Solaris

Hi,

I am working on SunOS perlrate 5.10 Generic_127111-09 sun4v sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise-T5120.

The server has an LSISAS3801E HBA card installed and is connected to a StorageTek 2530 array.

I have made a volume on arrary using Common Array Manager.

I can see the volume on server:

root@perlrate # format
Searching for disks...done

c4t1d0: configured with capacity of 20.00GB

AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c2t5000C5000A5C916Fd0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848>
/scsi_vhci/disk@g5000c5000a5c916f
1. c2t5000C5000A5C9817d0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848>
/scsi_vhci/disk@g5000c5000a5c9817
2. c4t1d0 <SUN-LCSM100_S-0670 cyl 10238 alt 2 hd 64 sec 64>
/pci@0/pci@0/pci@8/pci@0/pci@1/LSILogic,sas@0/sd@1,0

Can anyone advise how to make a filesystem on the presented LUN - disk 2 above?

If i try to label the disk I get this error:
Warning: error writing VTOC

If i try to format the disk I get this error:
Formatting...
Illegal request during format

If I try to make a filesystem directly I get this error:
root@perlrate # newfs /dev/rdsk/c4t1d0s2
/dev/rdsk/c4t1d0s2: I/O error

Basically, Im an oracle guy working well out of his depth with OS and SAN config.

I've read extensively on internet but am getting nowhere. mpxio is enabled but I don't even know if this is relevent ..

3 days in and I need help.

Thanks,

John

how big is the LUN? try the following:

Code:

format -e

go to the "label" menu and chosse EFI. try to write the label. after that go to "part" menu and make your slices as needed. after that you can build a filesystem on the device.

alternative:

build a "zpool" with your device:

Code:

zpool create poolname c4t1d0

after that you should have a /poolname filesystem.

hth,
DN2

Hi DukeNuke,

Thanks for suggestions. Will test them out when back on site later this week.

LUN being tested with is only 20GB in size.

10.4,

John