SUMMARY: how to identify the scsi adapter without hwmgr ?

From: Mostapha Bentaleb <mostapha.bentaleb_at_quadratec.fr>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 11:30:53 +0200

Mostapha Bentaleb a écrit :
>
> Hi all
>
> On a 4.0f , i realized that i'm unable to identify
> the scsi board. No useful line on /var/log/messages
> On a TU 5.0 one can do a 'hwmgr get attribute | more'
> but i have no idea how to get the same info without
> 'hwmgr ' on 4.0f.
>
> Any idea ?
            


 thanks to Uwe Lienig , alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com and the prolific
 Dr. Thomas P. Blinn
       

 it appears that under 4.0 it's rather difficult to get such info
 if it's not in boot messages.
 
 reprinted here is a good summary about scsi board and their
 driver by alan
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        If the information isn't printed directly by the boot
        messages, then the driver will be (at a minimum). From
        the driver being used you can derive what possible
        sorts of adapters it can be. Sometimes there's a simple
        one to one correspondence. Other times addition bits
        of information will offer a clue.

        Many recent systems will log FRU data as part of the set
        of boot messages. I believe FRU in this case stands for
        Field Replacable Unit which would identify the type of
        board. DECevent should be able to interpret FRU data.

        With hints I could probably tell you want kind it is from
        the messages file listing. The common types:

                xza - KZMSA (2 channel XMI SCSI adapter)
                tcds - PMAZ, PMAZB, PMAZC (1/2 channel TURBOchannel
                        SCSI adapter)
                tza - KZTSA (TURBOchannel Fast/Wide/Differential)
                aha - Adaptec 1740 or 1742.
                psiop - KZPAA or other NCR 810 based adapter
                pza - KZPSA (Fast/Wide/Differential)
                isp - KZPDA, KZPBA, KZPCM, KFTIA (Q-logic based)
                siop - Adapter unique to the DEC 4000

        For the Q-logic family, the chip type is printed in the
        message. Adapters using the 1020 are the KZPDA, KZPCM
        and KFTIA. The KZPCM is a combination SCSI/Ethernet.
        The KFTIA is one of the I/O adapters available on the
        DEC 8200/8400, GS60E or GS140. The KZPDA is the basic
        Fast/Wide/Single-ended adapter. The KZPBA uses the
        Q-logic 1040.
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Mostapha Bentaleb
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