From owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 19 19:39:13 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6AFD6528 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2015 19:39:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pa0-f47.google.com (exprod7og120.obsmtp.com [64.18.2.18]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1D3BAD07 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2015 19:39:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pa0-f47.google.com ([209.85.220.47]) (using TLSv1) by exprod7ob120.postini.com ([64.18.6.12]) with SMTP ID DSNKVL1dWmZPnOjTZ6g/OYs+dAUOYGIf+X7C@postini.com; Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:39:13 PST Received: by mail-pa0-f47.google.com with SMTP id kq14so40601087pab.6 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:39:06 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:references:in-reply-to:mime-version :thread-index:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=t6UKImCVwVAnClh2e+fAUJU8OA/UKqnJ+8Q6H85mnTY=; b=biGfkuR+hqiBErzC8WX8LzAB6piec3TDyYu5vmAW3A8f2LHILZYnb9pYzOqB+KMKEl JZ9hlihgoOMaxTm/SwHZe7FQqSuNYLMxk0Jwhrte9UZTLTFxcWSQeDrz0TWCfUCOpbmz ahpEKCM8i9EU8wAxGSpswG5KgSQC3S5nuMPaq8ftlPEOiy5o7VUwtwIHGtkWiqT6znG3 dqUNx/7woAkyHypU7XlHVa4f8PfxQCGMVnN1RtzcV4uScoDnWXqYphSqj9lZfpeWwRrM IQ+xL7y0cyzE48gdk5SMxlGxMKd5aBAh7l51wf9iRK0Fcp1rTt8kwnMz/Uow2SYwTVA3 KMkA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkh09Eq8cyaR0a9qv1cgf4q/D/rF7sSoBP8+sLr0FWehjHONxGBwhYx4uUPRz3JTjnb8+txR0l9kBuXYOeplNHyhM2X/OH3MbqUdSnRVR4wQZJhSWn2z8JOiHo1FsUGu/qxFwU/81JiTaJAcHhVUjdOXwHQ0g== X-Received: by 10.66.141.7 with SMTP id rk7mr25760757pab.15.1421696346614; Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:39:06 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.66.141.7 with SMTP id rk7mr25760725pab.15.1421696346332; Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:39:06 -0800 (PST) From: Stephen Mcconnell References: <54BAAC24.5030704@gmail.com> <7e011d51e0792ca8fd0b02d03acc18dd@mail.gmail.com> <54BD5774.4010203@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <54BD5774.4010203@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Thread-Index: AQJk6WPRlUxXN5JyaIsLV56GHSNz4AD/7ZRtAkGpdGKbhF5wkA== Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:39:05 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: RE: LSI 9300-16i supported? To: Tobias Oberstein , freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: SCSI subsystem List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 19:39:13 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Tobias Oberstein [mailto:tobias.oberstein@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2015 12:14 PM > To: Stephen Mcconnell; freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: LSI 9300-16i supported? > > Hi Stephen, > > thanks a lot for your info! > > Btw: is Avago/LSI contributing all it's driver code for FreeBSD to be > included in > the FreeBSD source tree? > > E.g. LSI has downloads for FreeBSD drivers: > > http://www.lsi.com/products/host-bus-adapters/pages/lsi-sas-9201- > 16i.aspx#tab/tab4 > > Why is that? Is that different code than the one included in FreeBSD > source tree? Yes, the FreeBSD tree is a bit different. Avago has out of box drivers tha= t are maintained, and we try to keep the FreeBSD tree up to date with the in-box changes. You should be OK to go with the in-box driver. > > I'd prefer to rely on standard FreeBSD source tree (definitely no vendor > blobs .. > but it seems the download above is source anyway). > > > Officially, Avago (LSI) hasn't done ANY testing on 10.1 yet and I > personally > > have not used the 9300-16i card. So, officially, no cards are > > supported on > > 10.1 yet. Unofficially, my guess is that they both work just fine, > > but you'll probably have to do your own validation until Avago does > > its 10.1 testing. > > I see. > > I guess I go with the LSI SAS 9201-16i for the time being - probably "les= s > risk". > The fact that the 9300 has _two_ 3008 chips on one card could be a source > of > additional pain .. and then we have 3 of those cards. > > My problem is: I'd love to use the newer card (more IOPS pushed etc), but > this > box needs to go to production real quickly, and costs some money. > > There are enough potential sources of surprise already, like the box will > have 8 > Intel P3700 PCIe 2TB SSDs. We'll find out what FreeBSD/ZFS/PostgreSQL > makes > out of these;) > > Cheers, > /Tobias > > > > > Stephen McConnell > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org] > > On Behalf Of Tobias Oberstein > > Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2015 11:38 AM > > To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org > > Subject: LSI 9300-16i supported? > > > > Hi, > > > > The FreeBSD 10.1 hardware compatibility list > > > > https://www.freebsd.org/releases/10.1R/hardware.html > > > > for the LSI mpr(4) driver mentions these 3 cards: > > > > * LSI SAS 3004 (4 Port SAS) > > * LSI SAS 3008 (8 Port SAS) > > * LSI SAS 3108 (8 Port SAS) > > > > It does _not_ mention the Avago (LSI) 9300-16i > > > > http://www.lsi.com/products/host-bus-adapters/Pages/sas-9300-16i.aspx > > > > which is quite new, and features _two_ SAS 3008 chips (Fusion MPT=E2=84= =A2 2.5). > > > > =3D=3D > > > > Is this chip supported? Any practical experience? > > > > From the FreeBSD source tree (not as a binary blob from LSI .. they > > mention FreeBSD support for that card, but I don't want to depend on > > them)? > > > > I want to deploy _three_ of those cards to drive 48 SAS disks in a > > quite high-end server. I need to be really confident that it works, > > since the box is for a customer and costs 100k Euro. > > > > If there is any doubt, I probably go with the LSI SAS 9201-16i > > > > http://www.lsi.com/products/host-bus-adapters/pages/lsi-sas-9201-16i.a > > spx > > > > as this seems to be well supported for quite some time. Please correct > > me if I'm wrong and should look for something else .. > > > > Thanks a lot for any hints! > > > > /Tobias > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-scsi > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-scsi-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >