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Michael St. Laurent

2007-Aug-03 20:24 UTC

[CentOS] Adaptec 39320A woes

I'm having speed problems with the SCSI card we're using to do tape
backup.  It seems to be functioning in 16 bit mode and the current
thinking is that perhaps it's using a legacy driver instead of the
correct one.  The Adaptec site has a 'driver' for RHEL5 which I've
downloaded and tried to install but it seems to have a problem
installing on a CentOS-5 system.

[root at hcnas modules]# cd /proc/scsi
[root at hcnas scsi]# cat scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 08 Lun: 00
  Vendor: DP       Model: BACKPLANE        Rev: 1.05
  Type:   Enclosure                        ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Host: scsi0 Channel: 02 Id: 00 Lun: 00
  Vendor: DELL     Model: PERC 5/i         Rev: 1.03
  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
  Vendor: CERTANCE Model: ULTRIUM 2        Rev: 1914
  Type:   Sequential-Access                ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 01
  Vendor: DELL     Model: PV-124T          Rev: 0043
  Type:   Medium Changer                   ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi3 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
  Vendor: Dell     Model: Virtual  CDROM   Rev: 123
  Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi4 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
  Vendor: Dell     Model: Virtual  Floppy  Rev: 123
  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
[root at hcnas scsi]# ll
total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Aug  3 13:21 aic79xx
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug  3 13:21 device_info
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug  3 13:21 scsi
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Aug  3 13:21 sg
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Aug  3 13:21 usb-storage
[root at hcnas scsi]# cd aic79xx/
[root at hcnas aic79xx]# ll
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug  3 13:09 1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug  3 13:09 2
[root at hcnas aic79xx]# cat 1
Adaptec AIC79xx driver version: 3.0
Adaptec 39320A Ultra320 SCSI adapter
aic7902: Ultra320 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, PCI-X 101-133Mhz, 512 SCBs
Allocated SCBs: 4, SG List Length: 128

Serial EEPROM:
0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8
0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8
0x09f4 0x0142 0x2807 0x0010 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff
0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0x0430 0xb3f3

Target 0 Negotiation Settings
        User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
16bit)
Target 1 Negotiation Settings
        User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
16bit)
Target 2 Negotiation Settings
        User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
16bit)
Target 3 Negotiation Settings
        User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
16bit)
Target 4 Negotiation Settings
        User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
16bit)
Target 5 Negotiation Settings
        User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
16bit)
Target 6 Negotiation Settings
        User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
16bit)
        Goal: 3.300MB/s transfers
        Curr: 3.300MB/s transfers
        Channel A Target 6 Lun 0 Settings
                Commands Queued 29
                Commands Active 0
                Command Openings 1
                Max Tagged Openings 0
                Device Queue Frozen Count 0
        Channel A Target 6 Lun 1 Settings
                Commands Queued 20
                Commands Active 0
                Command Openings 1
                Max Tagged Openings 0
                Device Queue Frozen Count 0
Target 7 Negotiation Settings
        User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
16bit)
Target 8 Negotiation Settings
        User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
16bit)
Target 9 Negotiation Settings
        User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
16bit)
Target 10 Negotiation Settings
        User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
16bit)
Target 11 Negotiation Settings
        User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
16bit)
Target 12 Negotiation Settings
        User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
16bit)
Target 13 Negotiation Settings
        User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
16bit)
Target 14 Negotiation Settings
        User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
16bit)
Target 15 Negotiation Settings
        User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
16bit)
[root at hcnas ~]# rpm -e a320raid-3.00.063.5.V580A1-1
[root at hcnas ~]# rpm -ivh a320raid.rhel5.i686.rpm
Preparing...                ###########################################
[100%]
   1:a320raid               ###########################################
[100%]

Adaptec adp94xx driver installer - V1.2.5934.0-1


Backing up all modified files to /boot/adp94xx-backup-3

Using GRUB configuration
If this is not what you want, rename your /boot/grub/grub.conf file
/boot
-rw------- 1 root root 2403411 Jul 27 14:47 initrd-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5.img

