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"Kralizec Craig" <cd@lios.apana.org.au> wrote in message 
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> Hi,
>
> I can't really get a good answer to this question...
>
> Does a SunBlade 1000 need to have a PCI FCAL card installed in order to 
> use
> the internal FCAL disk backplane?
>
> If it does, are there specific Sun FCAL cards that work with the FCAL
> drivers, or will generic PCI FCAL cards be ok?
>
> If it doesn't, what could be preventing a brand new 73 GB Hitachi FCAL 
> drive
> (not Sun-OEM'd) from being detected when I run the Solaris 'format' 
> utility?
>
> When I first got the machine it was missing internal fans, but all the 
> other
> cabling looked to be in place. It's possible I might have missed the FCAL
> cabling so next time the system is opened (need to install some more 
> RAM!),
> I'll be checking to make sure all the relevant cabling for the FCAl
> backplane is in place.
>
> Craig.
>
>
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Did you touch reconfigure and init 6 or boot -r from ok
prompt so that it looks for new devices?

The onboad FCAL controller is connected to the 2 drive bay
backplane by the a short cable that connects to a connector just on the 
front side of the 2nd frame
buffer slots, the lower one.

You should not need an additional PCI contoller, there is even a FCAL 
connector (copper rather
than fibre) on the back of the box.