On Mon, 04 May 2009 15:45:24 +1200
Nicholas Lee <[email protected]> wrote:

> Using an expander is bit of a new consideration for me. Even if it should be
> assumed a component is like this is a neutral pnp, there are generally still
> some issues. 
> Just want to make sure I don't miss any points.

Fair enough
 
> Is there a best practice for the use of SAS/SATA expanders with Solaris?

Personally, I'd recommend that you get the expander to attach
using sgen(7d), if you have that option with your software stack.

sgen "scsiclass,0d"

is what you should see in your /etc/driver_aliases file.

The expander will show up in cfgadm output too, and if
you're running NV then you could use the /usr/lib/scsi/sestopo
utility to find out interesting things about your enclosure.


Cheers,
James C. McPherson
--
Senior Kernel Software Engineer, Solaris
Sun Microsystems
http://blogs.sun.com/jmcp       http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog
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