Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 14:33:59 -0600 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: chio vs Qualstar TLS-6220 Message-ID: <20001006143359.A51511@panzer.kdm.org> In-Reply-To: <20001006132615.A22697@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>; from brooks@one-eyed-alien.net on Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 01:26:15PM -0700 References: <20001006132615.A22697@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 13:26:15 -0700, Brooks Davis wrote: > Hi, > > A while back we bought a Qualstar 20 tape DLT changer to handle tape > backups for our lab. Our model does not have a barcode reader. After > adding the ch device, FreeBSD (4.1.1-STABLE) sees the changer. It > identifys the various slots, drives, etc and appears to report correct > status picker, portal, and drive, but it reports <EXCEPT> as the status > of all the slots. I got similar results from STCTL under solaris > (http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~eric/stctl/). Attempts to move a tape from a > slot to a drive fail. I've got CAM_DEBUG in the kernel and I'll have > physical access to the system next week so I'd like some suggestions on > debugging this system if you have any. I've got a Qualstar 4210 with an AIT drive that works fine: <SONY SDX-300C 0404> at scbus1 target 5 lun 0 (pass4,sa0) <QUALSTAR TLS-4210 1.30> at scbus1 target 6 lun 0 (pass5,ch0) [ slots in the EXCEPT state ] > Output from an attempt to load a tape: > > aero# chio move slot 0 drive 0 > chio: /dev/ch0: CHIOMOVE: Invalid argument > Oct 6 13:25:25 aero /kernel: (ch0:ahc0:0:3:0): MOVE MEDIUM. CDB: a5 0 2 bc 0 0 1 f4 0 0 0 0 > Oct 6 13:25:25 aero /kernel: (ch0:ahc0:0:3:0): MOVE MEDIUM. CDB: a5 0 2 bc 0 0 1 f4 0 0 0 0 > Oct 6 13:25:25 aero /kernel: (ch0:ahc0:0:3:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:80,3 > Oct 6 13:25:25 aero /kernel: (ch0:ahc0:0:3:0): ILLEGAL REQUEST asc:80,3 > Oct 6 13:25:25 aero /kernel: (ch0:ahc0:0:3:0): Vendor Specific ASC > Oct 6 13:25:25 aero /kernel: (ch0:ahc0:0:3:0): Vendor Specific ASC As Matt suggested, try 'chio ielem' and see if that helps. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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