/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5.img CentOS
(2.6.18-8.1.8.el5)
Configuration [CentOS (2.6.18-8.1.8.el5)]
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 -> 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5

****** PROBLEM *******
No prebuilt module for 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 i686
**********************
/boot
-rw------- 1 root root 2403318 Jul 27 07:39 initrd-2.6.18-8.el5.img

/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-8.el5.img CentOS
(2.6.18-8.el5)
Configuration [CentOS (2.6.18-8.el5)]
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5 -> 2.6.18-8.el5

****** PROBLEM *******
No prebuilt module for 2.6.18-8.el5 i686
**********************

***************************************
******** NO MODULES INSTALLED *********
***************************************

Done.
error: %post(a320raid-3.00.063.5.V580A1-1.i686) scriptlet failed, exit
status 1
[root at hcnas ~]#

David Groep

2007-Aug-07 12:24 UTC

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[CentOS] Adaptec 39320A woes

[sorry for breaking the threading, only joined after reading this on the web]

Michael St. Laurent wrote:> I'm having speed problems with the SCSI card we're using to do tape
> backup.  It seems to be functioning in 16 bit mode and the current
> thinking is that perhaps it's using a legacy driver instead of the
> correct one.  The Adaptec site has a 'driver' for RHEL5 which
I've
> downloaded and tried to install but it seems to have a problem
> installing on a CentOS-5 system.
Hit this same issue with a slightly different configuration, and although
not able to offer a solution, I can at least give some more boundary
conditions. As I see it now, it starts to look like a driver issue.

- I found the issue with a 39320 controller on CentOS5/i386,
   talking to an Infortrend IFT-7250F enclosure. It should be doing U160
   (Wide, 80 MHz synchonous), but it decays to 3.300 MB/s transfers.
   The driver indeed even says the "Goal" is 3.300 MB/s ...

   It is confirmed by the infortrend: it shows asynchonous/narrow as
   transfer settings for the SCSI channels after loading the aic79xx driver.

- Exchanging the 39320 for a 29320, still on the same machine with
   CentOS5/i386, does not change it: still 3.300 MB/s (as confirmed
   by the infortrend itself)

- putting this same 29320, with the same IFT7250F and with the
   same cabling, in another machine running CentOS3.7: presto, it
   synchonizes again at 160 MB/s (Wide, 80 MHz)!

- similar Adaptec 29320 and 39320's in a CentOS4/i386 box, connected to
   similar Infortrends: work correctly at 160 and 320 MB/s

- Booting into kernel 2.6.18-8.el5 or 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 makes no difference

For CentOS5, the aic79xx driver is "Version: 3.0". For CentOS3
it's
using driver "1.3.10-RH1", and for the CentOS4 systems, it's
"1.3.11".
What changed between 1.3.11 and 3.0?

At least you're not alone ...

	Regards,
	DavidG.

