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July 30, 2008 at 03:14 PM
sparc000

Solaris – Can’t see array drives

by sparc000 . Updated 17 years, 11 months ago

hello, I was troubleshooting a failed drive in the array when all of a sudden after a reboot I no longer see any array drives from format command and dmesg and /var/adm/messages show these messages every few seconds:

Jul 30 17:33:26 solarisbox scsi: [ID 243001 kern.info] /pci@3,2000/SUNW,ifp@2 (ifp0):
Jul 30 17:33:26 solarisbox LIP reset occurred; cause f7f7
Jul 30 17:33:45 solarisbox scsi: [ID 243001 kern.info] /pci@3,2000/SUNW,ifp@2 (ifp0):
Jul 30 17:33:45 solarisbox Loop is down: finishing off loop reconfig
Jul 30 17:33:45 solarisbox scsi: [ID 243001 kern.info] /pci@3,2000/SUNW,ifp@2 (ifp0):
Jul 30 17:33:45 solarisbox Loop reconfigure done, LIP
Jul 30 17:33:52 solarisbox scsi: [ID 243001 kern.info] /pci@3,2000/SUNW,ifp@2 (ifp0):
Jul 30 17:33:52 solarisbox LIP occurred; cause f7f7
Jul 30 17:33:52 solarisbox scsi: [ID 243001 kern.info] /pci@3,2000/SUNW,ifp@2 (ifp0):
Jul 30 17:33:52 solarisbox LIP reset occurred; cause f7f7
Jul 30 17:34:13 solarisbox scsi: [ID 243001 kern.info] /pci@3,2000/SUNW,ifp@2 (ifp0):
Jul 30 17:34:13 solarisbox LIP occurred; cause f7f7
Jul 30 17:34:13 solarisbox scsi: [ID 243001 kern.info] /pci@3,2000/SUNW,ifp@2 (ifp0):
Jul 30 17:34:13 solarisbox LIP reset occurred; cause f7f7

From OK prompt I tried:
probe-scsi-all
and received this message:

ERROR: Timed-out waiting for the firmware Ready state
Current firmware state Configuration Wait
ERROR: Unable to get current loop ID (0001)

cfgadm -al gives me this:

# cfgadm -al
Ap_Id Type Receptacle Occupant Condition
ac0:bank0 memory connected configured ok
ac0:bank1 memory connected configured ok
ac1:bank0 memory connected configured ok
ac1:bank1 memory connected configured ok
c0 scsi-bus connected configured unknown
c0::dsk/c0t6d0 CD-ROM connected configured unknown
c0::dsk/c0t10d0 disk connected configured unknown
c0::dsk/c0t11d0 disk connected configured unknown
c2 scsi-bus connected unconfigured unknown
c3 fc connected unconfigured unknown
sysctrl0:slot0 cpu/mem connected configured ok
sysctrl0:slot1 dual-pci connected configured ok
sysctrl0:slot2 cpu/mem connected configured ok
sysctrl0:slot3 disk disconnected unconfigured unknown
sysctrl0:slot4 unknown empty unconfigured unusable
sysctrl0:slot5 dual-pci connected configured ok
sysctrl0:slot6 unknown empty unconfigured unusable
sysctrl0:slot7 unknown empty unconfigured unknown

Can someone please help me understand what is going on here?

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