Summary: V1280 boot hang

I disconnected the two SCSI cables from a Dual LVD HBA
and was able to boot without any hangs.  SunService
replaced the HBA and the server is back up.

Tom Jones

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Jones" <tjones@statesman.com>
To: "Sun Managers List" <sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 2:23 PM
Subject: V1280 boot hang


> Hardware: V1280, two system boards, 24GB RAM, 3 attached
> 3510FC arrays, 2nd node of a two node SC3.1 cluster
> 
> Software: Solaris 9, Volume manager mirrored boot volume
> 
> Our V1280 cluster was powered down yesterday for a planned
> power outage.  The second node of the cluster hangs
> at boot time.  I've tried booting from an emergency boot
> disk and it hangs at the same place.  The server will
> boot from CDROM.
> 
> I have a recent backup tape but I suspect that it's corrupted
> as well, just like the boot volume and the emergency
> boot disk (emergency boot disk is created daily as
> a backup)
> 
> I suspect there's a corrupted or missing file needed
> during the boot process that's causing the hang. 
> 
> Can anyone shed light on the boot process at the time
> of the hang.  If I knew what files/directories are needed,
> I can restore them from the other cluster node.  Is
> there any way to trace the process?
> 
> Here's the messages when I boot the V1280:
> ==========================================
> {0} ok boot -sxv
> Size: 0x5fe8b+0x252cd+0x66aa7 Bytes
> SunOS Release 5.9 Version Generic_117171-08 64-bit
> Copyright 1983-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
> Use is subject to license terms.
> Ethernet address = 0:3:ba:3f:97:df
> mem = 25165824K (0x600000000)
> avail mem = 24716288000
> root nexus = Sun Fire V1280
> ssm0 at root: SSM Node 0
> ssm0 is /ssm@0,0
> pci108e,80010 at ssm0: Node 0 Safari id 24 0xc700000
> pcisch0 is /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000
> pci108e,80011 at ssm0: Node 0 Safari id 24 0xc600000
> pcisch1 is /ssm@0,0/pci@18,600000
> pci108e,80012 at ssm0: Node 0 Safari id 25 0xcf00000
> pcisch2 is /ssm@0,0/pci@19,700000
> pci108e,80013 at ssm0: Node 0 Safari id 25 0xce00000
> pcisch3 is /ssm@0,0/pci@19,600000
> /ssm@0,0/pci@18,600000/scsi@2 (glm0):
>         glm0 supports power management.
> /ssm@0,0/pci@18,600000/scsi@2 (glm0):
>         Rev. 0 Symbios 53c1010-33/66 found.
> PCI-device: scsi@2, glm0
> glm0 is /ssm@0,0/pci@18,600000/scsi@2
> /ssm@0,0/pci@18,600000/scsi@2,1 (glm1):
>         glm1 supports power management.
> /ssm@0,0/pci@18,600000/scsi@2,1 (glm1):
>         Rev. 0 Symbios 53c1010-33/66 found.
> PCI-device: scsi@2,1, glm1
> glm1 is /ssm@0,0/pci@18,600000/scsi@2,1
> PCI-device: ide@3, uata0
> uata0 is /ssm@0,0/pci@18,700000/ide@3
> PCI-device: pci@3, pci_pci1
> pci_pci1 is /ssm@0,0/pci@19,700000/pci@3
> PCI-device: scsi@4, qus0
> qus0 is /ssm@0,0/pci@19,700000/pci@3/scsi@4
> /ssm@0,0/pci@19,700000/pci@3/scsi@4 (isp0):
>         Firmware Version: v10.04.37, Customer: 0
> PCI-device: scsi@5, qus1
> qus1 is /ssm@0,0/pci@19,700000/pci@3/scsi@5
> /ssm@0,0/pci@19,700000/pci@3/scsi@5 (isp1):
>         Firmware Version: v10.04.37, Customer: 0
> sd0 at glm0: target 0 lun 0
> sd0 is /ssm@0,0/pci@18,600000/scsi@2/sd@0,0
> sd15 at glm1: target 0 lun 0
> sd15 is /ssm@0,0/pci@18,600000/scsi@2,1/sd@0,0
> sd16 at glm1: target 1 lun 0
> sd16 is /ssm@0,0/pci@18,600000/scsi@2,1/sd@1,0
> sd1 at glm0: target 1 lun 0
> sd1 is /ssm@0,0/pci@18,600000/scsi@2/sd@1,0
> 
> 
> The boot hangs after the sd1 message.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tom Jones
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