Yes, this is still an issue with 14.04 server. I have the same problem. Here what dmesg | tail says:
[ 201.820039] scsi 2:0:0:0: megasas: RESET cmd=12 retries=0 [ 201.820049] megasas: [ 0]waiting for 1 commands to complete [ 202.824087] megaraid_sas: FW detected to be in faultstate, restarting it... [ 205.836096] pcidata = ffffffff [ 205.836104] mfi 1068 offset read=ffffffff [ 207.844034] 1068 offset handshake read=ffffffff [ 207.844042] megaraid_sas: FW restarted successfully,initiating next stage... [ 207.844044] megaraid_sas: HBA recovery state machine,state 2 starting... [ 237.964018] megasas: Waiting for FW to come to ready state [ 237.964023] megasas: FW in FAULT state!! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343749 Title: LSI SAS 1078 not detected when installing Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in “linux” package in Fedora: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.27 Trying to install Ubuntu 8.10 on an IBM 3950 M2 with: - Chipset ICH7 - Integrated network card Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Eternet (rev 06) - Network card Intel Pro/1000 PT 82571EB (4 ports) - LSI Logic/Symbios Logic SAS 1078 PCI-Express Fusion MPT SAS (rev ff) - RSA card All devices appear correctly in an lspci command. During the install process, only the Broadcom network card is detected, although the e1000e driver is loaded. During the disk detection, no disks are found, although the mptsas driver is loaded. Here you are some information I manually copied from the screen of the server (dmesg while detecting the network hardware): [..] Fusion MPT base driver 3.04.07 Copyright (c) 1999-2008 LSI Corporation mptsas 0000:04:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 46 (level, low) -> IRQ 46 mptbase: ioc0: Initiating bringup e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 0.3.3.3-k6 e1000e: Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Intel Corporation. ioc0: LSISAS1078 C2: Capabilities={Initiator} mptbase: ioc0: PCI-MSI enabled mptsas 0000:04:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 Calgary: DMA error on CalIOC2 PHB 0x3 Calgary: 0x02000000@CSR 0x00000000@PLSSR 0xb0008000@CSMR 0x00000000@MCK Calgary: 0x00000000@0x810 0xfee0c000@0x820 0x00000000@0x830 0x00000000@0x840 0x03804a00@0x850 0x00000000@0x860 0x00000000@0x870 Calgary: 0x00000000@0xcb0 mptbase: ioc0: Initiating recovery mptbase: ioc0: WARNING - Unexpected doorbell active! mptbase: ioc0: WARNING - NOT READY! mptbase: ioc0: WARNING - Cannot recover rc = -1! mptbase: ioc0: WARNING - Firmware Reload FAILED! Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = 48342981112 ns) And here you are part of the result of the lspci command (copied manually, too): 04:00.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS1078 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS (rev ff) 20:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 06) 20:00.1 Idem. 21:00.0 Idem. 21:00.1 Idem. I have been searching the Internet for hours with no luck. I have tried disabling the onboard LAN controller with no luck. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/343749/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp