I'm attempting to figure out the least wrong way to go about adding custom configuration to the /kernel/drv/sd.conf file on a SmartOS system. I'm not seeing an obvious way. Why I'm attempting to do this follows.
I've been handed hardware to prototype an SDC deploy upon. I've spent most of a day attempting to figure out how to get SmartOS to start. I'm using Dell R820 servers, with the PERC H310 raid controller with all the drives set to pass through. Attempting to install SDC or SmartOS results in the symptoms of multiple messages of "WARNING: Device <path> failed to power up", and creation of the zones pool to fail, with the installer bombing out in a weird spot, with little help to tell me what had happened. Researching that error message lead me to the thread at http://marc.info/?l=zfs-discuss&m=133715468013989&w=2 which gave me enough to figure out that if I add the following configuration to /kernel/drv/sd.conf, and reload the sd driver, I get a functional system. sd-config-list= "SEAGATE ST9146853SS", "power-condition:false", <existing entries>; This configuration line is sadly not generic and specifies the model of drives I have to work with. Now obviously, I can't really do this kernel configuration change as a service, because all of those would be on the zones pool, on the disks that won't work before this configuration is applied. I'm not particularly familiar with what parameters I can pass at boot time to the Illumos kernel. Taking the Joyent official images and doing a repeatable small alteration to the boot parameters seems like a reasonable path. I don't know if it's possible, or how. The other option I can come up with is doing a custom build of SmartOS, and eventually SDC to incorporate the parameters I need. Are there any other options? Thank you. ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