PS: and indeed, the adaptec driver RPM does not install correctly, with
the same errors you reported below.
> [root <at> hcnas modules]# cd /proc/scsi
> [root <at> hcnas scsi]# cat scsi
> Attached devices:
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 08 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: DP       Model: BACKPLANE        Rev: 1.05
>   Type:   Enclosure                        ANSI SCSI revision: 05
> Host: scsi0 Channel: 02 Id: 00 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: DELL     Model: PERC 5/i         Rev: 1.03
>   Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 05
> Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: CERTANCE Model: ULTRIUM 2        Rev: 1914
>   Type:   Sequential-Access                ANSI SCSI revision: 03
> Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 01
>   Vendor: DELL     Model: PV-124T          Rev: 0043
>   Type:   Medium Changer                   ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi3 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: Dell     Model: Virtual  CDROM   Rev: 123
>   Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> Host: scsi4 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
>   Vendor: Dell     Model: Virtual  Floppy  Rev: 123
>   Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> [root <at> hcnas scsi]# ll
> total 0
> dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Aug  3 13:21 aic79xx
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug  3 13:21 device_info
> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug  3 13:21 scsi
> dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Aug  3 13:21 sg
> dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Aug  3 13:21 usb-storage
> [root <at> hcnas scsi]# cd aic79xx/
> [root <at> hcnas aic79xx]# ll
> total 0
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug  3 13:09 1
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug  3 13:09 2
> [root <at> hcnas aic79xx]# cat 1
> Adaptec AIC79xx driver version: 3.0
> Adaptec 39320A Ultra320 SCSI adapter
> aic7902: Ultra320 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, PCI-X 101-133Mhz, 512 SCBs
> Allocated SCBs: 4, SG List Length: 128
> 
> Serial EEPROM:
> 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8
> 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8
> 0x09f4 0x0142 0x2807 0x0010 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff
> 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0x0430 0xb3f3
> 
> Target 0 Negotiation Settings
>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
> 16bit)
> Target 1 Negotiation Settings
>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
> 16bit)
> Target 2 Negotiation Settings
>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
> 16bit)
> Target 3 Negotiation Settings
>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
> 16bit)
> Target 4 Negotiation Settings
>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
> 16bit)
> Target 5 Negotiation Settings
>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
> 16bit)
> Target 6 Negotiation Settings
>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
> 16bit)
>         Goal: 3.300MB/s transfers
>         Curr: 3.300MB/s transfers
>         Channel A Target 6 Lun 0 Settings
>                 Commands Queued 29
>                 Commands Active 0
>                 Command Openings 1
>                 Max Tagged Openings 0
>                 Device Queue Frozen Count 0
>         Channel A Target 6 Lun 1 Settings
>                 Commands Queued 20
>                 Commands Active 0
>                 Command Openings 1
>                 Max Tagged Openings 0
>                 Device Queue Frozen Count 0
> Target 7 Negotiation Settings
>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
> 16bit)
> Target 8 Negotiation Settings
>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
> 16bit)
> Target 9 Negotiation Settings
>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
> 16bit)
> Target 10 Negotiation Settings
>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
> 16bit)
> Target 11 Negotiation Settings
>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
> 16bit)
> Target 12 Negotiation Settings
>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
> 16bit)
> Target 13 Negotiation Settings
>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
> 16bit)
> Target 14 Negotiation Settings
>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
> 16bit)
> Target 15 Negotiation Settings
>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS,
> 16bit)
> [root <at> hcnas ~]# rpm -e a320raid-3.00.063.5.V580A1-1
> [root <at> hcnas ~]# rpm -ivh a320raid.rhel5.i686.rpm
> Preparing...                ###########################################
> [100%]
>    1:a320raid               ###########################################
> [100%]
> 
> Adaptec adp94xx driver installer - V1.2.5934.0-1
> 
> Backing up all modified files to /boot/adp94xx-backup-3
> 
> Using GRUB configuration
> If this is not what you want, rename your /boot/grub/grub.conf file
> /boot
> -rw------- 1 root root 2403411 Jul 27 14:47 initrd-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5.img
> 
> /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5.img CentOS
> (2.6.18-8.1.8.el5)
> Configuration [CentOS (2.6.18-8.1.8.el5)]
> /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 -> 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5
> 
> ****** PROBLEM *******
> No prebuilt module for 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 i686
> **********************
> /boot
> -rw------- 1 root root 2403318 Jul 27 07:39 initrd-2.6.18-8.el5.img
> 
> /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-8.el5.img CentOS
> (2.6.18-8.el5)
> Configuration [CentOS (2.6.18-8.el5)]
> /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5 -> 2.6.18-8.el5
> 
> ****** PROBLEM *******
> No prebuilt module for 2.6.18-8.el5 i686
> **********************
> 
> ***************************************
> ******** NO MODULES INSTALLED *********
> ***************************************
> 
> Done.
> error: %post(a320raid-3.00.063.5.V580A1-1.i686) scriptlet failed, exit
> status 1
> [root <at> hcnas ~]#
> 

