From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 26 14:11:20 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0754D1065670 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:11:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from douglas.j.schmidt@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD28F8FC1F for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:11:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws17 with SMTP id 17so1181129vws.13 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:11:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=CFjmV7QjgrrRT3fS6v13C52tuk8xdPFPomvHpO67EB0=; b=wbhUew735WvHXzhW8MtFmuH7utRcH9g7rmomqFzNAow26xIGWEZ+X5OoZiBgQZBz1V 1i7qI9/YxaR7Y80bPGPB9n1fDZx8vpvHtfkB7pAOq6KMGqdUpZqcgviqp67ga+HaxkhP +lHKsnHkrX4VbphiWNk9l67C5C/vm/mbkiIKU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=B81Pyde79rWhbi3UG4SeGmYNBbEm4njm+s6FkGHUExFul6Lok39bGhl8bvi07GMuTp Xh6BGdXpT54M2LdLCWsE3wd9l0N8+s36GOm6ze/bm04TK5M8Av+sI8901PxxujVZXs9J eDlr8bOrbQzPWHFxoKaXknGHfF0wULjZH4Xro= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.15.7 with HTTP; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:11:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4BACBE01.8040800@comcast.net> References: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB3B5AACC8@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <4BACBE01.8040800@comcast.net> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:11:18 -0400 Received: by 10.220.4.21 with SMTP id 21mr564925vcp.222.1269612678753; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:11:18 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <320306641003260711k687456d5u8a878f472c9b7da6@mail.gmail.com> From: doug schmidt To: Steve Polyack Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Peter Steele , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Support for Dell PERC H700 RAID controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:11:20 -0000 On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Steve Polyack wrote: > On 03/26/10 09:00, Peter Steele wrote: >> >> Does FreeBSD 8 support the Dell H700 RAID controller? We've been using a >> 3Ware controller but may need to switch to this controller. What we'd li= ke >> to have is a command line interface similar to the tw_cli command so we = can >> create RAID sets on a booted system instead of doing it in the BIOS. >> >> > > I'm not sure about the H700, but for the PERC5 and PERC6 (previous > models...) you can use mfiutil(8) to manage the adapter and > create/configure/destroy RAID sets on FreeBSD 8. =A0 It's actually pretty= nice > in comparison to MegaCLI - the LSI provided management utility. mfiutil(8) has also been added to FreeBSD 7.3 >From 7.3 Release notes: The mfi(4) driver now supports LSI MegaRAID SAS 1078 and Dell PERC6. [...] A userland utility mfiutil(8) for the mfi(4) devices has been added. This includes basic features to monitor controller, array, and drive status, change basic attributes, create/delete arrays and spares, and flush the controller firmware. Note that this is a small utility, not a replacement of MegaCLI in the Ports Collection which is supported officially and provides more functionality.