On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 11:36:19AM -0500, erbilgic.ym AT pg DOT com wrote:
Just backup you SGI boxes over network and you will be fine.
The only supported SAN configuration by SGI is
FC-ready STK tape drives, at least it was 6 months ago.
>
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone use LTO (seagate) with SGI? What about over fibre with
> STK/Crossroads briges, qlogic card?
>
> I am having some problems ;)
> 1st only one drive per bridge shows up, if there is more than one, the
> scsi/hwpath is created but the corresponding /dev/rmt/tpsXXYYZZ is not...
> Does
> not show up on hinv -vmm either.. (sounds like a MAKEDEV bug).
>
> 2nd I can do a mt -f /dev/rmt/tps** status, but unload etc. times out: As
> well
> as the Sense information... I note the ql (qlogic probibly) rather than the
> tps
> in there too... Needless to say my robotics work mighty fine.
>
> Jan 24 10:00:36 6A:pie unix: ql15d1l0: command timeout: 0x12, notified demon t
> o abort iocb, port id 0xe8
> Jan 24 10:00:36 6A:pie unix: ql15d1l0: command timeout: abort of iocb complete
> , port id 0xe8
> Jan 24 10:02:21 6A:pie unix: ql15d1l0: command timeout: 0x12, notified demon t
> o abort iocb, port id 0xe8
> Jan 24 10:02:21 6A:pie unix: ql15d1l0: command timeout: abort of iocb complete
> , port id 0xe8
>
> Any one running into the same problems? Also which special file do you all
> use
> for LTO/netbackup? /rmt/tps*****nrvc,? nrcsc etc??
>
> Any help would be appriciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Yucel
>
>
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> Yucel M. Erbilgic
> erbilgic.ym AT pg DOT com
> (513) 945-1859
>
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