RE: HP MSA30 Storage

I did an lspci command, and what shows up as the SCSI controller it is
supposed to be hooked up to is:
16:01.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X
Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 07)
16:01.1 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X
Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 07)

When the systems were built, these cards were in the boxes, so the
drivers for them are being loaded.  I'm seeing these message in the
kernel ring buffer:
Fusion MPT base driver 2.06.16.02
Copyright (c) 1999-2005 LSI Logic
mptbase: Initiating ioc0 bringup
ioc0: 53C1030: Capabilities={Initiator,Target}
mptbase: Initiating ioc1 bringup
ioc1: 53C1030: Capabilities={Initiator,Target}
mptbase: 2 MPT adapters found, 2 installed.
Fusion MPT SCSI Host driver 2.06.16.02
scsi0 : ioc0: LSI53C1030, FwRev=01032700h, Ports=1, MaxQ=203, IRQ=17
scsi1 : ioc1: LSI53C1030, FwRev=01032700h, Ports=1, MaxQ=203, IRQ=18

But, no indication of any disks being found.  Unfortunately, these
systems are very remote from where I am, so I can't just look to make
sure things are really cabled the way they're supposed to be.  If I'm
getting these results, but no disks, should that be the next thing to
verify?

Thanks,

Mark Post

-----Original Message-----
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 19:56:10 +0100
From: "Sharpe, Sam J" <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: HP MSA30 Storage
To: "Discussion of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 \(Taroon\)"
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> I have a mixture of RHEL3 and RHEL4 32-bit systems with HP 
> MSA30 "storage arrays" attached to them.  The storage was 
> added after the initial system builds.  I'm having trouble 
> finding any kind of information about them, such as what 
> kernel module(s) are needed, and what sort of device names 
> might get created when they do finally get detected.  All my 
> searches on Google just turn up HP marketing material.

That's actually a function of what SCSI Controller is inside the system,
it's nothing to do with the MSA30, just presents 14 SCSI targets (one
per installed disk) to the controller.

You don't say what the server hardware is, but assuming they are
attached via either the onboard controller or an addon SmartArray card
to an HP Proliant Server (e.g. DL36* DL38* DL58*) , you'll need the
cciss kernel module. RedHat provide one and so does the HP Proliant
Support Pack.

I recommend installing the HP PSP anyway, because it will do the
monitoring of the array and alert you to environmental failures. It also
provides the hpacucli (HP Array Configuration Utilities, Command Line
Interface) which will allow you to build arrays out of your disks.

--
Sam