Solaris 8 and Solstice Disksuite 4.2.1

When trying to create a Concat/Stripe metadevice, metainit errors out stating that one device is overlapping with the other device specified in the command.

Example:

	# metainit d2 2 1 c1t0d160s3 1 c1t0d162s3
	metainit: mbbdev: c1t0d162s3: overlaps with device in d2                  

Format output is a follows:

       0. c0t10d0 <SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248>
          /sbus@3,0/SUNW,fas@3,8800000/sd@a,0
       1. c0t11d0 <SUN18G cyl 7506 alt 2 hd 19 sec 248>
          /sbus@3,0/SUNW,fas@3,8800000/sd@b,0
       2. c1t0d160 <HITACHI-OPEN-9-CM-0116 cyl 10014 alt 2 hd 15 sec 96>
          /sbus@3,0/fce@0,400000/sd@0,a0
       3. c1t0d161 <HITACHI-OPEN-9-SUN-0116 cyl 10014 alt 2 hd 15 sec 96>
          /sbus@3,0/fce@0,400000/sd@0,a1
       4. c1t0d162 <HITACHI-OPEN-9-SUN-0116 cyl 10014 alt 2 hd 15 sec 96>
          /sbus@3,0/fce@0,400000/sd@0,a2
       5. c1t0d163 <HITACHI-OPEN-9-SUN-0116 cyl 10014 alt 2 hd 15 sec 96>
          /sbus@3,0/fce@0,400000/sd@0,a3                  

Patch 108974-11 or later was installed according to SunAlert 24813 to no avail. Specifically 108974-29.

Change the SE9900 mode setting to 185. This setting allows the array to display each LDEV with a unique device ID allowing Solstice Disksuite to utilize the device. This also enables use for cluster software.

The following procedure is to be done either by a Sun engineer, Service Control Center or TRC.

	Description
	
	Mode settings are designed for specific customer situations. Contact the
	Technical Support Center before changing mode
	settings to insure the mode setting is applicable to your site. 

	For setting a MODE, perform the following steps:

	1.Start from VIEW MODE 
	2.Press CTRL + SHIFT + M 
	3.Password is mode 
	4.Select Install 
	5.Select Change Configuration 
	6.Select System Options 
	7.Select MODE on System Options frame 
	8.Set Mode needed 
	9.Select OK             

Note: These steps are also outlined in infodoc 43481.

	The following messages are displayed after you set a mode:

	1.Change Configuration Completed 
	2.Please insert config FD in FDD 
		a.FD BACKUP-Copying Subsystem Configuration Data 
	3.Backup is done. Remove FD                  

SunAlert 24813: Attempting to Configure Non-Sun Disks in Stripe Mode on Solaris 8 with Soltice DiskSuite (SDS) 4.2.1 May Fail

Radiance/EMEA Case 36511939: ODS 4.2.1 will not stripe between 2 disks in HDS array - same device IDs