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Michael

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Re: Using the built in cdrom ( RS6000 power machine )

« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2008, 02:47:10 PM »

It is a long time since I have had hardware that is not supported, or does not appear to be supported.

I had understood that it was with several devices, AND that these are "partitions" with all resources assigned to them.

Please run the following commands:

odmget -q name=cd0 CuDv

odmget -q name=cd0 CuAt

lsdev -C | grep cd0

and lastly, the output (error message) of cfgmgr and also of oslevel -s

Michael


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lior_m

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Re: Using the built in cdrom ( RS6000 power machine )

« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2008, 08:21:42 PM »

I think I was misunderstood.
It is not the same device. I’m talking about a built in cdrom, which comes with any P5 computer. We have several P5 computers with the exact hardware specification and
None of them can use its built in cdrom (the device is not recognized under the OS – Aix 5.3 TL7sp1) although I created a partition that is using all the resources in the system.
Strange thing is that the OS was installed from the built in cdrom device.

Lior


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Michael

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Re: Using the built in cdrom ( RS6000 power machine )

« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2008, 12:42:20 PM »

Have you verified that the CD can be read by any system? I do not think it is a 100% check, as it is not booting, but can a PC read the CD?

Seems very strange that three systems cannot read the disk.

And, also, I would recommend verifying the firmware levels of the systems and the devices. The easiest way is to probably download the .iso image and burn that to a CD - except you cannot read the CD - chicken/egg problem. So, burn the CD and then ftp the files to an AIX system. There is also a README file to explain how you can run the commands and queries from a command line.

Quicklink via vgBookmarks vgBookmarks->Downloads->Maintenance Microcode update files on CD-ROM (http://rootvg.net/component/option,com_bookmarks/Itemid,90/task,view/id,239/)

p.s. There seems to be two .iso images. Probably you need the:
io_image.iso: Created May 07, 2008
I/O Microcode Update Files and Discovery Tool CD-ROM image


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lior_m

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Using the built in cdrom ( RS6000 power machine )

« on: June 06, 2008, 09:52:20 PM »

Hi.
I'm running a site with multiple RS6000 servers. ( 9119-590, 9117-570, & 9133-55A )
I am not using partitioning so basically I created 1 partition that is using all the resources the machine has to offer.

Any how,
Every server comes with a built in cdrom but mysteriously, It can not be recognized by the OS ( Aix 5.3 Tl07sp1 ).
This is strange though since all the servers were tested by booting from the diagnostic cd so the built in cdrom device is obviously connected and working just fine.

Any other devices ( DDS5 tape and an external SCSI cdrom that connected to a pci SCSI card )
are recognized by the OS and working just fine.

Any suggestions on how to use the built in cdrom ?

Thanks in advance,

Lior