Can't mount 4Tb USB 3.0 drive on a Sparc T5-8 control domain

Hello,
I'm trying to mount a 4Tb USB 3.0 disk drive on a Sun Sparc T5-8 running Solaris 11. It is also the LDOM primary and control domain.
I've verified that hal, dbus and rmvolmgr are running:
# svcs hal dbus rmvolmgr
STATE          STIME    FMRI
online         Jan_29   svc:/system/dbus:default
online         16:21:51 svc:/system/hal:default
online         16:21:51 svc:/system/filesystem/rmvolmgr:default
but the server can't detect the drive:
# rmformat -l
Looking for devices...
No removables found.
# echo | format
Searching for disks...done
AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
       0. c0t5000CCA022659884d0 <HITACHI-H109090SESUN900G-A600 cyl 38553 alt 2 hd 24 sec 1900> solaris
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000cca022659884
          /dev/chassis/SPARC_T5-8.AK00164945//SYS/SASBP0/HDD0/disk
       1. c0t5000CCA022666330d0 <HITACHI-H109090SESUN900G-A600 cyl 38553 alt 2 hd 24 sec 1900> solaris
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000cca022666330
          /dev/chassis/SPARC_T5-8.AK00164945//SYS/SASBP0/HDD1/disk
       2. c0t5000CCA0166F4D08d0 <HITACHI-H109090SESUN900G-A600 cyl 38553 alt 2 hd 24 sec 1900> solaris
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000cca0166f4d08
          /dev/chassis/SPARC_T5-8.AK00164945//SYS/SASBP0/HDD2/disk
       3. c0t5000CCA022665404d0 <HITACHI-H109090SESUN900G-A600 cyl 38553 alt 2 hd 24 sec 1900> solaris
          /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000cca022665404
          /dev/chassis/SPARC_T5-8.AK00164945//SYS/SASBP0/HDD3/disk
      4. c1t0d0 <drive not available>
          /pci@300/pci@1/pci@0/pci@4/pci@0/pci@6/usb@0/storage@3/disk@0,0
Specify disk (enter its number): Specify disk (enter its number): ^C
I verified the drive is good because I can mount it on a Sun T4 server running Solaris10 and was able to mount and see the data.
Any ideas why the Sparc T5 can't access the drive? I've also tried restarting hal and rmvolmgr, but issue still persist.
Any assistance is appreciated as we need to access customer's data on the drive as soon as possible.
Thanks,

Hi,
since your posting is a couple of weeks old I don't know if you already managed to get the disk working.
You might want to consider one of the following options to get it working as the problem is seen when the disk drive draws more power as the USB port can deliver.
1) use USB EXTENSION Y CABLE
2) use external USB hub with power supply
3) use USB disk with external power supply
For more details you might want to review
(Doc ID 1572327.1) Solaris might be Unable to Mount certain USB Disks because of Overcurrent on USB Port
regards
Walter

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Open the Terminal in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and run:
defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/autodiskmount
AutomountDisksWithoutUserLogin 1
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I have 3 SATA drives in my desktop.
all ext3.
I installed, and set up sda as /, but then it asks if i want anything else mounted. I want to put in sdb and sdc, but I select ext3, and it says it will wipe it.
I installed Arch before, but i can't remember what i did. Those drives are full of stuff, so i don't want to risk formatting it just to mount it.
ideas?
thanks

SyXbiT wrote:
Would yo ulike to create a filesystem on /dev/sdb1?
This will overwrite existing data
are you saying it will keep my data intact?
If I'm understanding you correctly, you want to mount X partition with a pre-existing filesystem. It has pre-existing data, and you want to keep that data intact.
If this is the case, answer "no" when it asks "Would you like to create a filesystem on /dev/sdb1?"

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