HP A6829A PCI Dual Channel Ultra160 SCSI Host Bus Adapter Service and User Guide (May 2003)

Troubleshooting

Creating Missing Device Files

Chapter 3 71

Creating Missing Device Files

When the system boots after installation, the insf command creates the

proper device ﬁles for the “ctl” interfaces (which are usually adapters)

and the SCSI devices attached to the A6829A adapter. Sometimes,

though, it does not create all of the needed device ﬁles. (One situation

where this happens is when you attach SCSI disks to the adapter after

the system boots [and the adapter is already installed in the system].)

The following is an example of what the output of the ioscan command

might look like when you issue it to verify the A6829A installation (see

“Verifying Installation” on page 74):

disk 10 0/0/1/0/1.0.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST39103LC

/dev/dsk/c1t0d0 /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0

disk 11 0/0/1/0/1.2.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE SEAGATE ST39103LC

/dev/dsk/c1t2d0 /dev/rdsk/c1t2d0

disk 45 0/2/1/0/1.8.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 18.2GST318404LC

/dev/dsk/c9t8d0 /dev/rdsk/c9t8d0

disk 46 0/2/1/0/1.10.0 sdisk CLAIMED DEVICE HP 18.2GST318404LC

/dev/dsk/c9t10d0 /dev/rdsk/c9t10d0

In the ioscan output above, the second line shows the disks’ device ﬁles

(/dev/... [shown in bold in the example above, for highlighting

purposes]). If you see a disk (or other SCSI devices) listed without the

second line, that means you are missing that device’s device ﬁles. To ﬁx

the problem, issue the insf -e command, which creates all of the device

ﬁles.