scsi bios not found... 1

[elmurado]

Hi. New ML350 G3 server. It came with SBS2003 but we wanted to load W2003 STANDARD ON IT.
Used smartstart to boot and then used erase utility to erase everything(drives/nvram/cmos) then bootup with smartstart. Everything seems fine. I used the ACU to setup my drives in mirrors etc and left a spare.

However, when it boots up I get message saying scsi bios not found! Then when I ran the smartstart test utility, everything is fine except for my SCSI HP72 Tape drive which fails a test. It says to load a tape. However the eject test went fine.
I'm sure the id for the device is fine (3) and if the server can run an eject command then the scsi setup is good. But what do I do about the SCSI bios?

What am I doing wrong? I had the idea that my hardware should be configured BEFORE doing an assisted OS install.
Which is why I thought I'd test it all before proceeding.
TIA

 

[ntinlin]

SCSI bios not found message is standard if you are using a separate RAID controller or an internal 5i.

Nothing to worry about if everything else is working.

Neill

 

[elmurado]

Thanks Neil. We've got one of the smart641 array conntrollers which is separate, and I guess the tape drive is using the onboard adapter.
I found the same advice from a few other people too but here's a star anyway!

 

[ntinlin]

Thanks.

Did you get the additional battery backed write cache for the 641? Recommended.

Neill

 

[elmurado]

Thanks Neill, I remember you suggesting that before and when I was setting up the array controller thought about it again. Do you reckon that with only 35 users who pretty much will only be using that particular server as a file/print server that having the BBWC module would be necessary?

 

[ntinlin]

File / print only should be ok might be a little slower with DB apps. The drives in a ML350 are quite fast, with the 641 at least, 5i's are a bit slower.

You should be ok, and at least you know you have the option if you do want to improve performance at some stage.

Neill