Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 12:14:03 -0800 From: "Matthew Jacob" <lydianconcepts@gmail.com> To: "Andrew MacLeod" <a.macleod@ballarat.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Boot hangs on mpt0: failing to detect tape drive Message-ID: <7579f7fb0603081214m2a15bdf6sda65f73e47d36a3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <s40e9df2.064@mthelen7.ballarat.edu.au> References: <s40e9df2.064@mthelen7.ballarat.edu.au>
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Hmm. On rereading your original mail, I see you mention another LSI-Logic controller. Can you please put that in your system and connect the tape drive to that? On 3/7/06, Andrew MacLeod <a.macleod@ballarat.edu.au> wrote: > Ok, ill try my best. > > This LSI Config Utility shows up 2 adapters as follows > > Adapter PCI Bus Dev/func Port IRQ NVM Boot Order LSI Logic > Control RAID Status > LSI1030 2 29> CC00 11 YES 0 > enabled -- > LSI1030 2 28> C800 7 YES 1 > enabled -- > > We have tried altering some of the settings but nothing seems relevant. > The LSI MegaRaid utility where we setup the RAID is equally unhelpful, > but i would appreciate any advice in regard to what i should be seeing > in these tools as my hardware knowledge is only basic. Should I be able > to see the tape drive itself in the LSI Logic utility? > > In regard to the tape drive Im Not sure exactly what you mean by > "Powered on". It has power connected and we have tried booting with a > tape inserted. It seems to function correctly in terms of loading > tapes/lights etc. We have not altered any of the jumper settings as we > assumed that it would have been setup correctly. > > I booted with the w/o the tape hooked up and it booted fine. Hooked up > the tape and the following is the output of the camcontrol rescan all > command > > Re-scan of bus 0 was successful > Re-scan of bus 1 was successful > Re-scan of bus 2 was successful > Re-scan of bus 3 was successful > Re-scan of bus 4 was successful > Re-scan of bus 5 was successful > Re-scan of bus 6 was successful > Re-scan of bus 7 was successful > > camcontrol devlist -v shows > > scbus0 on amr0 bus0 > scbus1 on amr0 bus1 > scbus2 on amr1 bus0 > <ESG -SHV SCA HSBP M29 1.06> at scbus2 target 6 lun 0 > (ses0 pass0) > scbus3 on amr1 bus1 > scbus4 on mpt0 bus0 > < > at > scbus4 target -1 lun -1 () > scbus5 on mpt0 bus0 > < > at > scbus5 target -1 lun -1 () > scbus6 on mpt0 bus0 > < > at > scbus6 target -1 lun -1 () > scbus7 on mpt0 bus0 > < > at > scbus7 target -1 lun -1 () > scbus-1 on xpt0 bus0 > < > at > scbus-1 target -1 lun -1 (xpt0) > > I have had to transcribe the above so please forgive any errors. Had no > success upon reboot. > > Cheers > Andrew > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Andrew Macleod > Technical Manager > Centre for Electronic Commerce and Communications > University of Ballarat > Registered Provider Number 00103D > > Suite 12A Greenhill Enterprise Centre > University Drv Mt Helen 3350 > Tel: +61 3 5327 9315 > Email: a.macleod@ballarat.edu.au > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Andrew Macleod > Technical Manager > Centre for Electronic Commerce and Communications > University of Ballarat > Registered Provider Number 00103D > > Suite 12A Greenhill Enterprise Centre > University Drv Mt Helen 3350 > Tel: +61 3 5327 9315 > Email: a.macleod@ballarat.edu.au > > >>> "Matthew Jacob" <lydianconcepts@gmail.com> 7/03/2006 3:39 am >>> > Lot's of problems here.... When you say "had no luck with BIOS"- that > means you can see it no problem in the LSI Config utility? > > First- is the tape drive powered on? > > Also- try this experiment: boot w/o the tape hooked up. If all is > well, connect the tape and do, as root, 'camcontrol rescan all'. > > > > On 3/5/06, Andrew MacLeod <a.macleod@ballarat.edu.au> wrote: > > Currently trying to install freebsd on a new ACER Altos R710 server. > > Having problems on bootup where it seems not able to detect the > Internal > > Sony AIT-2 Turbo tape drive. System hangs at mpt0: [GIANT-LOCKED] > for > > five minutes then several messages like the following: > > > > mpt0: Soft Reset Failed: ack timeout > > mpt0: WARNING - Failed Hard Reset > > mpt0: failed to reset device > > mpt0: soft reset failed: device not running. > > IOcmpt: LSILogic 1030 Ultra4 adapter..... > > > > When I disconnect the tape drive from the SCSI card system boots > fine. > > I am running Freebsd 6.0-Release with a slightly modified GENERIC > Kernel > > to enable SMP and PF. > > I am not a hardward expert but I will try to explain the setup of > the > > system as best I can. The server is a dual xeon with 5x73GB SCSI > hard > > discs which we have setup in a combination of RAID 1 for the > operating > > system and RAID 5 for the data. These run on an LSILogic 2 channel > SCSI > > card. The system has an identical 2nd LSILogic SCSI card which the > > vendor assured us was needed to run the Tape Drive. However the > > Motherboard also has onboard SCSI support and the tape drive is > > connected to this. The tape drive has a terminator attached. We have > > attempted to attach the tape drive to both the secondary channel on > the > > primary SCSI card and both channels on the secondary one and the > system > > hangs on SCSI initialisation prior to reaching freebsd. We have had > no > > luck altering settings in the LSILogic configuration utility or in > the > > system BIOS. > > > > Any assistance would be much appreciated as my next step is to try > an > > alternate O/S to see if this is hardware or system related. > > > > Kind Regards > > Andrew > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > > Andrew Macleod > > Technical Manager > > Centre for Electronic Commerce and Communications > > University of Ballarat > > Registered Provider Number 00103D > > > > Suite 12A Greenhill Enterprise Centre > > University Drv Mt Helen 3350 > > Tel: +61 3 5327 9315 > > Email: a.macleod@ballarat.edu.au > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-scsi > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-scsi-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-scsi > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-scsi-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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