Hey there,

I'm running Veritas Storage Foundation HA Standard, v4.1 on Solaris 10 (x64), 
and I'm having a bit of an issue with 'drive type unknown' coming up on the 
Solaris format command.

I have two Qlogic QLE220 (PCI Express 4Gb HBA) hooked up to an HDS WMS100 with 
the latest ASL/APM installed. 

bash-3.00# pkginfo | grep VRTS
system      VRTSHDS-DF600-apm                Array Policy Module for HITACHI 
DF600(9500 and AMS-WMS) Arrays.
system      VRTSHDS-DF600-asl                Array Support Library for HITACHI 
DF600(9500 and AMS-WMS) Arrays.

vxddladm is showing the supported share object:
bash-3.00# vxddladm listsupport | grep vxhdsasl
libvxhdsasl.so       HITACHI                        DF600, DF600-V, DF600F      
                                

vxdmpadm is showing the two active paths I would expect to see:
bash-3.00# vxdmpadm getdmpnode enclosure=AMS_WMS0
NAME                 STATE     ENCLR-TYPE   PATHS  ENBL  DSBL  ENCLR-NAME
=========================================================================
c4t0d5s2             ENABLED      AMS_WMS      2      2     0     AMS_WMS0
c4t0d2s2             ENABLED      AMS_WMS      2      2     0     AMS_WMS0
c4t0d6s2             ENABLED      AMS_WMS      2      2     0     AMS_WMS0
c4t0d1s2             ENABLED      AMS_WMS      2      2     0     AMS_WMS0
c4t0d4s2             ENABLED      AMS_WMS      2      2     0     AMS_WMS0
c4t0d7s2             ENABLED      AMS_WMS      2      2     0     AMS_WMS0
c4t0d0s2             ENABLED      AMS_WMS      2      2     0     AMS_WMS0
c4t0d3s2             ENABLED      AMS_WMS      2      2     0     AMS_WMS0
c4t0d8s2             ENABLED      AMS_WMS      2      2     0     AMS_WMS0
c4t0d11s2            ENABLED      AMS_WMS      2      2     0     AMS_WMS0
c4t0d10s2            ENABLED      AMS_WMS      2      2     0     AMS_WMS0
c4t0d9s2             ENABLED      AMS_WMS      2      2     0     AMS_WMS0
c4t0d12s2            ENABLED      AMS_WMS      2      2     0     AMS_WMS0
c4t0d13s2            ENABLED      AMS_WMS      2      2     0     AMS_WMS0
c4t0d14s2            ENABLED      AMS_WMS      2      2     0     AMS_WMS0

vxdisk show the disks as online in the correct group (the last three are the 
I/O fencing disks):
bash-3.00# vxdisk list
DEVICE       TYPE            DISK         GROUP        STATUS
c2t0d0s2     auto:none       -            -            online invalid
c3t0d0s2     auto:none       -            -            online invalid
c4t0d0s2     auto:cdsdisk    d400         mucho_grp    online
c4t0d1s2     auto:cdsdisk    d401         mucho_grp    online
c4t0d2s2     auto:cdsdisk    d402         mucho_grp    online
c4t0d3s2     auto:cdsdisk    d403         mucho_grp    online
c4t0d4s2     auto:cdsdisk    d404         mucho_grp    online
c4t0d5s2     auto:cdsdisk    d405         mucho_grp    online
c4t0d6s2     auto:cdsdisk    d406         mucho_grp    online
c4t0d7s2     auto:cdsdisk    d407         mucho_grp    online
c4t0d8s2     auto:cdsdisk    d408         mucho_grp    online
c4t0d9s2     auto:cdsdisk    d409         mucho_grp    online
c4t0d10s2    auto:cdsdisk    d410         mucho_grp    online
c4t0d11s2    auto:cdsdisk    d411         mucho_grp    online
c4t0d12s2    auto:cdsdisk    -            -            online
c4t0d13s2    auto:cdsdisk    -            -            online
c4t0d14s2    auto:cdsdisk    -            -            online


I'm not having any I/O issues to the drives so far, but for some reason the 
format command is giving me grief about 'drive type unknown' for _some_ of the 
drives:
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
       0. c2d0 <DEFAULT cyl 30391 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL 
PROTECTED],0
       1. c3d0 <DEFAULT cyl 30397 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL 
PROTECTED],0
       2. c4t0d0 <DEFAULT cyl 48951 alt 2 hd 255 sec 126>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0
       3. c4t0d1 <drive type unknown>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],1
       4. c4t0d2 <DEFAULT cyl 48951 alt 2 hd 255 sec 126>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],2
       5. c4t0d3 <drive type unknown>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],3
       6. c4t0d4 <DEFAULT cyl 48951 alt 2 hd 255 sec 126>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],4
       7. c4t0d5 <drive type unknown>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5
       8. c4t0d6 <DEFAULT cyl 48951 alt 2 hd 255 sec 126>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],6
       9. c4t0d7 <drive type unknown>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],7
      10. c4t0d8 <DEFAULT cyl 51561 alt 2 hd 255 sec 126>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],8
      11. c4t0d9 <drive type unknown>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],9
      12. c4t0d10 <DEFAULT cyl 51561 alt 2 hd 255 sec 126>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],a
      13. c4t0d11 <drive type unknown>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],b
      14. c4t0d12 <DEFAULT cyl 47 alt 2 hd 64 sec 32>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],c
      15. c4t0d13 <DEFAULT cyl 47 alt 2 hd 64 sec 32>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],d
      16. c4t0d14 <DEFAULT cyl 47 alt 2 hd 64 sec 32>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],e
      17. c5t0d0 <drive type unknown>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0
      18. c5t0d1 <DEFAULT cyl 48951 alt 2 hd 255 sec 126>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],1
      19. c5t0d2 <drive type unknown>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],2
      20. c5t0d3 <DEFAULT cyl 48951 alt 2 hd 255 sec 126>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],3
      21. c5t0d4 <drive type unknown>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],4
      22. c5t0d5 <DEFAULT cyl 48951 alt 2 hd 255 sec 126>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5
      23. c5t0d6 <drive type unknown> 
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],6
      24. c5t0d7 <DEFAULT cyl 48951 alt 2 hd 255 sec 126>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],7
      25. c5t0d8 <drive type unknown>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],8
      26. c5t0d9 <DEFAULT cyl 51561 alt 2 hd 255 sec 126>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],9
      27. c5t0d10 <drive type unknown>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],a
      28. c5t0d11 <DEFAULT cyl 51561 alt 2 hd 255 sec 126>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],b
      29. c5t0d12 <DEFAULT cyl 47 alt 2 hd 64 sec 32>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],c
      30. c5t0d13 <DEFAULT cyl 47 alt 2 hd 64 sec 32>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],d
      31. c5t0d14 <DEFAULT cyl 47 alt 2 hd 64 sec 32>
          /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/pci1077,[EMAIL 
PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED],e
Specify disk (enter its number):

Could this possibly be a drive issue? I am using the Sun supplied driver, 
although I am out about 3 revs from the latest patch:
bash-3.00# showrev -p | grep 125165
Patch: 125165-02 Obsoletes:  Requires: 119131-33 Incompatibles:  Packages: 
SUNWqlc, SUNWqlcu
bash-3.00# 

I am considering either upgrading to the latest patch level: 125165-05 or using 
the Qlogic supplied driver package. Would changing the driver package from Sun 
to Qlogic cause any issues with device names?

Thanks a lot for any and all help!

-James







       
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