Marco,
Thanks very much for your response. The tape drive does not show up on
the BIOS messages, but before initially writing to [EMAIL PROTECTED], I was
told by Dell that the absence of the tape drive on the messages was OK.
I just called Dell again, and was told that it is normal for the PERC to
not list devices on the SCSI channel in the boot messages when the other
channel is RAID. The tech also stated that under certain circumstances
or with certain products, running the PERC channels as RAID/SCSI would
definitely cause issues such as OS or application non-detection / non-
function. He suggested that an add-in controller, such as the Adaptec
39160, would be the optimal approach.
I asked the tech if I could cause the tape drive to show up on the boot
messages if I turned off the RAID, and he cautioned me to first
disconnect the RAID array, and to steel my nerves for the ominous boot-
up messages that I would receive. I might give that a try today or next
week after Tuesday.
The tech came across as knowledgeable and cooperative, nevertheless, it
does seem odd to me that the tape drive would not show up on the boot
messages. However, the tape drive does show up on the Ctrl M PERC BIOS
screen.
When I started trying to resolve this, I knew that the add-in card was a
possible solution, and I am leaning towards it more now, especially
since the Adaptec 39160 that the tech suggested is on the OpenBSD
supported hardware list.
I am not committed to that approach yet, or fully convinced of the
necessity of that solution, so I would still receive any further
redirection, suggestions, or comments, with appreciation and great
interest.
-Victor
At 07:31 PM 5/25/2006, you wrote:
Does the BIOS show a message that there is a tape device hooked up?
There should be a MPT scsi card showing up that has a tape drive attached to
it. If not you have some sort of cabling or hardware issue.
Victor wrote:
Marco,
With your question in mind, I more closely examined the BIOSs.
The tape drive is on channel B. I have examined the system BIOS and found that
channel B is configured as SCSI, as indicated below:
Integrated Devices ->
Embedded RAID Controller..........RAID Enabled
Channel A........................RAID
Channel B........................SCSI
I examined the PERC BIOS and found that channel B was set for 320M. I changed
that to Ultra-2, to better match the specs that I read on the tape drive.
The tape drive is still not detected.
Thanks for your previous reply, and I would appreciate your further suggestions,
comments, or guidance.
-Victor
At 07:11 PM 5/24/2006, you wrote:
There is no tape in your dmesg. Are you sure the server is set to RAID/SCSI in
the bios?
On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 07:03:39PM -0700, Victor wrote:
Hi!
OpenBSD 3.8-release installation is not detecting the Dell installed
PV100T internal tape drive connected to the onboard SCSI on my 2850
PowerEdge rackmount server. The 2850 is
configured as follows:
2.8GHz/2MB Cache, Xeon, 800MHzFront Side Bus for PowerEdge 2850 285282 [
222-0123]
2.8GHz/2MB Cache, Xeon, 800MHzFront Side Bus, 2nd processor for PowerEdg
e 2850 2P282 [311-5387]
1GB DDR2 400MHz (2X512MB) Single Ranked DIMMs 1G2D4S [311-3586]
Riser,ROMB,PCI-X,PE2850 ROMBPCX [320-3977]
73GB,U320,SCSI,1IN 10K,PE2850 73G103 [341-1305]
73GB,U320,SCSI,1IN 10K,PE2850 73G103 [341-1305]
MR1, ROMB RAID 1, Drives attached to PERC4ei,PE2850 MR1 [341-1354]
Embedded RAID - PERC4 Embedded Integrated FROMB [463-7995]
PV100T DAT72 w/onboard SCSI for PE2850 DAT72NC [341-1371]
1x6 Hard Drive Backplane PE2850 1X6BKPL [311-4282]
1.44MB Floppy Drive FD [341-1308]
No Operating System, Microsoft NOOSM [420-4077]
Dual On-Board NICS ONLY OBNICS [430-8991]
24X IDE CD-RW/DVD ROM Drive for PowerEdge Servers All OS CDRWDVD [313-26
92]
Redundant Power Supply With Y-CORD and Straight Cords PE2850 RPSWY [310-
5461]
With OpenBSD 3.8-release installed, without X, the dmesg is:
OpenBSD 3.8 (GENERIC.MP) #298: Sat Sep 10 15:51:54 MDT 2005
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP
cpu0: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 2.80 GHz
cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,
PSE36,CFLUSH,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,CNXT-ID
real mem = 1073065984 (1047916K)
avail mem = 972488704 (949696K)
using 4278 buffers containing 53755904 bytes (52496K) of memory
mainbus0 (root)
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+(00) BIOS, date 09/22/05, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xff
e90
pcibios0 at bios0: rev 2.1 @ 0xf0000/0x10000
pcibios0: PCI IRQ Routing Table rev 1.0 @ 0xfb4b0/320 (18 entries)
pcibios0: PCI Interrupt Router at 000:31:0 ("Intel 82801EB/ER LPC" rev 0
x00)
pcibios0: PCI bus #11 is the last bus
bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0xb000! 0xcb000/0x1000 0xcc000/0x1000 0xcd000/0
x2200 0xec000/0x4000!
