SUMMARY: AddingHP C5683A to AlphaServer 1200 w V4.0Fpk3

From: Uwe Lienig <Uwe.Lienig_at_fif.mw.htw-dresden.de>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 17:00:00 +0100

The summary is simple:

One cannot use SCSI ID above 7 (7 is the hostadapter, so 6 is the last
ID) on Tru64 before V5.0.

The SCSI man pages states, the the device numbers are 4 bit. That would
allow for 16 ID on a single bus, but the OS strips off the high bit and
recognized only 8 (0 to 7) devices.

>From the man page man SCSI:

...
  The following diagram describes the minor numbers for SCSI disk
devices:

              ----------------------------------------------------------
       Bits: | 19 14 | 13 10 | 9 6 | 5 0
|
              ----------------------------------------------------------
             | Bus no. | Target ID | LUN | Partition no.
|
              ----------------------------------------------------------

  The following diagram describes the minor numbers for SCSI tape
devices:

             
-----------------------------------------------------------
       Bits: | 19 14 | 13 10 | 9 6 | 5 1 | 0
|
             
-----------------------------------------------------------
             | Bus no. | Target ID | LUN | Density | No rewind
|
             
-----------------------------------------------------------
....

But, as denoted above: up to V5.0 the high bit of the target ID is
stripped off.

Thanks to all, who responded that fast.
Received on Fri Feb 16 2001 - 16:01:16 NZDT

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