Re: [storage-discuss] Problems getting QLE2360 to work properly
Hi Budy, Your welcome. I know that IBM EXP710s work fine with a standard qla2300 adapter which loads the same asic fw as the QLE2360 would. Regards, Mike http://blog.laspina.ca/ -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
Re: [storage-discuss] Problems getting QLE2360 to work properly
Hi Mike, interesting. I first tried the DS14MK2 with a QLE2462 which had no issues with this shelf, but I assume that the qlc driver then simply is able to handle these custom SCSI-3 commands, while the qla2300 fw is not. Thanks, that wraps it up for me. In the end it was worth a shot - now it's: don't restart the filer. ;) Thanks a lot, budy Btw, anybody knowing of some other, equally inexpensive, SATA-to-FC shelves? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
Re: [storage-discuss] Problems getting QLE2360 to work properly
Hi, The QLE2360 is simply an ISP2322 asic on a PCIe bus vs a PCIx bus. This modal is not on the HCL which means support is not available. If you have a loaded adapter firmware version reported and you are able to see FC LUs you have addressed the device PCI recognition issue and its working fine at this point. The issue here is not the QLE2360, its the DS14mk2-FC module. This module has proprietary management SCSI-3 commands which are probably causing the observed extreme delays. I have experienced this behavior with certain IBM disk trays as well. I am not aware of a workaround using the sd.conf elements. The only other way to address this issue is to correctly handle the custom SCSI responses as required at the code level which is not a OpenSolaris driver issue. Regards, Mike http://blog.laspina.ca/ -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
Re: [storage-discuss] Problems getting QLE2360 to work properly
Thanks - I almost forgot about the sd.conf. I have taken a look at it, but there's nothing that catches my eye: name="sd" class="scsi" target=0 lun=0; name="sd" class="scsi" target=1 lun=0; name="sd" class="scsi" target=2 lun=0; name="sd" class="scsi" target=3 lun=0; name="sd" class="scsi" target=4 lun=0; name="sd" class="scsi" target=5 lun=0; name="sd" class="scsi" target=6 lun=0; name="sd" class="scsi" target=7 lun=0; name="sd" class="scsi" target=8 lun=0; name="sd" class="scsi" target=9 lun=0; name="sd" class="scsi" target=10 lun=0; name="sd" class="scsi" target=11 lun=0; name="sd" class="scsi" target=12 lun=0; name="sd" class="scsi" target=13 lun=0; name="sd" class="scsi" target=14 lun=0; name="sd" class="scsi" target=15 lun=0; # # The following stub node is needed for pathological bottom-up # devid resolution on a self-identifying transport. # name="sd" class="scsi-self-identifying"; name="sd" parent="qla2300" target=2048; Btw, I re-installed OpenSolaris from the textinstaller cd, since I don't really need all that GUI stuff, and now, there're no more messages about any issues with the HAL daemon. Nevertheless, upon booting the disks are scanned with a delay of 10 mins. after each disk. Thanks, budy -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
Re: [storage-discuss] Problems getting QLE2360 to work properly
The QLogic QLA2360 HBA isn't supported by the qlc driver, just the QLogic qla2300 driver supports it, as you have discovered. The qla2300 driver is an sd attached driver, and as such, the sd driver uses the /kernel/drv/sd.conf list to scan for all possible devices to discover. If the sd.conf file is fully populated, it can take a while for the sd driver to iterate though the entire list - you might want to try reducing that list and see if the boot speed improves. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
