problem with rdac on aix 5.2+ fastt600 turbo 1

[kat115]

hi
i just installed an ibm pseries with aix 5.2; 2 ibm HBA 6239 directly attached to a fastt600 turbo but driver rdac doesn't want to load
i checked all the PTFs they are all up to date
fcs, fscsi, dac and dar are ok but no rdac
disks are seen and usable/ i tried several times to delete all the tree (from hdisks to fcs) and re-run cfgmgr but it tells me that devices.scsi is required and not installed (but it is installed!)
i don't understand what's happening
please can you help me find out the solution.?
thanks a lot
kat

 

[victorv]

hi,
if you run cfgmgr by smit (device,install...after last..) or

smitty cfgmgr

and insert CD1 of AIX or floopy or CD coming with HW
and indicate cd or floppy as sw distribution device,

does anything change ?

 

[kat115]

Hi,
Thanx for answering, I'll try it as soon as i can reach the server (offsite). I'll let you know if it gets better or not.

here is the message i get when i run the cfgmgr command :
Method error (/etc/methods/cfgnam -l nampd0):
0514-068 Cause not known.
sh: /etc/methods/cfgnam: not found.

cfgmgr: 0514-621 WARNING: The following device packages are required for
device support but are not currently installed.
devices.scsi

 

[kat115]

Hi here is what does smitty cfgmgr answer (with cd1 of aix loaded):


[Feb 09 2004, 15:05:47]
Starting SMIT

(Dialogue screen selected,
FastPath = "cfgmgr",
id = "cfgmgr",
title = "Install/Configure Devices Added After IPL".)



[Feb 09 2004, 15:05:49]
Exiting SMIT


[Feb 09 2004, 15:06:05]
Starting SMIT

(Dialogue screen selected,
FastPath = "cfgmgr",
id = "cfgmgr",
title = "Install/Configure Devices Added After IPL".)



[Feb 09 2004, 15:06:10]

Command_to_Execute follows below:
>> run_cfgmgr()
{
MSG=`/usr/bin/dspmsg smit.cat -s 27 23 'none'`
if [[ "x$1" = x"" || "x$1" = x$MSG ]]
then
cfgmgr
exit $?
else
cfgmgr -i $1
exit $?
fi
}
run_cfgmgr '/dev/cd0'


Output from Command_to_Execute follows below:

---- start ----

Method error (/etc/methods/cfgnam -l nampd0):
0514-068 Cause not known.
sh: /etc/methods/cfgnam: not found.


Method error (/etc/methods/cfgnam -l nampd0):
0514-068 Cause not known.
sh: /etc/methods/cfgnam: not found.


---- end ----

[Feb 09 2004, 15:07:09]



[Feb 09 2004, 15:07:18]
Exiting SMIT

#


anyone can help?

 

[kat115]

Additional information (please help..)

When I run lsdev -C | grep rdac => nothing
lsdev -C | grep dar => only dar0 is shown


# fget_config -A

---dar0---

dac0 ACTIVE dac1 ACTIVE
hdisk3 dac1
hdisk4 dac1
hdisk5 dac1
hdisk6 dac1
hdisk7 dac1
hdisk8 dac1
hdisk9 dac1
hdisk10 dac1

# lsdev -C | grep dac
dac0 Available 1Z-08-01 1722-600 (600) Disk Array
Controller
dac1 Available 1n-08-01 1722-600 (600) Disk Array
Controller
# lsdev -C | grep dar
dar0 Available 1722-600 (600) Disk Array Router

I don't know what's happening
I'm using a 6239 HBAs on host
Thanks for helping

 

[kat115]

Hi
I finally understood that i was wrong trying to find a problem whereas every thing was alright!
Sorry for that. every thing is working well with the fastT and rdac drivers.