> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Andreas Höschler > > > I don't think that the BIOS and rebooting part ever has to be true, > > at least I don't hope so. You shouldn't have to reboot just because > > you replace a hot plug disk. > > Hard to believe! But that's the most recent state of affairs. Not even > the Sun technician made the disk to show up in /dev/dsks. They have > replaced it 3 times assuming it to be defect! :-)
I recently went through an exercise very similar to this on an x4275. I also tried to configure the HBA via the ILOM but couldn't find any way to do it. I also thought about shutting down the system, but never did that. I couldn't believe the sun support tech didn't know (and took days to figure out) how to identify or configure the raid HBA card installed, and identify the correct HBA configuration software. In my case (probably different for you) I have a storagetek, and the software is located here: http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/sunraid/index.htm The manual is located here: http://docs.sun.com/source/820-1177-13/index.html I don't know how to identify what card is installed in your system. All the usual techniques (/var/adm/messages and prtdiag and prtconf) are giving me nothing that I can see identifies my storagetek. Once you have the raid reconfiguration software ... I had to initialize the disk (although it was already initialized, it was incorrect) and I had to "make simple volume" on that disk. Then it appeared as a device, reported by "format" Just like you, I had a scheduled downtime window, and I attempted to do all the above during that window. It was not necessary. I prepared in advance, by using a different system, adding and removing disks. On the other system (which had no HBA) I needed to use the commands "devfsadm -Cv" and "cfgadm -al" So you may need those. The first support guy I talked to said the raid configuration utility for the HBA was raidctl, which seems to be built into every system, but I don't think that's accurate. I am not aware of any situation where that is useful; but who knows, it might be for you. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
