I have seen that message on Solaris 9 after I applied the latest st patch ( 
9/03 ). You could confirm this by issueing the following command:

man st 

If you do not see ST_BUFFERED_WRITES as one of the flags then you do have the 
latest st patch. You could get rid of the message by removing the 
ST_BUFFERED_WRITES from your bit pattern for the AIT-2 device in the st.conf.

- Lancy

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Schuknecht [mailto:Bob_Schuknecht AT HILTON DOT COM]
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 12:07 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] Solaris 8 Boot time message


Networkers,

Has anyone seen the following message during the boot cycle. It's not
displayed by dmesg or logged in /var/adm/messages.

SONY_AIT options value invalid bits set: 0x4000

Here's our environment:

Sun F15K - Solaris 8 (SAN Node)
Emulex LP9002L HBA
Connectrix SAN switch
ADIC Scalar 1000 library
Sony AIT-2 tape drives

Backup server - Sun V480 - Solaris 8

/kernel/drv/lpfc.conf are identical between the F15K and the V480
/kernel/drv/st.conf are also identical.

Backups and restores seem to work from/to the SAN Node.

Thanks,

Bob Schuknecht
Hilton Hotels Corp.

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