Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 13:11:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Lanny Baron <lnb@freebsdsystems.com> To: Ben Burke <bburke@mwci.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Which RAID Controller to Buy Message-ID: <XFMail.000908131108.lnb@freebsdsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.000906115747.bburke@mwci.net>
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Hi Ben, Well all I can think of from glancing at this, is, did you set up the raid befor booting all the way into the FreeBSD system...i mean at POST or bios time? I sell systems, http://freebsdsystems.com and when I send out RAID systems, using FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE (as of now) they all work properly. Maybe you should contact Dell. Hope that helps you out. Oh by the way, I use Mylex lbd Raid and it works like a charm. As far as dell goes, I have no clue as to their motherboards or serverboards as they are all proprietary. I use only Intel serverboards. Regards, Lanny On 06-Sep-00 Ben Burke wrote: > Hello, > > I'm in a bit of a time-crunch, so I hope someone has a quick and easy > answer for me. ;) I need to know which is the best (or one of the > best) RAID 5 controllers to buy for my Dell system running FreeBSD 4 > stable. I'm looking to replace the current controller with one that > is known to work without problems under FreeBSD. Here's some > background; > > I have a production machine (FreeBSD 4) that is in desperate need of > a hardware upgrade. One of our business associates sent over a Dell > PowerEdge 6300. I know very little about this machine. Here's what > logs at boot time; > > /kernel: ahc0: <Adaptec aic7890/91 Ultra2 SCSI adapter> > port 0xec00-0xecff mem 0xfea02000-0xfea02fff irq 11 at device 4.0 on > pci1 > /kernel: ahc0: aic7890/91 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs > /kernel: ahc1: <Adaptec aic7890/91 Ultra2 SCSI adapter> > port 0xe800-0xe8ff mem 0xfea01000-0xfea01fff irq 10 at device 6.0 on > pci1 > /kernel: ahc1: aic7890/91 Wide Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs > /kernel: ahc2: <Adaptec aic7860 SCSI adapter> > port 0xe400-0xe4ff mem 0xfea00000-0xfea00fff irq 14 at device 8.0 on > pci1 > /kernel: ahc2: aic7860 Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 3/255 SCBs > /kernel: pcib2: <Intel 82454NX PXB#1, Bus#A> on motherboard > /kernel: pci2: <PCI bus> on pcib2 > /kernel: amr0: <AMI MegaRAID> port 0xfc80-0xfcff irq 5 at device 3.0 > on pci2 > /kernel: amr0: firmware Uc77 bios 1.47 32MB memory > /kernel: amrd0: <MegaRAID logical drive> on amr0 > /kernel: amrd0: 34272MB (70189056 sectors) RAID 5 (optimal) > > When I look at the PCI bus I see only two cards, one rather small > 10/100 Ethernet card, and one extremely large card that I assume is > the RAID controller. (It has a large Intel i960 chip, two small SCSI-2 > connectors, and a cable to the media cage.) > > Long story short, when running under this hardware the amr device > wedges on 4.1-STABLE (from yesterday). I need to get this machine up > with 64 k RAID 5 striping across it's 5 disks as soon as possible. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm not on the list, so please > send replies directly to me. > > Thanks in Advance, > Ben Burke > > -- > Benjamin Burke -> bburke@mwci.net / Help Desk (319)-557-2400 > Midwest Communications, Inc. / Toll-Free (877)-455-6511 > Network Operations Center (NOC) / Fax (319)-557-9771 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message Lanny Baron, Master FreeBSD Administrator ---------------------------------- Date: 08-Sep-00 Time: 13:11:08 Put no trust in cryptic comments. ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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