[SunHELP] TR: [Veritas-vx] sd.conf syntax (reducing boot time)

[DAUBIGNE Sebastien - BOR]

Answer cross-posted to both lists where I asked  the question, as it =
could
be helpful to someone else.

Many thanks, I will try this.

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Sebastien DAUBIGNE=20
sebastien.daubigne at sema.fr - 05.57.26.56.36
Sema Global Services - AFM/DW/Pessac


-----Message d'origine-----
De:	Michael Herman [SMTP:mherman at uu.net] <mailto:[SMTP:mherman at uu.net]> =

Date:	mercredi 25 juillet 2001 00:52
=C0:	DAUBIGNE Sebastien  - BOR
Objet:	Re: [Veritas-vx] sd.conf syntax (reducing boot time)

Hi Sebastian,

You can nominate a controller by specifying a " parent " in the form =
of...
name=3D "sd " parent=3D "/pci at 1f.0/pci at 1/fibre-channel at 3
<mailto:/pci at 1f.0/pci at 1/fibre-channel at 3>  " target=16 lun=3D0
Where parent is the path to the controller.
regards,
Michael H

At 20:35 24/07/2001, you wrote:
>Is there any way to restrict target/lun definition in sd.conf to a
>particular SCSI controler ?
>
>Explanations:
>
>I have an EMC3930 disk array with 8 SCSI channels, with 78 disks on =
each
>channel, each channel having 1 distinct  target with 78 luns:
>c8t2d0        to   c8t2d77
>c20t10d0    to   c20t10d77
>etc...
>
>sd.conf  has 8 * 78 entries for the array :
>  target 2 :   lun 0 to 77
>  target 10 : lun 0 to 77
>
>
>The problem is that during each boot sequence, each target/luns is =
inquired
>on EACH controler,  although it exists only on one particular =
controler.
>The consequence is a huge boot time, due to timed-out inquiries.
>
>I'm looking for an extra option in sd.conf to say :
>
>controleur 8 target 2 lun 0-77
>controleur 20 target 10 lun 0-77
>
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>---
>Sebastien DAUBIGNE
>sebastien.daubigne at sema.fr - 05.57.26.56.36
>Sema Global Services - AFM/DW/Pessac
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