-- 
David Groep

** National Institute for Nuclear and High Energy Physics, PDP/Grid group **
** Room: H1.56 Phone: +31 20 5922179, PObox 41882, NL-1009DB Amsterdam NL **

Plant, Dean

2007-Aug-07 13:46 UTC

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[CentOS] Adaptec 39320A woes

Simple fix,

Adaptec & CentOS = :-(
LSI & CentOS = :-)

We spent a few days trying to get Adaptec cards working with LTO-3
drives. It was suggested to me from this list to try an LSI, we bought
one, it worked, problem solved.

Dean

David Groep wrote:> [sorry for breaking the threading, only joined after reading this on
> the web] 
> 
> Michael St. Laurent wrote:
>> I'm having speed problems with the SCSI card we're using to do
tape
>> backup.  It seems to be functioning in 16 bit mode and the current
>> thinking is that perhaps it's using a legacy driver instead of the
>> correct one.  The Adaptec site has a 'driver' for RHEL5 which
I've
>> downloaded and tried to install but it seems to have a problem
>> installing on a CentOS-5 system.
> 
> Hit this same issue with a slightly different configuration, and
> although not able to offer a solution, I can at least give some more
> boundary conditions. As I see it now, it starts to look like a driver
> issue. 
> 
> - I found the issue with a 39320 controller on CentOS5/i386,
>    talking to an Infortrend IFT-7250F enclosure. It should be doing
>    U160 (Wide, 80 MHz synchonous), but it decays to 3.300 MB/s
>    transfers. The driver indeed even says the "Goal" is 3.300
MB/s ...
> 
>    It is confirmed by the infortrend: it shows asynchonous/narrow as
>    transfer settings for the SCSI channels after loading the aic79xx
> driver. 
> 
> - Exchanging the 39320 for a 29320, still on the same machine with
>    CentOS5/i386, does not change it: still 3.300 MB/s (as confirmed
>    by the infortrend itself)
> 
> - putting this same 29320, with the same IFT7250F and with the
>    same cabling, in another machine running CentOS3.7: presto, it
>    synchonizes again at 160 MB/s (Wide, 80 MHz)!
> 
> - similar Adaptec 29320 and 39320's in a CentOS4/i386 box, connected
>    to similar Infortrends: work correctly at 160 and 320 MB/s
> 
> - Booting into kernel 2.6.18-8.el5 or 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 makes no
> difference 
> 
> For CentOS5, the aic79xx driver is "Version: 3.0". For CentOS3
it's
> using driver "1.3.10-RH1", and for the CentOS4 systems, it's
"1.3.11".
> What changed between 1.3.11 and 3.0?
> 
> At least you're not alone ...
> 
> 	Regards,
> 	DavidG.
> 
> PS: and indeed, the adaptec driver RPM does not install correctly,
> with 
> the same errors you reported below.
> 
>> [root <at> hcnas modules]# cd /proc/scsi
>> [root <at> hcnas scsi]# cat scsi
>> Attached devices:
>> Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 08 Lun: 00
>>   Vendor: DP       Model: BACKPLANE        Rev: 1.05
>>   Type:   Enclosure                        ANSI SCSI revision: 05
>> Host: scsi0 Channel: 02 Id: 00 Lun: 00
>>   Vendor: DELL     Model: PERC 5/i         Rev: 1.03
>>   Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 05
>> Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
>>   Vendor: CERTANCE Model: ULTRIUM 2        Rev: 1914
>>   Type:   Sequential-Access                ANSI SCSI revision: 03
>> Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 01
>>   Vendor: DELL     Model: PV-124T          Rev: 0043
>>   Type:   Medium Changer                   ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>> Host: scsi3 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
>>   Vendor: Dell     Model: Virtual  CDROM   Rev: 123
>>   Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>> Host: scsi4 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
>>   Vendor: Dell     Model: Virtual  Floppy  Rev: 123
>>   Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>> [root <at> hcnas scsi]# ll total 0
>> dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Aug  3 13:21 aic79xx
>> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug  3 13:21 device_info
>> -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug  3 13:21 scsi
>> dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Aug  3 13:21 sg
>> dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Aug  3 13:21 usb-storage
>> [root <at> hcnas scsi]# cd aic79xx/
>> [root <at> hcnas aic79xx]# ll
>> total 0
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug  3 13:09 1
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug  3 13:09 2
>> [root <at> hcnas aic79xx]# cat 1
>> Adaptec AIC79xx driver version: 3.0
>> Adaptec 39320A Ultra320 SCSI adapter
>> aic7902: Ultra320 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, PCI-X 101-133Mhz, 512
>> SCBs Allocated SCBs: 4, SG List Length: 128
>> 
>> Serial EEPROM:
>> 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8
