Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2001 21:20:37 +0100 From: cristian nicolae <cristian.nicolae@chello.at> To: Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net> Cc: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI DAT tape detection on Compaq DL380 Message-ID: <3A5B7295.2ECE4210@chello.at> References: <3A5870B9.D4402452@chello.at> <20010107133757.A55049@panzer.kdm.org> <3A5A6D6A.4115A4BD@bellatlantic.net>
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Dear all, I continued investigating the problem and at http://www5.compaq.com/products/servers/linux/OptionsMatrix.html I was surprised to find out that not even Linux supports tape drives (cpqarray) driver with the Compaq Integrated Smart Array Controller. I say "not even" as Compaq claims that officially supports Linux and DL380 is one of their certified Linux servers. I was in contact with one of the Compaq support engineers who told me that if I connect the tape to the controller SCSI Port 1 it should work. Well, it gets detected at boot time by the BIOS but not by the OS. I've deciced to give up in favor of a network based backup. The alternative is to stick another SCSI controller which is detectable by FreeBSD. Actually with a plain Adaptec UW2940 everything is just fine. But sticking an Adaptec into a Compaq machine covered by warranty and support will lead to other complications I don't even want to think about. Thanks for all your time spent on this. Yours, Cristian Nicolae Sergey Babkin wrote: > > "Kenneth D. Merry" wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 14:35:53 +0100, cristian nicolae wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > I have a Compaq DL380 with an integrated Compaq Smart Array Controller. > > > I have succesfully managed to install the FreeBSD 4.2-20010104 > > > and everything is fine but the DAT drive which is not detected. > > > The DAT is connected to the same Controller as the RAID system. > > > I don't think the ida driver in FreeBSD has SCSI passthrough capability. > > > > I don't know whether or not the hardware itself has passthrough capability; > > I think it does (I suspect that UnixWare supports it) but I'm not > 100% sure. > > > > On the other hand does any of you have info whether Compaq will support > > > officially FreeBSD in the future? > > > > I don't know. They offer FreeBSD in their test drive program, though: > > It may be worth it calling them and asking anyway. If they hear from > the customers that the customers want FreeBSD they would eventually > add its support. I think this is approximately how they started > supporting Linux. > > -SB > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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