Re: FreeBSD 8.3 support for LSI SAS 2208 based controllers/Dell PERC 710

2012-06-04 Thread Simon
I'm wondering if this was resolved. I was looking at Dell R610s with Perc H700 and no solid information either. Found a few threads with people having issues with it, no solutions. These been out since early 2010, not cutting edge by any means. Is anyone using Dell R610/R620 with Perc H700/H710

Re: FreeBSD 8.3 support for LSI SAS 2208 based controllers/Dell PERC 710

2012-06-04 Thread Simon
I'm glad to hear at least the Perc 6/i is working fine with R610 which is what I'm looking to get to avoid all the trouble with the new R620 Albeit I need to use the 1TB SAS drives that are 6gbps, so I really wanted to use the H700 instead of the much older Perc 6/i, which I also have working

FreeBSD 8.3 support for LSI SAS 2208 based controllers/Dell PERC 710

2012-05-16 Thread Rick Miller
Hi All, I have a Dell R620 which utilizes the PERC H710 controller based on the LSI SAS 2208 chip. According to the hardware notes for 8.3-RELEASE, this chip is supported by the mps driver. Unfortunately, when I attempt to install 8.3-RELEASE via DVD, it does not recognize the controller and no

Re: FreeBSD 8.3 support for LSI SAS 2208 based controllers/Dell PERC 710

2012-05-16 Thread Mark Felder
On Wed, 16 May 2012 13:04:25 -0500, Rick Miller vmil...@hostileadmin.com wrote: Would anyone else out there have any experience with installing FreeBSD on the R620 and be able to provide any tips for troubleshooting? Does 9.0 install on that hardware? It's possible your controller chip