Drat, just found this under the SATA notes for cfgadm: "Hotplugging operations are not supported by all SATA controllers."
"If the SATA connectors are the hot-pluggable type and the SATA controller supports hotplugging, [b]unplugging a device without unconfiguring it may result in system hang or data loss[/b]. If a device is unconfigured but receptacle state is not in a disconnected state, unplugging a device from the SATA port will result in error message." >From here: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-5166/cfgadm-sata-1m?a=view If that's accurate, surely it's a problem on the Thumper server too? It would certainly explain the warnings in the manual about unconfiguring a device before removing it, and the warnings on the Thumper and the J4000 range about ensuring the blue 'ready to remove' light is lit before unplugging a drive. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
