Maxtronic SCSI-to-SATA Array on Dell 2950

I'm attempting to move a previously working Maxtronic
SA-3340S
SCSI-to-SATA disk array from a Sun Sparc system to a RedHat
5.2 system
running on Dell 2950 hardware.

While I don't expect, of course, to get at the data on the
array, I would
like to deploy it.

The Dell sees the array, and /var/log/messages reports:

May 29 08:40:35 s31e066 kernel: SCSI device sdb: 2925232128
512-byte hdwr
sectors (1497719 MB

May 29 08:40:35 s31e066 kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off

May 29 08:40:35 s31e066 kernel: SCSI device sdb: drive
cache: write back

May 29 08:40:35 s31e066 kernel: SCSI device sdb: 2925232128
512-byte hdwr
sectors (1497719 MB)

May 29 08:40:35 s31e066 kernel: sdb: Write Protect is off

May 29 08:40:35 s31e066 kernel: SCSI device sdb: drive
cache: write back

May 29 08:40:35 s31e066 kernel:  sdb: sdb1 sdb9

May 29 08:40:35 s31e066 kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi
disk sdb

Despite the indication scsi disk sdb was
"attached," and the presence of
sdb device files in /dev, the system reports:

# fdisk /dev/sdb

Unable to open /dev/sdb

There are extensive, repeated dmesg entries, however:

scsi2 : Adaptec AIC79XX PCI-X SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 3.0
        <Adaptec 39320A Ultra320 SCSI adapter>
        aic7902: Ultra320 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, PCI-X
101-133Mhz, 512
SCBs

  Vendor:           Model:                   Rev: R0.0
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI
revision: 04
 target2:0:0: asynchronous
scsi2:A:0:0: Tagged Queuing enabled.  Depth 4
 target2:0:0: Beginning Domain Validation
 target2:0:0: wide asynchronous
 target2:0:0: FAST-160 WIDE SCSI 320.0 MB/s DT IU QAS RTI
WRFLOW PCOMP
(6.25 ns,
offset 127)
scsi 2:0:0:0: Attempting to queue an ABORT message:CDB: 0x12
0x0 0x0 0x0
0x40 0x0
scsi2: At time of recovery, card was not paused
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>> Dump Card State Begins
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
<<
scsi2: Dumping Card State at program address 0x24 Mode 0x22
Card was paused
[ lengthy hex messages elided ]
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
<< Dump Card State Ends
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>
scsi2:0:0:0: Cmd aborted from QINFIFO
scsi 2:0:0:0: Attempting to queue an ABORT message:CDB: 0x0
0x0 0x0 0x0
0x0 0x0
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solarflow99 wrote:

> Would you be able to re-initialize the array?

You mean as if it just came out of the box new, right?  If
so, yes I can;
the old Solaris filesystem there is of no use.

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solarflow99 wrote:

> thats good then, maybe it just needs to be initialized
in the 2950, its
> worth trying at least.

OK, I will.  Stay tuned.

> too.  I guess you're trying to use this controller to
save costs right?

Seems a shame not to use it, since it's right here using
electricity.

Thanks.
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>> solarflow99 wrote:
>>
>> > Would you be able to re-initialize the array?
>>

Done, but results are the same.  If you, or anyone else on
the list, have
other suggestions, I'm all ears.  Thanks.
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