Hallo,
I wrote :
The second (Hardware)problem ist still present, but in the moment ist
seems to have no consequences :
I wrote :
there is the following message in my startup-file :
cam_logger: CAM_ERROR packet
cam_logger: bus 1
isp_probe
this occurs for isp0 isp1
and beside that there is the message :
NVRAM parameters invalid, using driver_Fast10 defaults
isp1: Firmware revision 2.10 (loaded _by console)
This message appears since the first start of the machine.
The technician from digital tried to solve it with a newer version of
the firmware : 2.10 but the message is still there.
Dr. Thomas P. Blinn wrote :
The message:
NVRAM parameters invalid, using driver Fast10 defaults
is because the console firmware hasn't set the ISP SCSI controller into
the
state the operating system software expects. There is a command in the
SRM
console, if I remember right it's "isp1020_edit" that has a "-sd" (again,
if memory serves me correctly) option to set the NVRAM to the default
values.
If it's not set correctly, you might get problems.
The cam_logger message is telling you that when the SCSI subsystem code
was
trying to probe bus 1 (presumably isp1 at pci1000 slot 2, that is, the
second SCSI port on your dual port controller), it got back an error reply
(CAM_ERROR packet) instead of a valid reply. This suggests the controller
is not working correctly. It could be a hardware error or bad firmware or
firmware not configured correctly (NVRAM parameters invalid).
Is there someone who knows what to do, to set the right parameters, or
which number of the firmware probably will solve the problem ?
For the first time, I got no answer from the list, (beside the one from
Dr. Thomas P. Blinn, which helped me a lot )!!!
Nevertheless the problem is solved.
I've got a new controller and there's no longer any error message in the
startup.
sometimes indeed it's the hardware.
Birgitt Boersch-Pulm
Received on Thu Sep 10 1998 - 12:36:51 NZST