Useless Summary: [Solaris 8, QLA2000/QLA2100 Fiber Channel Adapter]

From: Ana Yuseepi (anayuseepi@netscape.net)
Date: Sun Aug 06 2000 - 20:23:38 CDT


sorry, i didn't received any response for this.. have to try yet.. still
searching for answer..
i don't know if the driver itself is erroneous, or because the system i am
installing to is PC Server 325 or what else..

-Ana

Ana Yuseepi <anayuseepi@netscape.net> wrote:
> hello all
>
> i have download the device driver of QLA2100 and installed it onto my newly
> installed Solaris 8-x86, residing on another disk.
>
> in the readme file, it seems to indicate that this driver is to be used
> wherein the solaris would be installed on to the fiber channel disk
attached
> to the adapter.. but my case is different.. the fiber channel disk would
act
> as an additional disk to my already installed system.
>
> at device configuration, i added the adapter.. everything goes fine until
it
> loads the adp.bef.. com.bef.. and displayed an ERROR MESSAGE: unable to
find
> qla2100.bef and so, until the possible boot the devices are displayed, the
> fiber channel disk was not displayed. i continued to boot my solaris system
> which was installed on another disk and did a
> # format
> the fiber channel was seen on /dev/dsk/c1t0d0sx
> i did a
> format> inquiry
> Failed
> the result was fail and i don't know why.. i guess, the device driver is
> errneous.. cause i tried to do a device inquiry in DOS, i was able to get
the
> information.
>
> the device driver i downloaded was for Solaris 2.6 and Solaris 2.7 only
since
> i didn't see the one for Solaris 2.8
>
> anyone, please suggest on what to do next.
> -Ana
>
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