I just spent some time battling with connecting a StorEdge A5200 disk array to a new Sun x64 X4600 server running Solaris 10. Here's the process I ultimately used the following:

Connect the LC-SC fibre channel cables and verify connectivity using the screen on the A5200. We have cables that are marked red and black on the SC side, and I found that the red cable needs to go in the black port on the A5200 HBA's. Then reboot the machine.

Double check the speed negotiated on the server by executing `fcinfo hba-port`. You should see your FC adapters and that they are in fact connected:

# fcinfo hba-port
HBA Port WWN: 210000e08b90e91c
        OS Device Name: /dev/cfg/c4
        Manufacturer: QLogic Corp.
        Model: QLA2462
        Type: L-port
        State: online
        Supported Speeds: 1Gb 2Gb 4Gb
        Current Speed: 1Gb
        Node WWN: 200000e08b90e91c
HBA Port WWN: 210100e08bb0e91c
        OS Device Name: /dev/cfg/c5
        Manufacturer: QLogic Corp.
        Model: QLA2462
        Type: L-port
        State: online
        Supported Speeds: 1Gb 2Gb 4Gb
        Current Speed: 1Gb
        Node WWN: 200100e08bb0e91c

 Now to should be able to see the disks themselves. You can verify this by running `fcinfo remote-port -p 200100e08bb0e91c` to see all the disks:

# fcinfo remote-port -p 210000e08b90e91c
Remote Port WWN: 22000011c62a1707
        Active FC4 Types:
        SCSI Target: yes
        Node WWN: 20000011c62a1707
Remote Port WWN: 22000004cfe03319
        Active FC4 Types:
        SCSI Target: yes
        Node WWN: 20000004cfe03319
Remote Port WWN: 22000004cfe02e9e
        Active FC4 Types:
        SCSI Target: yes
        Node WWN: 20000004cfe02e9e
<snip>

Finally, to create the links to these disks in /dev you need to run `devfsadm -Cv`.

Now my only issue that `luxadm probe` fails to recognize the SES encolsure, so I can't use the nice `luxadm display <Enclosure>` command....

(2007/04/18 Update: I've started a thread in the opensolaris.org forums to help determine what, if anything, I can do)

A bug in drupal was preventing me from adding this post, but I finally added back some content that has been off the site for some time. This includes my resume, previous experience, projects, research and school pages. Much of this was on my previous site, but I've updated some of it, and I have plans to add a couple more pages of stuff. So take a look around, if you're that bored ;)

Showtime has graciously put up the first episode of the This American Life TV show for everyone to watch. Go check it out now!

It's too bad I don't have Showtime, or intend to order it, but I like that they take risks with content like this. TAF is my absolute favorite radio show. I missed the recent visit they made to Minneapolis because I didn't find out in time, but it would have been amazing to see a taping live.

There is a bug (or something) within Drupal that sets the wrong sequence value so that new posts aren't possible until the database is manually fixed. Very frustrating...

I finally added all of the old content I had on my site as well as some new projects I hadn't listed before. I also updated my résumé to include my recent work with Rosemount. I hope to spice up the overall look soon, but I need to figure out what Drupal will let me do. I feel better now knowing this content is back up :) 

All on my own... Hosted on Zooomr

Last week I starting making the plunge into photography more serious by grabbing my first light stand and umbrella. I found a deal on Strobist.com that let me snag the stand, umbrella, and the umbrella bracket for about $70. So far I love what kind of picture you can take with just a few simple items. Shannon likes to tease me because I take a lot of photos of "non-living" items, which is true. However, I love the details in some of the things we have just sitting in our houses. There's a lot of stuff to see if you spend the time to look. That said, hopefully she'll sit for me this afternoon so I can take my first portraits with my umbrella :)

I was digging around for a solution to the problem of people wanting to download entire albums this morning. In Gallery2 fashion, I quickly found it with their cart and zip-download modules. Now when you're viewing either an image, or an entire album you can select an option in the album actions menu (near the bottom) to add it to your "cart". Once you do that you'll be taken to your cart and at the top is a menu of actions you can take. One of them is to download the cart as a Zip file. Just select that option, click go, and you're zip will be created automatically for you.

Neat stuff :)

Powerpoint sucks, but it doesn't have to:

Seth Godin's Really Bad Powerpoint

Edward Tufte has presented similar ideas in the past, and I've used them with good success. Pay attention because this kind of thing is more important than you probably realize.