Making filesystem on presented lun

UNIX Solaris
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Hi,

I am working on SunOS perlrate 5.10 Generic_127111-09 sun4v sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise-T5120.

The server has an LSISAS3801E HBA card installed and is connected to a StorageTek 2530 array.

I have made a volume on arrary using Common Array Manager.

I can see the volume on server:

root@perlrate # format
Searching for disks...done

c4t1d0: configured with capacity of 20.00GB

AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
0. c2t5000C5000A5C916Fd0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848>
/scsi_vhci/disk@g5000c5000a5c916f

  1. c2t5000C5000A5C9817d0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848>
    /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000c5000a5c9817
  2. c4t1d0 <SUN-LCSM100_S-0670 cyl 10238 alt 2 hd 64 sec 64>
    /pci@0/pci@0/pci@8/pci@0/pci@1/LSILogic,sas@0/sd@1,0

Can anyone advise how to make a filesystem on the presented LUN - disk 2 above?

If i try to label the disk I get this error:
Warning: error writing VTOC

If i try to format the disk I get this error:
Formatting...
Illegal request during format

If I try to make a filesystem directly I get this error:
root@perlrate # newfs /dev/rdsk/c4t1d0s2
/dev/rdsk/c4t1d0s2: I/O error

Basically, Im an oracle guy working well out of his depth with OS and SAN config.

I've read extensively on internet but am getting nowhere. mpxio is enabled but I don't even know if this is relevent ..

3 days in and I need help.

Thanks,

John

2

how big is the LUN? try the following:

format -e

go to the "label" menu and chosse EFI. try to write the label. after that go to "part" menu and make your slices as needed. after that you can build a filesystem on the device.

alternative:

build a "zpool" with your device:

zpool create poolname c4t1d0

after that you should have a /poolname filesystem.

hth,
DN2

3

Hi DukeNuke,

Thanks for suggestions. Will test them out when back on site later this week.

LUN being tested with is only 20GB in size.

10.4,

John