On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Dave wrote: > Just looked into add-in cards to get around the issue. Unfortunately the Tyan > 2927 boards have only PCI-E and 32 bit PCI slots. I can't find any PCI-E SATA > HBAs that have the Marvell 88SX chips, either.
Yep - the lack of a cost-effective PCI-E board is an issue currently hurting widespread ZFS adoption/experimentation. If only Sun would come to the rescuse (hint, hint). You could look at an LsiLogic SAS board with a PCI-E connector. I've also heard that some users have found the SuperMicro board to work in a 32-bit slot and others have found that it won't. I have no clue as to why this is the case. The only other alternative I'm aware of is a 3124 based PCI card. Let me check the solaris on x86 (yahoo) list and email you a recommendation. I think Bob Palowoda found a card that works... (I've CCed him). > I'm extremely disappointed that the SXCE SATA driver won't work with my MCP55 > based controller. Seems like there should be no reason why it wouldn't since > some Sun servers use MCP55 as well. :( > -- > Dave > > On 02/06/2008 04:49 PM, Al Hopper wrote: >> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Dave wrote: >> >>> I've got a number of machines running nv_b81 and I'm getting messages >>> like this: >>> >>> WARNING: /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0 >>> (sd0): >>> Error for Command: read(10) Error Level: Retryable >>> Requested Block: 10089026 Error Block: 10089026 >>> Vendor: ATA Serial Number: >>> >>> Sense Key: No_Additional_Sense >>> ASC: 0x0 (no additional sense info), ASCQ: 0x0, FRU: 0x0 >>> NOTICE: /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci10de,[EMAIL PROTECTED]: >>> port 0: device reset >>> >>> I'm unable to use the machines after I get the warning - they must be >>> hard rebooted. I've tried disabling NCQ in /etc/system without success. >>> This has happened in prior versions of Nevada as well. I usually get the >>> message when first booting, but not always. >>> >>> All machines are running Dual Proc Opteron 2214, Tyan 2927G2NR >>> motherboard, WD 500GB SATA drives. >>> >>> I'm at my wits end trying to find the solution. Any help is appreciated. >> >> Would installing a SuperMicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 PCI-X resolve this issue (for >> now)? >> >> Regards, >> >> Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT >> OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Apr 2005 to Mar 2007 >> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb/ogb_2005-2007/ > Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Apr 2005 to Mar 2007 http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb/ogb_2005-2007/ _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
