Hey Dale, Thank you so much for the info and taking the time to comment. That was what I was hoping to hear. :-)
-J On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Dale Ghent <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 14, 2009, at 12:09 AM, Jason J. W. Williams wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> We're looking at replacing our X4500s with the newer X4540s. Do folks >> who have X4540s see the connect/disconnect issue that plagues the >> Marvell chipset/driver combo on the X4500? Since the X4540 is a LSI >> chipset I hope not, but would appreciate anyone's experience. Thank >> you in advance. > > I have not. The 1068E chip and mpt driver appear to be doing their job. > > However, just one note of caution regarding the x4540... there was a recent > ILOM/BIOS update released for it which includes actual LSI MPT-Fusion BIOS > and firmware image files (not that stinking bootable ISO crap that you get > with the rest of the Galaxy line), yet no instructions on how to apply these > two files. > > I knew raidctl could probably do it, so I gave it a try. I applied the .fw > file to each of the 6 controllers, then applied the bios file to the same. > After a reboot, the MPT BIOS init screen complained of a bad BIOS and > demanded that you hit F1 to continue. I curled my toes and did so, and > eventually after a second reboot, everything seemed kosher. > > My one big complaint (out of two - the other is that ILOM email alerts are > broken) is how Sun packages the LSI MPT-Fusion updates on a bootable ISO > only... with no way of applying them from the OS (using raidctl for > example.) And when they do give you the actual ROM images, no instructions > or reassurance on the correct way to apply them. > > /dale > _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
