> Can you connect an enclosure to the SAS 2008 chip card you have now
> and test? I thought I had read about problems like yours with that
> chip on FreeBSD when using such enclosures.
The SAS 2008 chip we have is built in to the motherboard; it does not have any
external connectors.
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On Sep 15, 2011 11:36 PM, "Tim Gustafson" wrote:
>
> > The SAS 2008 chip (SAS 6G) is the one that the FreeBSD mps driver has
> > problems with when used with port expanders. It's the older SAS 3G chip
> > that works OK with FreeBSD I think.
>
> I had crossed some wires earlier on in our discussion
> The SAS 2008 chip (SAS 6G) is the one that the FreeBSD mps driver has
> problems with when used with port expanders. It's the older SAS 3G chip
> that works OK with FreeBSD I think.
I had crossed some wires earlier on in our discussion.
We do have a SAS 2008 chip in the system already, but it's
On Sep 15, 2011 12:42 AM, "Tim Gustafson" wrote:
>
> > I don't know what's out there having chosen only one such card for
> > home use. So you'll need to do your own research. Start with looking
> > at any card with the right chip and then look for evidence that people
> > have used said card with
> I don't know what's out there having chosen only one such card for
> home use. So you'll need to do your own research. Start with looking
> at any card with the right chip and then look for evidence that people
> have used said card with FreeBSD.
LSI has the SAS 9200-8e, which is based on the SA
On Sep 11, 2011 6:07 AM, "Tim Gustafson" wrote:
>
> > I'm not sure what cards you can get now with the LSI 1068E chip. As
> > LSI branded cards cost more, I went for for the LSI SAS2008 based
> > Supermicro AOC-USAS2-L8i as I knew I wasn't going to use port expanders.
> > It could be hard to get c
> I'm not sure what cards you can get now with the LSI 1068E chip. As
> LSI branded cards cost more, I went for for the LSI SAS2008 based
> Supermicro AOC-USAS2-L8i as I new I wasn't going to use port expanders.
> It could be hard to get cards with the older chip now (you might have
> to get someth
On 10 September 2011 01:19, Tim Gustafson wrote:
> I can most likely switch to a different card. Just to make sure I get the
> right one, do you have a part number of the card that you are recommending?
> As I mentioned earlier, I was looking around on the LSI site and they have
> lots of optio
> If not, look at paying a small (say $1k) bounty to get it fixed. :)
Unfortunately, our budget situation would not allow this sort of thing right
now. :\ Buying hardware is a lot easier than paying for something like this.
> Helping to fix the driver is a thing that Tim is in the unusual
> s
On Sep 9, 2011 8:38 PM, "Adrian Chadd" wrote:
>
> On 9 September 2011 18:32, Matt Thyer wrote:
>
> > Harder solutions are:
> >
> > A) Fix the driver
>
> .. which is the only way FreeBSD improves, so. You choose. :)
>
> Also:
>
> A1) Post lots of debugging info to the list, be very friendly and
>
On 9 September 2011 18:32, Matt Thyer wrote:
> Harder solutions are:
>
> A) Fix the driver
.. which is the only way FreeBSD improves, so. You choose. :)
Also:
A1) Post lots of debugging info to the list, be very friendly and
helpful, see if any developers are willing to help you figure and fix
On Sep 8, 2011 12:33 AM, "Tim Gustafson" wrote:
>
> > Advice is:
> >
> > Use -STABLE and not -RELEASE
> > Upgrade firmware
> > Avoid port multipliers
> >
> > As I'm using cheap 4K green drives I had to use wdidle3.exe to fix
> > the 8 second head parking and I also had to use gnop to force my
> >
> Advice is:
>
> Use -STABLE and not -RELEASE
> Upgrade firmware
> Avoid port multipliers
>
> As I'm using cheap 4K green drives I had to use wdidle3.exe to fix
> the 8 second head parking and I also had to use gnop to force my
> ZFS pool to use 4K transfers.
We're already using -STABLE; we
On 7 September 2011 19:07, Matt Thyer wrote:
> On 7 September 2011 13:54, Tim Gustafson wrote:
>
>> > What are the drives exactly? You may have issues like TLER or
>> > frequent head parking. Are these SATA, SCSI or SAS and are port
>> > multipliers in use?
>>
>> root@bsd-03: dmesg | grep da6
>>
On 7 September 2011 13:54, Tim Gustafson wrote:
> > What are the drives exactly? You may have issues like TLER or
> > frequent head parking. Are these SATA, SCSI or SAS and are port
> > multipliers in use?
>
> root@bsd-03: dmesg | grep da6
> da6 at mpt0 bus 0 scbus1 target 1 lun 0
> da6: Fixed D
> What are the drives exactly? You may have issues like TLER or
> frequent head parking. Are these SATA, SCSI or SAS and are port
> multipliers in use?
root@bsd-03: dmesg | grep da6
da6 at mpt0 bus 0 scbus1 target 1 lun 0
da6: Fixed Direct Access SCSI-5 device
da6: 300.000MB/s transfers
da6: Com
On Sep 7, 2011 8:53 AM, "Tim Gustafson" wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm running RELENG_8:
>
> --
> root@bsd-03: uname -a
> FreeBSD bsd-03 8.2-STABLE FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #0: Mon Aug 22 14:58:58 PDT
2011 root@bsd-03:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
> --
>
> We've got an MPT controll
On 9/6/2011 4:04 PM, Tim Gustafson wrote:
Hi all,
I'm running RELENG_8:
--
...
So, is this an OS/driver issue? Is it a bad controller? Bad cables? Bad
disks?
As always, any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Likely some problem in the external box. Note that you get a 'POR
Hi all,
I'm running RELENG_8:
--
root@bsd-03: uname -a
FreeBSD bsd-03 8.2-STABLE FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #0: Mon Aug 22 14:58:58 PDT 2011
root@bsd-03:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
--
We've got an MPT controller installed with 32 drives attached:
--
root@bsd-03: dme
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