Solaris 9 and RAID systems

hello!
i'm having problem with my solaris 9 can somebody pls help me.
actually I have this raid subsystems attached to my sun blade 1500 machine through an fiber channel hba from emulex...when I try to check the disk on my raid ( I have set multiple luns on my raid), it seems solaris 9 cant recognize them all. only lun0 was recognize... i already installed the driver ( version 6.01f) coming from emulex for solaris os... I counter-checked this problem to solaris 10...still the same...what shall I do?

I already have that:
name="sd" class="scsi" class_prop="atapi"
     target=0 lun=0;
name="sd" class="scsi" class_prop="atapi"
     target=1 lun=0;
name="sd" class="scsi" class_prop="atapi"
     target=2 lun=0;
name="sd" class="scsi" class_prop="atapi"
     target=3 lun=0;
name="sd" class="scsi"
     target=4 lun=0;
name="sd" class="scsi"
     target=5 lun=0;
name="sd" class="scsi"
     target=6 lun=0;
name="sd" class="scsi"
     target=8 lun=0;
name="sd" class="scsi"
     target=9 lun=0;
name="sd" class="scsi"
     target=10 lun=0;
name="sd" class="scsi"
     target=11 lun=0;
name="sd" class="scsi"
     target=12 lun=0;
name="sd" class="scsi"
     target=13 lun=0;
name="sd" class="scsi"
     target=14 lun=0;
name="sd" class="scsi"
     target=15 lun=0;
I also have this:
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=0;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=1;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=2;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=3;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=4;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=5;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=6;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=7;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=8;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=9;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=10;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=11;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=12;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=13;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=14;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=15;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=16;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=17;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=18;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=19;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=20;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=21;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=22;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=23;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=24;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=25;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=26;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=27;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=28;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=29;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=30;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=31;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=32;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=33;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=34;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=35;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=36;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=37;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=38;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=39;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=40;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=41;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=42;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=43;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=44;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=45;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=46;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=47;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=48;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=49;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=50;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=51;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=52;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=53;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=54;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=55;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=56;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=57;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=58;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=59;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=60;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=61;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=62;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=16 lun=63;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=17 lun=0;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=17 lun=1;
name="sd" parent="lpfc" target=17 lun=2;
what does solaris 9 uses as a target id? in solaris 8 i have no problem...my sd.conf in sol8 is also the same...

