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  • 1.  From "Other iSCSI Disk Drive" to its Vendor name

    Posted Tue July 10, 2012 02:52 PM

    Originally posted by: thangap


    Hello All,

    I have configured the iscsi initiator software and luns are assigned from the target. "lsdev -Cc disk" gives the following output as

    hdisk2 Available Other iSCSI Disk Drive
    hdisk3 Available Other iSCSI Disk Drive

    Please help me in modifying the above to

    hdisk2 Available "Company name iSCSI Disk Drive"
    hdiks3 Available "Company name iSCSI Disk Drive"

    I have tried googling a lot but i couldn't find a solution to fix this.

    Thanks for the favour.


  • 2.  Re: From "Other iSCSI Disk Drive" to its Vendor name

    Posted Tue July 10, 2012 08:32 PM

    Originally posted by: dukessd


    AIX gives the "other" description when it does not recognise the device.
    You'll need to go to the vendors and get the AIX HAK (Host Attachment Kit - vendor provided ODM definitions) for your storage.
    HTH


  • 3.  Re: From "Other iSCSI Disk Drive" to its Vendor name

    Posted Wed July 11, 2012 11:06 AM

    Originally posted by: thangap


    Thank you for your response. I'm trying to create the vendor ODM. I'm not sure where the mistake is, hdisk's alone appear as N/A. dd is fine with it. When I also try to list the supported disks through SMIT, "xxxxxdisk iscsi N/A". Please help in understanding why N/A appears ever after the ODM definition is installed.


  • 4.  Re: From "Other iSCSI Disk Drive" to its Vendor name

    Posted Wed July 11, 2012 11:07 AM

    Originally posted by: thangap


    after the ODM definition is installed the output is as following,

    hdisk2 Available N/A
    hdisk3 Available N/A

    any idea on why it happens like this?


  • 5.  Re: From "Other iSCSI Disk Drive" to its Vendor name

    Posted Wed July 11, 2012 06:11 PM

    Originally posted by: dukessd


    With so little information I can only guess - you did it wrong.

    I wish you good luck with your next attempt.

    Next time, if it still doesn't work as you expect, please just say it didn't work, don't bother letting us know what you did - we love guessing - and we'll probably say, once again, you probably did it wrong, again.

    I sincerely hope this helps you solve your problems.

    If you think we can help in any other way, please let us know.

    D


  • 6.  Re: From "Other iSCSI Disk Drive" to its Vendor name

    Posted Thu July 12, 2012 10:27 AM

    Originally posted by: thangap


    The solution was simple. The message catalog file name was longer which caused the issue. When the name was reduced to less than 10 characters then things worked. I believed if there was N/A on disk information would be vital enough to suggest a solution for experienced people. Thank you for the support.


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