From owner-aic7xxx@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 17 20:09:04 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: aic7xxx@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D1F116A4CE for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:09:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from deimos.datamarkets.com.ar (deimos.datamarkets.com.ar [200.42.0.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9E0C43D31 for ; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:09:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ppetriz@siscat.com.ar) Received: from zeus.sc.com (200-42-83-152.cab.prima.net.ar [200.42.83.152]) i5HK8hAN036365; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:08:46 -0300 (ART) Received: by zeus.sc.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:04:25 -0300 Message-ID: <1CEC5A75042ED51180E300A024E99257AD831A@zeus.sc.com> From: "Petriz, Pablo" To: "'Todd Denniston'" Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:04:23 -0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable cc: "'aic7xxx@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: Many SCSI errors X-BeenThere: aic7xxx@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Adaptec Device Drivers in FreeBSD and Linux List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 20:09:04 -0000 Hello Todd > De: Todd Denniston > > > I saw the 'Many SCSI errors' post of Aug 19 2003 googling for=20 > > scsi "Transmision error detected". > >=20 > > That post has no replies, but the problem is the same as mine. > >=20 > > My configuration is an INTEL SE7501BR2 (AIC-7901) with RH=20 > Linux 9 (2.40.20) > >=20 > > The SCSI device is a Promise UltraTrak SX-8000 with 8 300GB > > Maxtor MaxlineII. >=20 > Ok, we stop here... > If you had searched for Promise, rm8000 or ultratrack on the=20 > mailing list [1] I did search, but i think that case was pretty equal to mine.=20 Pherhaps i didn't express it very well, my natural language is spanish... > The first thing you should probably do is check is the=20 > firmware revision=20 It=B4s 1.1.0.30 > > Everething was working fine for 25 days and then it began=20 > to fail (a snip of > > /var/log/messages is attached) >=20 > I get, so far, max 18 days for the one which causes trouble. >=20 Ok, but i still don't understand where is the problem! It's the scsi driver, it's the Promise firmware... I have not many tech skills, i'm the manager and i'm working side by side with the sysadmin, but both of us don't get it. You have 2 RM8000 and if i've understood ok, one works fine and the other doesn't. =BFWhat's the difference between the two? This tower is driving me nuts. We bought it in december and it=20 works fine for 1 or 2 weeks till we turn it off, then it began to rebuild the 3rd. disk. We change it, rebuild the new one,=20 everething seems to be ok, but turn off, turn on and rebuild again. Finally, after many tests, we sent the tower from Buenos Aires to California and after a month we receive a new one with the 1.1.0.30 firmware. We were happy for some days, but now this. We don't know what to do. I'll try to get some help from Promise, but i'm not sure that the problem is in the firmware... I hope i can get better help from here. Any suggestion that we=20 can try and test is really welcome. Thanks in advance and greetings from Argentina, PABLO