See the soluion at https://www.illumos.org/issues/644
 -- richard

On May 25, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Sašo Kiselkov wrote:

> I'm currently trying to get a SuperMicro JBOD with dual SAS expander
> chips running in MPxIO, but I'm a total amateur to this and would like
> to ask about how to detect whether MPxIO is working (or not).
> 
> My SAS topology is:
> 
> *) One LSI SAS2008-equipped HBA (running the latest IT firmware from
>    LSI) with two external ports.
> *) Two SAS cables running from the HBA to the SuperMicro JBOD, where
>    they enter the JBOD's rear backplane (which is equipped with two
>    LSI SAS expander chips).
> *) From the rear backplane, via two internal SAS cables to the front
>    backplane (also with two SAS expanders on it)
> *) The JBOD is populated with 45 2TB Toshiba SAS 7200rpm drives
> 
> The machine also has a PERC H700 for the boot media, configured into a
> hardware RAID-1 (on which rpool resides).
> 
> Here is the relevant part from cfgadm -al for the MPxIO bits:
> 
> c5                             scsi-sas     connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393D8CB4452d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8C90CF2d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8CAF2A6d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8CAF2AAd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8CAF2BEd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8CAF2C6d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8CAF2E2d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8CAF2F2d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8CAF5C6d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8CAF28Ad0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8CAF32Ed0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8CAF35Ad0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8CAF35Ed0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8CAF36Ad0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8CAF36Ed0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8CAF52Ed0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8CAF53Ad0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8CAF53Ed0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8CAF312d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8CAF316d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8CAF506d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393E8CAF546d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C84F5Ed0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C84FBAd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C851EEd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C852A6d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C852C2d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C852CAd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C852EAd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C854BAd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C854E2d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C855AAd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C8509Ad0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C8520Ad0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C8528Ad0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C8530Ed0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C8531Ed0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C8557Ed0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C8558Ed0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C8560Ad0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C85106d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C85222d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C85246d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C85366d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::dsk/c5t50000393F8C85636d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::es/ses0                    ESI          connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::es/ses1                    ESI          connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::smp/expd0                  smp          connected    configured
> unknown
> c5::smp/expd1                  smp          connected    configured
> unknown
> c6                             scsi-sas     connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393D8CB4453d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8C90CF3d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8CAF2A7d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8CAF2ABd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8CAF2BFd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8CAF2C7d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8CAF2E3d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8CAF2F3d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8CAF5C7d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8CAF28Bd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8CAF32Fd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8CAF35Bd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8CAF35Fd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8CAF36Bd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8CAF36Fd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8CAF52Fd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8CAF53Bd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8CAF53Fd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8CAF313d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8CAF317d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8CAF507d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393E8CAF547d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C84F5Fd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C84FBBd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C851EFd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C852A7d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C852C3d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C852CBd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C852EBd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C854BBd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C854E3d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C855ABd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C8509Bd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C8520Bd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C8528Bd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C8530Fd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C8531Fd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C8557Fd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C8558Fd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C8560Bd0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C85107d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C85223d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C85247d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C85367d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::dsk/c6t50000393F8C85637d0  disk         connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::es/ses2                    ESI          connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::es/ses3                    ESI          connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::smp/expd2                  smp          connected    configured
> unknown
> c6::smp/expd3                  smp          connected    configured
> unknown
> 
> I can see all drives in format(1M), but "mpathadm list lu" doesn't show
> anything, even after I did "stmsboot -e" (and rebooted). Can anybody
> please help me find out whether MPxIO is properly enabled and how I can
> start using it? My understanding is that MPxIO should mask each drive
> under some common name (e.g. c5t20d0) and underneath handle all of the
> multipathing internally, but maybe I'm wrong and it behaves completely
> differently. I'd like to create a 5x 9-drive raidz's on the JBOD, but
> I'm not sure how to do it now that I can see each drive twice...
> 
> All help greatly appreciated!
> 
> Cheers,
> --
> Saso
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