M3000 connected to C2 & SL24 refuse to boot

Question

Hi,
Has anyone come across this scenario whereby M3000 connected to C2 & SL24 auto loaders fail to boot ?
The system hangs like so. Need to poweroff/poweron the domain to get it working.
{0} ok boot -r
Boot device: /pci@0,600000/pci@0/pci@0/scsi@0/disk@0,0:a File and args: -r
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WARNING: forceload of drv/fcaw failed
WARNING: /pci@0,600000/pci@0/pci@8/pci@0/scsi@8 (mpt1):
Disconnected command timeout for Target 5
WARNING: /pci@0,600000/pci@0/pci@8/pci@0/scsi@8 (mpt1):
mpt_check_task_mgt: Task 3 failed. ioc status = 4a target= 5
/pci@0,600000/pci@0/pci@8/pci@0/scsi@8 (mpt1):
got external SCSI bus reset.
WARNING: /pci@0,600000/pci@0/pci@8/pci@0/scsi@8 (mpt1):
Disconnected command timeout for Target 5
<...hang...>
Appreciate any leads.
Best regards,

Answer 1

Hi,
thanks very much for taking an interest and sharing your experiences. I'm glad your problem seems to have been resolved.
For me, none of the tricks you mention really solve the problem. As far as I understand, all of them come down to forcing the macbook pro to use the nvidia graphics (instead of integrated graphics) to run the monitor. When I do this, the amount of flickering is reduced dramatically, but it's still there - instead of constant flickers, I get them usually a couple times a minute, sometimes a few minutes in between. While that's an improvement, it's still very annoying, and distracts from doing work or watching movies.
Again, the MPB 13 doesn't have this problem in any circumstance.
I've posted a little video illustrating this: http://picasaweb.google.com/kevinjorissenpdx/ComputerProblems20101008?authkey=Gv1sRgCPad7e7M3qas-QE# and choose the last file.
You'll see the screen flicker like crazy, then I press shift-control-eject, which puts the screen to sleep, then I wake it up again - the mbp now knows it has to be on nvidia just as after you rebooted - and in the remaining minute or so, you can see it flicker twice (this is boring to wait for ;)), of course it did it again right after I switched off the camera . This is a 'best case' ; usually, the disturbances come every 15-20 seconds. I don't know why it varies.
if BSteely or anyone else has a way of submitting my reports to Apple, please go ahead. I'd like to finally get my monitor working right ...
(As an aside, I've noticed that 'Spaces' (with 4 desktops enabled, as is standard) and the external monitor don't work together smoothly & seem to get confused.)