>> 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8 0x17c8
>> 0x09f4 0x0142 0x2807 0x0010 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff
>> 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0xffff 0x0430 0xb3f3
>> 
>> Target 0 Negotiation Settings
>>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz
>> RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS, 16bit) Target 1 Negotiation Settings
>>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz
>> RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS, 16bit) Target 2 Negotiation Settings
>>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz
>> RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS, 16bit) Target 3 Negotiation Settings
>>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz
>> RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS, 16bit) Target 4 Negotiation Settings
>>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz
>> RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS, 16bit) Target 5 Negotiation Settings
>>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz
>> RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS, 16bit) Target 6 Negotiation Settings
>>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz
>>         RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS, 16bit) Goal: 3.300MB/s transfers
>>         Curr: 3.300MB/s transfers
>>         Channel A Target 6 Lun 0 Settings
>>                 Commands Queued 29
>>                 Commands Active 0
>>                 Command Openings 1
>>                 Max Tagged Openings 0
>>                 Device Queue Frozen Count 0
>>         Channel A Target 6 Lun 1 Settings
>>                 Commands Queued 20
>>                 Commands Active 0
>>                 Command Openings 1
>>                 Max Tagged Openings 0
>>                 Device Queue Frozen Count 0
>> Target 7 Negotiation Settings
>>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz
>> RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS, 16bit) Target 8 Negotiation Settings
>>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz
>> RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS, 16bit) Target 9 Negotiation Settings
>>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz
>> RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS, 16bit) Target 10 Negotiation Settings
>>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz
>> RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS, 16bit) Target 11 Negotiation Settings
>>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz
>> RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS, 16bit) Target 12 Negotiation Settings
>>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz
>> RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS, 16bit) Target 13 Negotiation Settings
>>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz
>> RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS, 16bit) Target 14 Negotiation Settings
>>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz
>> RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS, 16bit) Target 15 Negotiation Settings
>>         User: 320.000MB/s transfers (160.000MHz
>> RDSTRM|DT|IU|RTI|QAS, 16bit) [root <at> hcnas ~]# rpm -e
>> a320raid-3.00.063.5.V580A1-1 [root <at> hcnas ~]# rpm -ivh
>> a320raid.rhel5.i686.rpm 
>> Preparing...               
>>    ########################################### [100%] 1:a320raid    
>> ########################################### [100%] 
>> 
>> Adaptec adp94xx driver installer - V1.2.5934.0-1
>> 
>> Backing up all modified files to /boot/adp94xx-backup-3
>> 
>> Using GRUB configuration
>> If this is not what you want, rename your /boot/grub/grub.conf file
>> /boot -rw------- 1 root root 2403411 Jul 27 14:47
>> initrd-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5.img 
>> 
>> /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5.img
>> CentOS (2.6.18-8.1.8.el5) Configuration [CentOS (2.6.18-8.1.8.el5)]
>> /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 -> 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5
>> 
>> ****** PROBLEM *******
>> No prebuilt module for 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 i686
>> **********************
>> /boot
>> -rw------- 1 root root 2403318 Jul 27 07:39 initrd-2.6.18-8.el5.img
>> 
>> /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5 /boot/initrd-2.6.18-8.el5.img CentOS
>> (2.6.18-8.el5) Configuration [CentOS (2.6.18-8.el5)]
>> /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5 -> 2.6.18-8.el5
>> 
>> ****** PROBLEM *******
>> No prebuilt module for 2.6.18-8.el5 i686
>> **********************
>> 
>> ***************************************
>> ******** NO MODULES INSTALLED *********
>> ***************************************
>> 
>> Done.
>> error: %post(a320raid-3.00.063.5.V580A1-1.i686) scriptlet failed,
>> exit status 1 [root <at> hcnas ~]#

