From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 2 15:36:33 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D3BD16A4B3 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 15:36:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cobra.acceleratedweb.net (cobra-gw.acceleratedweb.net [207.99.79.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2B27143FE0 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 2003 15:36:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from simon@optinet.com) Received: (qmail 458 invoked by uid 110); 2 Oct 2003 22:36:34 -0000 Received: from ool-18baaf5c.dyn.optonline.net (HELO win2kpc1) (24.186.175.92) by cobra.acceleratedweb.net with SMTP; 2 Oct 2003 22:36:34 -0000 From: "Simon" To: "Cassidy B. Larson" , "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 18:36:16 -0400 Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2661) For Windows 2000 (5.0.2195;4) In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <20031002223628.2B27143FE0@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Re: 3ware escalade X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 22:36:33 -0000 Indeed they are not the same controllers, however, I don't believe they are a complete redesign, so, yes they support serial over parallel drives, but the idea and the design should be the same, so they should function the same, maybe the firmware is broken on those controller, I'm not sure. -Simon On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 14:28:04 -0600, Cassidy B. Larson wrote: >Very strange indeed. I don't think there is a problem with my 8506 card, as >it is a different model than the 7500, it's SATA not parallel ATA. RAID10 >works just like a charm, however, RAID5 does not. > >I'm running the latest firmware on the BIOS, card, etc. > >I've read in the past with those that contact 3ware, detailing that they use >FreeBSD are given the shaft as FreeBSD isn't supported at all by 3ware >(IIRC). > >Any other useful hints, suggestions, ideas would be appreciated from anyone. > >Thanks! > >Cassidy > >On 10/2/03 1:36 PM, "Simon" wrote: > >> >> I just want to confirm that rebooting a server with 3ware 7500-8 while >> in rebuilding mode, reboots the machine just fine. The controller comes >> back in rebuilding mode and starts to rebuild in few minutes. However, I'm >> not sure if it starts from scratch or continues where it had left off. I guess >> I could verify this, but it doesn't really matter to me as I don't expect to >> reboot in the middle of a rebuild. >> >> Having said the above, there might be something wrong with your 8506 >> controller if it does not reboot after rebooting while in rebuilding mode. >> Maybe you need firmware upgrade, I would contact 3ware. >> >> -Simon > > >