On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 11:11 -0600, Jim Jarocki wrote: > hello all, > > i'm having some difficulties getting a debian system to connect to our san > storage. some quick system info:
so the san disk is the boot device? or an secondary disk? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a > Linux ptah 2.4.27 #1 SMP Tue Jan 3 12:54:05 CST 2006 i686 GNU/Linux > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lsmod > Module Size Used by Not tainted > qla2200_conf 300796 0 (autoclean) what is the full listing of lsmod, qla2200_conf is not the fiber card driver (per se), it gives you the ability to do some configuring of the driver. > > so it would appear that i have the module to support the card successfully > compiled and loaded. however, when i boot up, the system hangs while it > tries to connect. even the console hangs. from 'dmesg': > > qlogicfc0 : Loop Reinitialized > qlogicfc0 : Link is Up > scsi0 : QLogic ISP2200 SCSI on PCI bus 05 device 48 irq 18 base 0x1000 > qlogicfc0 : Fabric found. > qlogicfc0 : Error performing port login 4005 > qlogicfc0 : Error performing port login 4005 > <repeats the above line> > > <no console access (no response) and ssh hangs> > <until i unplug the fibre> > > qlogicfc0 : Error performing port login 4005 > qlogicfc0 : Link is Down > qlogicfc0 : Error performing port login 4005 > qlogicfc0 : Get All Next failed 4005. > qlogicfc0 : Port Database > wwn: 210000e08b012ce3 scsi_id: 0 loop_id: 0 > es1371: version v0.32 time 12:55:36 Jan 3 2006 > Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22 > options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm] > usb.c: registered new driver hub > host/uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1 > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 00:1d.0 to 64 > > so, what am i missing? probably something fairly obvious and basic, but > that wouldn't be the first time... :P so this looks like you are using the qlogicfc module. i dont think the qla2200* modules are compatible with the qlogicfc module. how did you get the qla2000 modules? we are using san disks as boot devices in our environment and what i did was make modules from the qla2x00-source and then create an initrd image to load those modules: $ lsmod | grep qla qla2200 281188 2 (autoclean) qla2200_conf 300828 0 (autoclean) $ cat /etc/mkinitrd/modules scsi_mod sd_mod qla2200_conf qla2200 reiserfs -matt zagrabelny ps. i received a copy of this email via alex jokela as well. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]