wrong magic number

[mjb23]

Does anybody now the meaning of the following error.

UNIX WARNING PCI @ 4.200/FIBER CHANNEL @ 1 SB @ 10,0
Wrong Magic Number

This is a sun Ultra 450.
The OS is Solaris 7.
Veirtas Volume Manager 3.1.1.
The Server is connected to an EMC Symmetrix 8430.
The HBA's are McData.

 

[wardy66]

Probably means you need to label the disk

Use the format command in Solaris

 

[Chacalinc]

wardy66 is right, this is not a symmetrix issue. Every time you install a new disk in your solaris system, you will get that message because the label is not written. The label is a metadata written to the disk when you issue "format > label" to the disk and it has the partitioning information. When you assing a new symmetrix LUN to the solaris,you actually are installing a new disk drive, so the procedure is the same.

Just issue "format", select the symm LUN and issue "label".