configured  
unknown
c0::dsk/c0t6d0                 CD-ROM       connected    configured  
unknown
c1                             scsi-bus     connected    unconfigured
unknown
c2                             fc-fabric    connected    configured  
unknown
c2::5005076300c39cea           disk         connected    configured  
failing
c2::5005076300c49cea           disk         connected    configured  
failing
c2::5005076300c89cea           disk         connected    configured  
failing
c2::5005076300cc9cea           disk         connected    configured  
failing
c2::5005076300cf9cea           disk         connected    configured  
failing
c2::5005076300d09cea           disk         connected    configured  
failing
bash-2.03# cfgadm -al
Ap_Id                          Type         Receptacle   Occupant    
Condition
c0                             scsi-bus     connected    configured  
unknown
c0::dsk/c0t0d0                 disk         connected    configured  
unknown
c0::dsk/c0t1d0                 disk         connected    configured  
unknown
c0::dsk/c0t6d0                 CD-ROM       connected    configured  
unknown
c1                             scsi-bus     connected    unconfigured
unknown
c2                             fc-fabric    connected    configured  
unknown
c2::5005076300c39cea           disk         connected    configured  
failing
c2::5005076300c49cea           disk         connected    configured  
failing
c2::5005076300c89cea           disk         connected    configured  
failing
c2::5005076300cc9cea           disk         connected    configured  
failing
c2::5005076300cf9cea           disk         connected    configured  
failing
c2::5005076300d09cea           disk         connected    configured  
failing
bash-2.03# uname -a
SunOS libopac.syr.edu 5.8 Generic_117350-11 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-60
bash-2.03# luxadm -e port

Found path to 1 HBA ports

/devices/pci@1f,2000/SUNW,qlc@1/fp@0,0:devctl                     
CONNECTED
bash-2.03# cfgadm -al
Ap_Id                          Type         Receptacle   Occupant    
Condition
c0                             scsi-bus     connected    configured  
unknown
c0::dsk/c0t0d0                 disk         connected    configured  
unknown
c0::dsk/c0t1d0                 disk         connected    configured  
unknown
c0::dsk/c0t6d0                 CD-ROM       connected    configured  
unknown
c1                             scsi-bus     connected    unconfigured
unknown
c2                             fc-fabric    connected    configured  
unknown
c2::10000000c93324e7           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c9333318           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c9333352           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c9333549           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c9333597           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c93335a1           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c93335e3           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c93335f2           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c93335f3           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c9333655           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c9333709           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c9333796           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c93337ee           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c9333827           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c9333874           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c9333e8b           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c9333ee8           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c9333f57           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c9333f72           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c9333f77           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c9333fa7           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c93400b7           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c93486d7           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c93f102f           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c93f1057           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c93f12c5           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c93f29c8           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::10000000c93f29ee           unknown      connected    unconfigured
failed
c2::210000e08b04ca21           unknown      connected    unconfigured
unknown
c2::210000e08b05e21b           unknown      connected    unconfigured
unknown
c2::210000e08b091ef6           unknown      connected    unconfigured
unknown
c2::210000e08b113993           unknown      connected    unconfigured
unknown
c2::210000e08b119795           unknown      connected    unconfigured
unknown
c2::210000e08b11beb0           unknown      connected    unconfigured
unknown
c2::210000e08b11c6b1           unknown      connected    unconfigured
unknown
c2::210000e08b1697ea           unknown      connected    unconfigured
unknown
c2::5005076300c39cea           disk         connected    configured  
unknown
c2::5005076300c49cea           disk         connected    configured  
unknown
c2::5005076300c89cea           disk         connected    configured  
unknown
c2::5005076300cc9cea           disk         connected    configured  
unknown
c2::5005076300cf9cea           disk         connected    configured  
unknown
c2::5005076300d09cea           disk         connected    configured  
unknown



Thanks!
Nicole
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