mainbus0: Intel MP Specification (Version 1.4) (DELL PE 016D )
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: apic clock running at 199 MHz
cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 6 (application processor)
cpu1: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 2.80 GHz
cpu1: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,
PSE36,CFLUSH,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,CNXT-ID
mainbus0: bus 0 is type PCI
mainbus0: bus 1 is type PCI
mainbus0: bus 2 is type PCI
mainbus0: bus 3 is type PCI
mainbus0: bus 4 is type PCI
mainbus0: bus 5 is type PCI
mainbus0: bus 6 is type PCI
mainbus0: bus 7 is type PCI
mainbus0: bus 8 is type PCI
mainbus0: bus 9 is type PCI
mainbus0: bus 10 is type PCI
mainbus0: bus 11 is type PCI
mainbus0: bus 12 is type ISA
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 8 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins
ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apic 8
ioapic1 at mainbus0: apid 9 pa 0xfec80000, version 20, 24 pins
ioapic1: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apic 9
ioapic2 at mainbus0: apid 10 pa 0xfec83000, version 20, 24 pins
ioapic2: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apic 10
ioapic3 at mainbus0: apid 11 pa 0xfec84000, version 20, 24 pins
ioapic3: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apic 11
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (no bios)
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel E7710 SMCH" rev 0x09
ppb0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel E7710 MCH PCIE" rev 0x09
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
ppb1 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Intel IOP331 Channel 0" rev 0x06
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
ami0 at pci2 dev 14 function 0 "Dell PERC 4e/Di" rev 0x06: apic 9 int 14
(irq 7) Dell 16d/32b
ami0: FW 521S, BIOS vH430, 256MB RAM
ami0: 2 channels, 0 FC loops, 1 logical drives
scsibus0 at ami0: 40 targets
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <AMI, Host drive #00, > SCSI2 0/direct fix
ed
sd0: 69880MB, 8908 cyl, 255 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sec, 143114240 sec t
otal
scsibus1 at ami0: 16 targets
safte0 at scsibus1 targ 6 lun 0: <PE/PV, 1x6 SCSI BP, 1.0> SCSI2 3/proce
ssor fixed
scsibus2 at ami0: 16 targets
ppb2 at pci1 dev 0 function 2 "Intel IOP331 Channel 1" rev 0x06
pci3 at ppb2 bus 3
ppb3 at pci0 dev 4 function 0 "Intel E7710 MCH PCIE" rev 0x09
pci4 at ppb3 bus 4
ppb4 at pci0 dev 5 function 0 "Intel E7710 MCH PCIE" rev 0x09
pci5 at ppb4 bus 5
ppb5 at pci5 dev 0 function 0 "Intel PCIE-PCIE" rev 0x09
pci6 at ppb5 bus 6
em0 at pci6 dev 7 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000MT (82541GI)" rev 0x05: apic
10 int 0 (irq 11), address: 00:14:22:1c:30:14
ppb6 at pci5 dev 0 function 2 "Intel PCIE-PCIE" rev 0x09
pci7 at ppb6 bus 7
em1 at pci7 dev 8 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000MT (82541GI)" rev 0x05: apic
10 int 1 (irq 3), address: 00:14:22:1c:30:15
ppb7 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 "Intel E7710 MCH PCIE" rev 0x09
pci8 at ppb7 bus 8
ppb8 at pci8 dev 0 function 0 "Intel PCIE-PCIE" rev 0x09
pci9 at ppb8 bus 9
ppb9 at pci8 dev 0 function 2 "Intel PCIE-PCIE" rev 0x09
pci10 at ppb9 bus 10
uhci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801EB/ER USB" rev 0x02: apic 8
int 16 (irq 11)
usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0
uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801EB/ER USB" rev 0x02: apic 8
int 19 (irq 10)
usb1 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
uhub1 at usb1
uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 2 "Intel 82801EB/ER USB" rev 0x02: apic 8
int 18 (irq 7)
usb2 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0
uhub2 at usb2
uhub2: Intel UHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
ehci0 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801EB/ER USB" rev 0x02: apic 8
int 23 (irq 5)
usb3 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub3 at usb3
uhub3: Intel EHCI root hub, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
ppb10 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BA AGP" rev 0xc2
pci11 at ppb10 bus 11
vga1 at pci11 dev 13 function 0 "ATI Radeon VE QY" rev 0x00
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801EB/ER LPC" rev 0x02
pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801EB/ER IDE" rev 0x02: DMA,
channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibi
lity
atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0
scsibus3 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
cd0 at scsibus3 targ 0 lun 0: <HL-DT-ST, CDRW/DVD GCC4244, B101> SCSI0 5
/cdrom removable
cd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2
pciide0: channel 1 disabled (no drives)
isa0 at ichpcib0
isadma0 at isa0
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
spkr0 at pcppi0
sysbeep0 at pcppi0
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: using exception 16
pccom0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
biomask 0 netmask 0 ttymask 0
pctr: user-level cycle counter enabled
uhub4 at uhub3 port 3
uhub4: Dell product 0xa001, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 2
uhub4: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered, multiple transaction tran
slators
dkcsum: sd0 matches BIOS drive 0x80
root on sd0a
rootdev=0x400 rrootdev=0xd00 rawdev=0xd02
Just as a test, I booted using a 3.9 boot only CD made from cd39.iso,
exited to shell and ran dmesg. The tape drive was not listed.
Dell's utility successfully tested and "passed" the tape drive.
The tape drive is on Channel B, LUN 0, ID 6, and the tape drive's DIP
switches are at default, all on "1."
I would appreciate your suggestions or comments.
-Victor
