Re: Adaptec 39320A woes

[David Groep <davidg@xxxxxxxxx>]

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)?

	DavidG.

Anyway, the LSI cards will finally give me >2TByte devices, so it's good
having those anyway.

> 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 ~]#
>
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