Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Dell H330 and mpt_sas on r151022

[Aries]

Thank you for replay.


Yes. AFAIK, the hardware of H330 should be as same as the LSI SAS3008.


But as it is an OEM Dell branded card with choppy firmware, sadly, it's not 
supported by the sas3flash utility.


Unlike the 2008 series, I cannot find a way to crossflash it to the IT firmware 
for the moment.


The PCI-id is 1000 005f which is a MegaRaid. 


Maybe I should go for a proper 3008 card or a Dell HBA330 card to save some 
time...


Cheers,
Aries






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From:  "John D Groenveld";;
Date:  Jul 4, 2017
To:  "omnios-discuss"; 

Subject:  Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Dell H330 and mpt_sas on r151022



In message , =?ISO-8859-1?B?QXJpZXM=?=
 writes:
>Actually the Dell H330 only has one hybrid mode firmware which can be switched
> between raid and HBA modes. All the distributions include Solaris and linux r
>egard this kind firmware of H330 as IR mode regardless of the raid or HBA mode
>. Although I always put it in HBA mode, the mr_sas or something similar is use
>d. Therefore when I read the release note of r151022, I was surprised that Omn
>iOS started to support H330 via mpt_sas. However the test result seems a bit d
>isappointing.

The H330 looks awfully like Broadcom/LSI's 9300-8i:



What happens when you sas3flash the Dell HBA with the LSI SAS3008
IT firmware?

Also, what's the PCI ID for the H330?

John
groenv...@acm.org
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[OmniOS-discuss] ?????? Dell H330 and mpt_sas on r151022

[Aries]

Thank you for replay.


I've tried googling and searching the mail archive myself. However I didn't 
find anything related to Dell H330. On the other hand, I think the SAS3008 was 
supported via mpt_sas long before this release and should not be mentioned in 
the notes. 


I also tried rebuilding the driver_aliases according to the Solaris document. 
But it seems that the mpt_sas cannot handle the H330 card. The driver just 
complains and it simply not load.


Could you please tell me where should I find the specific patches? Thank you 
very much.


Regards,
Aries


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??: "Josh Coombs";;
: 2017??7??3??(??) 10:21
??: "Aries"<2232491...@qq.com>; 
: "G??nther Alka"; 
"omnios-discuss"; 
: Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Dell H330 and mpt_sas on r151022



I'd have to poke at the release notes and relevant patches, but I wonder if 
it's a matter of updating /etc/driver_aliases to change the binding to mpt_sas 
for that specific PCI ID?

Joshua CoombsGWI


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On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 12:24 AM, Aries <2232491...@qq.com> wrote:
Thank you for replay and your effort on napp-it. I really love it!


Actually the Dell H330 only has one hybrid mode firmware which can be switched 
between raid and HBA modes. All the distributions include Solaris and linux 
regard this kind firmware of H330 as IR mode regardless of the raid or HBA 
mode. Although I always put it in HBA mode, the mr_sas or something similar is 
used. Therefore when I read the release note of r151022, I was surprised that 
OmniOS started to support H330 via mpt_sas. However the test result seems a bit 
disappointing.


By the way, do you notice any performance decreases in the release r151022?


Regrads,
Aries




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From:  "G??nther Alka";;
Date:  Sat, Jul 1, 2017 03:34 AM
To:  "omnios-discuss"; 

Subject:  Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Dell H330 and mpt_sas on r151022



   
The driver is related to the firmware.
   I suppose you are on an IR/Raid firmware. The better one would be   
a raidless and often faster IT firmware (mpt_sas). But I cannot   say if 
its available from Dell or if the one from LSI is working.
   
   Gea
   @napp-it.org
   
 
 
 Am 30.06.2017 um 18:53 schrieb Aries:
 
 Hello,
 
 
 I   noticed that the r151022 starts to   support the 
Dell H330 via mpt_sas driver. So I installed the r151022 fresh on my   
Dell T630 server with H330 as a VM on ESXi. The H330 was PCI-E   
passthrough with 8x 7k2 disks in raid z2.
 
 
 However   when I ran the command dmesg | grep sas, it seems 
that the   mr_sas was used for the H330 adapter which is just as same 
as   the r151020 and r151014 version.
 
 
 I   also discovered that the disk performance was worse than 
the r151020. To compare,   I ran all the tests via napp-it filebench. 
For example, for   the fivestreamwrite test, the result of r151020 and 
r151014 is around 1100mb/s, but the   r151022 only shows   
650mb/s. I tried multiple combinations like creating the pool   in one 
version and import into another version. The issue   seems not related 
to the creation of the pool but the version   which runs the pool.
 
 
 Did   I miss something in the setup that leads the H330 to run 
with   the wrong driver? Could you please give me some advices? Thank   
you in advance.
 
 
 Best   regards,
 Aries
   
   
  
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