• H016490 SYSTEM HANG WHEN DEVICES ARE ADDED/REMOVED ON SCSI ADAPTER [Kee

    From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 7 22:10:19 2021
    SYMPTOM:
    IF YOU ARE ADDING OR REMOVING ONE OR MORE DEVICES TO SCSI
    ADAPTER(S), OTHER THAN THE ONE IN THE LOWEST (NUMERICALLY)
    NUMBERED I/O SLOT, AND ARE EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THE
    SYSTEM HANGING, THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WILL CORRECT THE
    PROBLEM.

    FIX:
    1. DISCONNECT ANY ONE OF THE FIXED DISK DRIVES ATTACHED
    TO THE SCSI ADAPTER IN THE LOWEST (NUMERICALLY) NUMBERED
    I/O SLOT EXCEPT FOR THE DRIVE AT ID 6.

    2. ATTACH THE NEW DEVICE(S) TO THE SCSI ADAPTER(S) WHERE
    THEY ARE TO BE CONFIGURED, OR DISCONNECT THE DEVICES YOU
    WANT REMOVED FROM THE CONFIGURATION.

    CAUTION: ENSURE THAT ALL DEVICES ATTACHED TO EACH SCSI
    ADAPTER (INCLUDING THE ADAPTER ITSELF, WHICH HAS ITS OWN ID)
    HAVE A UNIQUE ID, YOU MAY WANT TO RUN "VIEW CONFIGURATION"
    FROM THE "SET CONFIGURATION" MENU TO IDENTIFY THE ID
    ASSIGNED TO THE ADAPTER ITSELF BEFORE ADDING THE NEW
    DEVICE(S).

    IT IS ACCEPTABLE FOR TWO DEVICES TO HAVE THE SAME ID
    PROVIDED THEY ARE NOT BOTH ATTACHED TO THE SAME ADAPTER.

    3. POWER-ON THE SYSTEM AND DISREGARD THE 0210XXXX 190I ERROR
    CODE THAT IS REPORTED. THE 0210XXXX IN THE ERROR CODE
    IDENTIFIES THE DRIVE YOU JUST DISCONNECTED IN STEP 1. THE
    190I INDICATES THAT THE DEVICE SPECIFIED (0210XXXX) IS
    LISTED IN THE EXPECTED CONFIGURATION, BUT IS NOT PRESENT.

    4. RUN "SET AND VIEW SCSI DEVICE CONFIGURATION" FROM THE
    SET CONFIGURATION MENU.

    NOTE: DO NOT RUN AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION.

    SELECT THE "KEEP" AND "DISABLE/ENABLE" OPTIONS AS
    APPROPRIATE FOR THE DEVICES OTHER THAN FIXED DISK DRIVES,
    AND SELECT THE "KEEP" OPTION FOR THE DRIVE THAT WAS DIS-
    CONNECTED IN STEP 1. DISREGARD THE WARNING ABOUT THE
    FIXED DISK DRIVES THAT WERE NOT FOUND. IF YOU ARE REMOVING
    FIXED DISK DRIVES, DO NOT SELECT THE "KEEP" OPTION FOR
    THESE DRIVES.

    NOTE: IF MORE THAN ONE FIXED DISK DRIVE IS IDENTIFIED AS NOT
    BEING INSTALLED WHEN IT IS ATTACHED, ENSURE THAT ALL FIXED
    DISK DRIVES ARE POWERED-ON, HAVE A UNIQUE ID, AND THAT ALL
    CABLES ARE CONNECTED PROPERLY. SELECT THE "KEEP" OPTION FOR
    THESE DRIVES AND HAVE THE DRIVES SERVICED IF THE PROBLEM IS
    NOT CORRECTED BY THIS PROCEDURE.

