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Asset ID: 1-72-1012489.1
Update Date:2009-09-23
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Solution Type  Problem Resolution Sure

Solution  1012489.1 :   Sun StorEdge[TM] 5210 NAS Appliance: LUN comprised of internal drives OFFLINE after reboot  


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217207


Symptoms
After having maintenence done on it, a Sun StorEdge[TM] 5210 NAS Appliance, was
rebooted. It was found that logical unit number 0(LUN 0)(the volume/LUN composed
of the internal disks) was in an "Offline" state, although the LUNs(two of them
in the example below) made up of the drives in the attached JBOD were fine.
The bootlog shows that none of the 6 internal disks were discovered(only 12
drives detected).
Messages from the bootlog:
-----------------------------------------------------------
I   Detected 12 drives
I    Chn - Tgt
I     0  -  0: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 1
I     0  -  1: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 1
I     0  -  2: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 1
I     0  -  3: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 1
I     0  -  4: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 1
I     0  -  5: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 2
I     0  -  8: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 2
I     0  -  9: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 2
I     0  - 10: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 2
I     0  - 11: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 2
I     0  - 12: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 2
I     0  - 13: Hot Spare, Size 140005MB
I   LUN 0: State: Offline, RAID Level: 5, Cache: Write Thru
I          Size: 556944MB Stripe Size: 64KB Drive Members: 5
I          Read Ahead Policy: Read Ahead
I   LUN 1: State: Online, RAID Level: 5, Cache: Write Thru
I          Size: 557056MB Stripe Size: 64KB Drive Members: 5
I          Read Ahead Policy: Read Ahead
I   LUN 2: State: Online, RAID Level: 5, Cache: Write Thru
I          Size: 696320MB Stripe Size: 64KB Drive Members: 6
I          Read Ahead Policy: Read Ahead
-----------------------------------------------------------


Resolution
Move the cable to the LEFT SCSI port, and reboot the NAS unit.
This will resolve the issue.
This is the "correct" output for this configuration:
-----------------------------------------------------------
I   Detected 18 drives
I    Chn - Tgt
I     0  -  0: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 0
I     0  -  1: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 0
I     0  -  2: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 0
I     0  -  3: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 0
I     0  -  4: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 0
I     0  -  5: Hot Spare, Size 140005MB
I     1  -  0: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 1
I     1  -  1: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 1
I     1  -  2: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 1
I     1  -  3: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 1
I     1  -  4: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 1
I     1  -  5: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 2
I     1  -  8: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 2
I     1  -  9: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 2
I     1  - 10: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 2
I     1  - 11: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 2
I     1  - 12: Online, Size 140005MB, Member of LUN 2
I     1  - 13: Hot Spare, Size 140005MB
I   LUN 0: State: Online, RAID Level: 5, Cache: Write Thru
I          Size: 556944MB Stripe Size: 64KB Drive Members: 5
I          Read Ahead Policy: Read Ahead
I   LUN 1: State: Online, RAID Level: 5, Cache: Write Thru
I          Size: 557056MB Stripe Size: 64KB Drive Members: 5
I          Read Ahead Policy: Read Ahead
I   LUN 2: State: Online, RAID Level: 5, Cache: Write Thru
I          Size: 696320MB Stripe Size: 64KB Drive Members: 6
I          Read Ahead Policy: Read Ahead
-----------------------------------------------------------
The reason is that the SCSI cable to the JBOD array was mistakenly
connected to the RIGHT SCSI port on the 2-port SCSI card in the SE5210 NAS
unit.
According to the "Hardware Installation, Configuration, and User Guide", the
cable should not be connected to the RIGHT scsi port on this card. If this cable
is accidentally connected there, the internal disks conflict with the disks in
the attached JBOD array, and so are not discovered correctly during boot.


Product
Sun StorageTek 5210 NAS Appliance

Previously Published As
83682

Change History
Date: 2006-02-02
User Name: 25440
Action: Approved
Comment: Publishing.
Version: 2
Date: 2006-02-02
User Name: 25440
Action: Accept
Comment:
Version: 0
Date: 2006-02-02
User Name: 26973
Action: Approved
Comment: this doc is a corrected version of doc #83600, which was deleted because
the words 'left' and 'right' were mixed up. this document has the correct
directions.
Version: 0
Date: 2006-02-02
User Name: 26973
Action: Created
Comment:
Version: 0
Product_uuid
d4e4fc3d-7c3f-11d8-9e3a-080020a9ed93|Sun StorageTek 5210 NAS Appliance

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