As Jack suggests, check the firmware level of the FWSCSI card.

It MUST be rev. level 3636 or higher. 3944 is most current, but 3636 
or 3728 will also work fine.

If you don't have the FWSCSI program (thanks Jeff Vance) to check the 
firmware level, you will  need to perform some command intricacies 
within SYSDIIAG.



At 10:49 PM 2010-11-12, Greg Terterian wrote:
>I am trying to build a new 979 machine.  It has a wide scsi card and 
>is connected to MOD20 disk array.
>I start the system from Tape (using my custom sysgen tape) and at 
>ISL prompt I type 'INSTALL'...
>
>After couple of minutes, it comes back with:
>
>System abort 2173 from Subsystem 151
>
>and then I get System Halt 7
>
>Greg is not in town and I would really appreciate a help!
>
>Thanks a million in advance!
>David Raschka
>
>
>PS: I already verified that the primary path is correct and is 
>pointing to MOD20 disk array.
>Any suggestions will be appreciated!
>
>
>
>
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