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    lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     nobody        16 Oct  1  2009 rmdisk0 -> ./unnamed_rmdik
    drwxr-xr-x   2 root     nobody       512 Sep 30  2009 unnamed_rmdisk
    # cd /rmdisk
    # ls -lt
    total 4
    lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     nobody        16 Oct  1  2009 rmdisk0 -> ./unnamed_rmdik
    drwxr-xr-x   2 root     nobody       512 Sep 30  2009 unnamed_rmdisk
    # ls -lt unnamed_rmdisk
    total 0
    # ls -lt rmdisk0
    lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     nobody        16 Oct  1  2009 rmdisk0 -> ./unnamed_rmdik
    # df -h
    Filesystem             size   used  avail capacity  Mounted on
    /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0      5.1G   4.0G   1.1G    78%    /
    /devices                 0K     0K     0K     0%    /devices
    ctfs                     0K     0K     0K     0%    /system/contract
    proc                     0K     0K     0K     0%    /proc
    mnttab                   0K     0K     0K     0%    /etc/mnttab
    swap                   5.9G   984K   5.9G     1%    /etc/svc/volatile
    objfs                    0K     0K     0K     0%    /system/object
    sharefs                  0K     0K     0K     0%    /etc/dfs/sharetab
    /usr/lib/libc/libc_hwcap2.so.1
                           5.1G   4.0G   1.1G    78%    /lib/libc.so.1
    fd                       0K     0K     0K     0%    /dev/fd
    swap                   5.9G   148K   5.9G     1%    /tmp
    swap                   5.9G    32K   5.9G     1%    /var/run
    /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s7      129G   1.7G   126G     2%    /export/home
    # /etc/init.d/volmgt stop
    # svcs volfs            
    STATE          STIME    FMRI
    disabled       21:02:31 svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default
    # pwd
    /rmdisk
    # cd /
    # ls -lt /rmdisk
    total 4
    lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     nobody        16 Oct  1  2009 rmdisk0 -> ./unnamed_rmdik
    drwxr-xr-x   2 root     nobody       512 Sep 30  2009 unnamed_rmdisk
    # /etc/init.d/volmgt st  
    # svcs volfs
    STATE          STIME    FMRI
    disabled       21:02:31 svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default
    # /etc/init.d/volmgt start
    volume management starting.
    # svcs volfs             
    STATE          STIME    FMRI
    online         21:04:44 svc:/system/filesystem/volfs:default
    # svcs volfs
    # mount | grep rmdisk
    # pwd
    # ls -lt /rmdisk
    total 4
    lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     nobody        16 Oct  1  2009 rmdisk0 -> ./unnamed_rmdik
    drwxr-xr-x   2 root     nobody       512 Sep 30  2009 unnamed_rmdisk
    # ls -lt /rmdisk/unnamed_rmdisk
    total 0
    # iostat -En   
    c0t0d0           Soft Errors: 3 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0
    Vendor: TEAC     Product: DV-28E-V         Revision: 1.AC Serial No: 
    Size: 0.00GB <0 bytes>
    Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0
    Illegal Request: 3 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0
    c1t0d0           Soft Errors: 0 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0
    Vendor: HITACHI  Product: HUS1514SBSUN146G Revision: SA04 Serial No: 0921B2Y3PC
    Size: 146.81GB <146810535936 bytes>
    Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0
    Illegal Request: 0 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0
    c1t1d0           Soft Errors: 0 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0
    Vendor: HITACHI  Product: HUS1514SBSUN146G Revision: SA04 Serial No: 0921B2Z5NC
    Size: 146.81GB <146810535936 bytes>
    Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0
    Illegal Request: 0 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0
    c4t0d0           Soft Errors: 21 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0
    Vendor: WD       Product: My Book 1140     Revision: 1007 Serial No: 
    Size: 2000.37GB <2000365289472 bytes>
    Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0
    Illegal Request: 21 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0
    #This is a working production system with 2 146.81GB mirrored hard disks. There is no disk error for either local or external 2TB Western Digital USB disks that works on Windows 7 or XP.
    Any idea on what else to look for?
    Thanks in advance,
    Jack
    Edited by: 797805 on 6/06/2012 04:48

    Hi All,
    Looks like it was a driver / incompatibility / unsupported issue since 2 other much smaller USB keys (Lexar USB Flash Drive – 32GB, SanDisk Cruzer Colors – 4GB) were successfully mounted automatically by volfs service as follows:
    # df -h
    Filesystem             size   used  avail capacity  Mounted on
    /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s0      5.1G   4.0G   1.1G    78%    /
    /dev/dsk/c1t0d0s7      129G   1.7G   126G     2%    /export/home
    /vol/dev/dsk/c3t0d0/unnamed_rmdisk#1:c   3.7G   2.4G   1.3G    65%    /rmdisk/unnamed_rmdisk#1
    /vol/dev/dsk/c2t0d0/unnamed_rmdisk:c    29G    96K    29G     1%    /rmdisk/unnamed_rmdiskIt also appears that the Device status of Not Ready from “iostat –En” below may not be correct either since both smaller drives are working fine:
    # iostat -En
    c4t0d0           Soft Errors: 23 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0
    Vendor: WD       Product: My Book 1140     Revision: 1007 Serial No: 
    Size: 2000.37GB <2000365289472 bytes>
    Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0
    Illegal Request: 23 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0
    c2t0d0           Soft Errors: 7 Hard Errors: 0 Transport Errors: 0
    Vendor: Lexar    Product: USB Flash Drive  Revision: 1100 Serial No: 
    Size: 31.41GB <31406948352 bytes>
    Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 0 Recoverable: 0
    Illegal Request: 7 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0
    c3t0d0           Soft Errors: 60 Hard Errors: 8 Transport Errors: 0
    Vendor: SanDisk  Product: Cruzer Colors+   Revision: 8.02 Serial No: 
    Size: 4.02GB <4022337024 bytes>
    Media Error: 0 Device Not Ready: 0 No Device: 8 Recoverable: 0
    Illegal Request: 0 Predictive Failure Analysis: 0In other word, the same question remains on whether it is possible to install a driver to overcome this issue and where to such driver?
    It is necessary to install additional driver that came with the disk on Windows XP platform. However,
    Thanks again,
    Jack

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