Michael St. Laurent

2007-Aug-07 18:21 UTC

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> Plant, Dean wrote:
> > Simple fix,
> > 
> > Adaptec & CentOS = :-(
> > LSI & CentOS = :-)
> 
> Which is why after a few hours of testing I decided to indeed buy a
> couple of LSI cards to test with -- far better than a lot of 
> frustration.
> 
> But, meanwhile, I decided to test one more thing: just 
> suppose that the
> SCSI auto-negotiation, which worked fine before, had suddenly given up
> in version 3.0 of the aic79xx driver?
> 
> I forced the transfer rate in the Adaptec BIOS for those IDs to the
> maximum that my Infortrend could support (U160) and for good measure
> disabled "Disconnect" as well. Then, rebooted into
2.6.18-8.1.6&8, and
> it worked: User==Goal==Curr==160.0 MB/s.
> Apparently, the latest aic79xx driver V3.0 does no longer support
> auto-negotiation, whereas all drivers <=1.3.11 did negotiate 
> correctly.
> 
> Michael, maybe that works for you as well (unless your tapedrive
> actually does do U320)?
I did the same (changed the speed in the BIOS settings) and it's
working.  I tried it at 80 but I think I'm going to bump it to 160 and
see if it works.

I still wish I could figure out why the adaptec kernel driver won't
install though.  Maybe I'll try downloading the source and manually
compiling the kernel module.

Michael St. Laurent

2007-Aug-07 20:19 UTC

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> I did the same (changed the speed in the BIOS settings) and it's
> working.  I tried it at 80 but I think I'm going to bump it to 160 and
> see if it works.
The 160 speed works as well for me.  It seems that only the 320 speed
causes a problem.  Which is interesting because Dell says that the drive
should be able to operate at 320 as well.

Plant, Dean

2007-Aug-08 10:19 UTC

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David Groep wrote:> Hi,
> 
> Plant, Dean wrote:
>> Simple fix,
>> 
>> Adaptec & CentOS = :-(
>> LSI & CentOS = :-)
> 
> Which is why after a few hours of testing I decided to indeed buy a
> couple of LSI cards to test with -- far better than a lot of
> frustration. 
> 
> But, meanwhile, I decided to test one more thing: just suppose that
> the SCSI auto-negotiation, which worked fine before, had suddenly
> given up in version 3.0 of the aic79xx driver?
> 
> I forced the transfer rate in the Adaptec BIOS for those IDs to the
> maximum that my Infortrend could support (U160) and for good measure
> disabled "Disconnect" as well. Then, rebooted into
2.6.18-8.1.6&8, and
> it worked: User==Goal==Curr==160.0 MB/s.
> Apparently, the latest aic79xx driver V3.0 does no longer support
> auto-negotiation, whereas all drivers <=1.3.11 did negotiate
> correctly. 
> 
> Michael, maybe that works for you as well (unless your tapedrive
> actually does do U320)?
> 
We tested forcing the speeds as well. The tape drive worked but when
stress testing we found backups over > 2TB would never complete.

Dean

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