    5. SAVE THIS CONFIGURATION INFORMATION (F10 KEY).

    FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS ON THE SCREEN TO EXIT BACK TO THE "SET
    CONFIGURATION" MENU. IF YOU HAVE JUST ATTACHED DEVICES
    OTHER THAN FIXED DISK DRIVES THAT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE PRESENT
    WHEN THE SYSTEM IS POWERED-ON OR RESET, YOU MAY WANT TO SET
    THE "KEEP" AND "DISABLE/ENABLE" OPTIONS FOR THESE DEVICES AT
    THIS TIME. TO SELECT THESE OPTIONS, CONTINUE WITH THE NEXT
    STEP, OTHERWISE CONTINUE WITH STEP 7.

    6. DISCONNECT OR POWER-DOWN THE DEVICE(S) THAT WILL NOT ALWAYS
    BE ATTACHED OR POWERED-ON WHEN THE SYSTEM IS POWERED-ON OR
    RESET. FIXED DISK DRIVES MUST ALWAYS BE ATTACHED AND
    POWERED-ON DURING A SYSTEM POWER-ON OR RESET CYCLE.

    SELECT "SET AND VIEW SCSI DEVICE CONFIGURATION" FROM THE
    "SET CONFIGURATION" MENU, AND SELECT THE "KEEP" AND
    "DISABLE/ENABLE" OPTIONS FOR THESE DEVICES. YOU MUST ALSO
    SELECT THE "KEEP" OPTION AGAIN FOR THE DRIVE THAT WAS
    DISCONNECTED IN STEP 1 AND FOR ANY DEVICES AS IDENTIFIED IN
    STEP 4. SAVE THIS CONFIGURATION INFORMATION (F10 KEY).

    7. POWER-DOWN THE SYSTEM AND RE-CONNECT THE FIXED DISK DRIVE
    DISCONNECTED IN STEP 1.
    THE SYSTEM HAS NOW BEEN FULLY CONFIGURED FOR THE DEVICE(S)
    ADDED.

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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 7 22:16:56 2021
    AUTO CONFIGURATION WILL NOT REMOVE SCSI NON-FIXED DISK DEVICES
    FROM THE CONFIGURATION TABLE, EVEN WHEN THE DEVICE HAS BEEN
    PHYSICALLY DISCONNECTED. A 162 OR 174 POST ERROR WILL BE
    DISPLAYED IF AUTO CONFIGURATION IS USED TO DE-CONFIGURE A
    DISCONNECTED, NON-FIXED DISK DEVICE, SUCH AS A TAPE DRIVE OR
    CD-ROM.

    THE ERRORS MAY BE ELIMINATED BY UNDERSTANDING THE FOLLOWING:

    A. SCSI AUTO CONFIGURATION WILL CONFIGURE ANY ATTACHED SCSI
    DEVICE.

    B. SCSI AUTO CONFIGURATION WILL DE-CONFIGURE FIXED DISK DRIVE,
    ONLY.

    C. NON-FIXED DISK SCSI DEVICES MUST BE MANUALLY REMOVED FROM
    THE CONFIGURATION TABLE WHEN THE DEVICE IS DISCONNECTED.

    TO REMOVE A NON-FIXED DISK SCSI DEVICE FROM THE CONFIGURATION
    TABLE AFTER IT IS DISCONNECTED, THE FOLLOWING STEPS SHOULD BE
    FOLLOWED:

    A. BOOT THE REFERENCE DISKETTE OR IML THE SYSTEM PARTITION.
    B. AT THE MAIN MENU SELECT OPTION #3, "SET CONFIGURATION."
    C. SELECT OPTION #6, "SET AND VIEW SCSI DEVICE CONFG."
    D. FIND THE APPROPRIATE SCSI DEVICE ON THE LIST AND MOVE
    THE SELECTOR BAR TO THE "PRESENCE ERROR REPORTING" LINE.
    E. USING THE F5/F6 KEYS, TOGGLE TO "REMOVE."
    F. SAVE THE CONFIGURATION WITH THE F10 KEY.
    G. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE SCREEN AND RE-BOOT THE
    SYSTEM.
    THE DISCONNECTED SCSI DEVICE SHOULD NOW BE REMOVED FROM THE
    CONFIGURATION TABLE AND NORMAL OPERATION SHOULD OCCUR.

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