<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 13/12/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bryan J. Smith</b> <<a href="mailto:thebs413@earthlink.net">thebs413@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Marc Peiser <<a href="mailto:marcpeiser@gmail.com">marcpeiser@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> I'm trying to get a scsi tape device (Sony SDX-D500V)<br>> working on my dell 2450 running centos 4.2. I can see the<br>
> device (ch1, id2) using the dell bois raid utility, but<br>> once booted into linux I can't see any mention of it in<br>> the logs or dmesg.<br><br>Is it the same SCSI controller as the SCSI disks?<br>Are the SCSI disks in a hardware RAID configuration?
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Yes, you're right. I'm using the onboard scsi controller. Channel/scsi
0 has 5 disks (id 0-4) in RAID 5 configuration, the tape drive is
connected to the channel 1, id 2.<br>
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</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Just FYI, some Linux drivers for SCSI cards with RAID only<br>have disk/block support, and not more advanced support for
<br>rich peripherals like optical/tape on the same controller.<br><br>[ I don't know if that is your case, I haven't researched<br><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">your Dell model/configuration. ]</span>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Just had another look at the output from dmesg and see the following:</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">SCSI subsystem initialized<br>
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:05:04.0[A] -> GSI 31 (level, low) -> IRQ 217<br>
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:05:04.1[B] -> GSI 30 (level, low) -> IRQ 225<br>
scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.36</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <Adaptec aic7899 Ultra160 SCSI adapter></span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> aic7899: Ultra160 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">scsi1 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.2.36</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <Adaptec aic7899 Ultra160 SCSI adapter></span><br>
aic7899: Ultra160 Wide Channel B, SCSI Id=7, 32/253 SCBs<br>
megaraid cmm: <a href="http://2.20.2.6">2.20.2.6</a> (Release Date: Mon Mar 7 00:01:03 EST 2005)<br>
megaraid: <a href="http://2.20.4.6">2.20.4.6</a> (Release Date: Mon Mar 07 12:27:22 EST 2005)<br>
megaraid: probe new device 0x101e:0x1960:0x1028:0x0493: bus 2:slot 0:func 0<br>
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 193<br>
megaraid: fw version:[1.57] bios version:[3.13]<br>
scsi2 : LSI Logic <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">MegaRAID driver</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">scsi[2]: scanning scsi channel 0 [Phy 0] for non-raid devices</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Vendor: DELL Model: 1x5 U2W SCSI BP Rev: 1.30</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
Type:
Processor
ANSI SCSI revision: 02</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">scsi[2]: scanning scsi channel 1 [Phy 1] for non-raid devices</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">scsi[2]: scanning scsi channel 2 [virtual] for logical drives</span><br>
Vendor: MegaRAID Model: LD0 RAID5 38712R Rev: 1.57<br>
Type:
Direct-Access
ANSI SCSI revision: 02<br>
SCSI device sda: 284082176 512-byte hdwr sectors (145450 MB)<br>
sda: asking for cache data failed<br>
sda: assuming drive cache: write through<br>
sda: sda1 sda2<br>
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi2, channel 2, id 0, lun 0<br>
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds<br>
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.<br>
Attached scsi generic sg0 at scsi2, channel 0, id 6, lun 0, type 3<br>
Attached scsi generic sg1 at scsi2, channel 2, id 0, lun 0, type 0<br>
<br>
I'm not sure what this means, but looks to me like LSI Logic <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">MegaRAID driver should find my tape device. Is that correct?<br>
</span></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> Do you know if the generic kernel (2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp)<br>> supports this tape device?
<br><br>Yes. But I think you're issue is something else (as above).<br><br>> Can anyone give me any pointers in getting this<br>> device working.<br><br>If you do an "lsmod", we can find out more about your SCSI
<br>controller.</blockquote><div><br>
</div><div>[root@vindaloo ~]# lsmod<br>
Module Size Used by<br>
md5
8001 1<br>
ipv6 240097 28<br>
autofs4 22085 0<br>
i2c_dev 14273 0<br>
i2c_core 25921 1 i2c_dev<br>
sunrpc 139173 1<br>
microcode 11873 0<br>
dm_mod 58949 0<br>
button 10449 0<br>
battery 12869 0<br>
ac
8773 0<br>
ohci_hcd 23889 0<br>
tg3
85061 0<br>
e100 38209 0<br>
mii
8641 1 e100<br>
floppy 58065 0<br>
sg
38113 0<br>
ext3 118729 1<br>
jbd
59481 1 ext3<br>
megaraid_mbox 37073 2<br>
megaraid_mm 17905 1 megaraid_mbox<br>
aic7xxx 146425 0<br>
sd_mod 20545 3<br>
scsi_mod
116429 4 sg,megaraid_mbox,aic7xxx,sd_mod<br>
[root@vindaloo ~]#<br>
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</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Now if your tape is attached to a different controller (not<br>just a different channel on the same controller) than your
<br>disks, then it's probably just the fact the SCSI driver isn't<br>loaded.<br><br>In either case, I need to know what disk controller.</blockquote><div><br>
Yes, same controller, different channel. I've included the output of dmesg for you to look at.<br>
<br>
Thanks for your help.<br>
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">--<br>Bryan
J.
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