I agree that the problem is probably outside of your z10. I think there is something wrong with your storage array. What is it? One of those little EMC arrays?
> Configuring FCP disk 5006916030603a65:0000000000000000 > Vendor: DGC Model: RAID 5 Rev: 0226 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04 It is not a zoning issue. There wouldn't be messages about sense data if the channel couldn't talk to the storage array. Ray Higgs System z FCP Firmware Development Bld. 706, B42 2455 South Road Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (845) 435-8666, T/L 295-8666 rayhi...@us.ibm.com Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu> wrote on 08/29/2011 10:37:43 AM: > From: Pedro Principeza <pedro...@br.ibm.com> > To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu > Date: 08/29/2011 10:45 AM > Subject: Re: SLES10 SP4 Linux and zFCP disk > Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu> > > Greetings. > > The "Device Not Ready" errors (as shown on the logs you've mentioned) are > commonly originated from issues outside the Linux guest. > LUN mapping, SAN Zoning and Host Type definitions come to my mind, in > these cases. Look for the SAN/Storage side. > > HTH, > Pedro Principeza > > > > From: "Ayers, Jennifer D" <jennifer.d.ay...@wv.gov> > To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu > Date: 29/08/2011 11:33 > Subject: SLES10 SP4 Linux and zFCP disk > Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu> > > > > We are attempting (unsuccessfully) to connect to a SAN disk via zFCP. Port > type is "NPort (fabric via point-to-point)". The operating system in our > test instance is SUSE 10 SP4. > > We cannot partition or format the disk. These are some the errors we see > when our instance is rebooted: > Activating zfcp host 0.0.5000 > Configuring device 0.0.5000 > scsi0 : zfcp > zfcp: The adapter 0.0.5000 reported the following characteristics: > WWNN 0x5005976400c36e16, WWPN 0xc05976eba2000000, S_ID 0x000b1701, > adapter version 0x5, LIC version 0x302 > zfcp: Switched fabric fibrechannel network detected at adapter 0.0.5000. > Activating zfcp disk 0.0.5000:0x5006916030603a65:0x0000000000000000 > No configuration file for adapter 0.0.5000 > Configuring FCP disk 5006916030603a65:0000000000000000 > Vendor: DGC Model: RAID 5 Rev: 0226 > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04 > SCSI device sda: 41943040 512-byte hdwr sectors (21475 MB) > sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled > sda: asking for cache data failed > sda: assuming drive cache: write through > SCSI device sda: 41943040 512-byte hdwr sectors (21475 MB) > sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled > sda: asking for cache data failed > sda: assuming drive cache: write through > sda:<6>sd 0:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: sense key: Not Ready > Additional sense: Logical unit not ready, manual intervention required > end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 0 > Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0 > sd 0:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: sense key: Not Ready > Additional sense: Logical unit not ready, manual intervention required > end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 0 > Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0 > sd 0:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: sense key: Not Ready > Additional sense: Logical unit not ready, manual intervention required > end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 0 > Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0 > unable to read partition table > sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda > sd 0:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: sense key: Not Ready > Additional sense: Logical unit not ready, manual intervention required > end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 41942912 > Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 5242864 > sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0 > sd 0:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: sense key: Not Ready > Buffer I/O error on device sda, logical block 0 > sd 0:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: sense key: Not Ready > Additional sense: Logical unit not ready, manual intervention required > end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 41943032 > sd 0:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: sense key: Not Ready > Additional sense: Logical unit not ready, manual intervention required > end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 41943032 > sd 0:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: sense key: Not Ready > Additional sense: Logical unit not ready, manual intervention required > end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 41943032 > sd 0:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: sense key: Not Ready > Additional sense: Logical unit not ready, manual intervention required > end_request: I/O error, dev sda, sector 41943032 > sd 0:0:0:0: Device not ready: <6>: Current: sense key: Not Ready > > I had to manually add a LUN 0 in order to see anything at all. Also, one > day the disk appears as a /dev/sda and then another it may appear as > /dev/sg0, or worse -- /dev/.tmp. > > Configuration and setup of zFCP is new to us. Any light you can shed as > to why we are encountering these errors would be appreciated. > > Jennifer Ayers > State of West Virginia > Office of Technology > 304-957-8294 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
