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