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Date:      Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:52:48 +0100
From:      Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Dell Perc H200A
Message-ID:  <504DC680.30708@unsane.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <C36D542AFD535A4F6855DF6F@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local>
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On 10/09/2012 04:21, Paul Schmehl wrote:
> --On September 9, 2012 9:54:12 AM +0300 Theodor-Iulian Ciobanu
> <thciobanu@nth.ro> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 08 Sep 2012 14:34:14 -0500
>> Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I tried to install FreeBSD 9.0 Release on a Dell R410 with Perc H200A
>>> today.  When I tried ran the new installer it failed.  So I switched
>>> to sysinstall, but it couldn't recognize the disk.
>>>
>>> I googled and found out that there's been a problem with no driver
>>> for that controller.  If I understand it correctly, the mps driver
>>> works, but you had to use something called JBOD mode.  I have no idea
>>> what that is or how to set it up.  I'm not real knowledgeable about
>>> RAID and controllers and the like.
>>>
>>> All I want to do is install FreeBSD on this box.  Is there a version
>>> of FreeBSD that will work with the Perc H200A?  If so, how do I get
>>> it?
>>
>> I don't know if this is still the case, but there was a time when you
>> could use LSI2008 (the chipset) cards only with IT firmware (JBOD
>> mode) in FreeBSD.
>>
>> To flash the H200A with the IT firmware, you had to go through some
>> hoops, as switching modes for this kind of cards is not done in one
>> step:
>> http://kb.lsi.com/KnowledgebaseArticle16266.aspx
>>
>
> Can anyone confirm that this is still the case?  Does the mps driver
> support this controller?  Is it included in 8.3 RELEASE?  Or am I
> going to have to jump through hoops to get FreeBSD installed on this box?
If you are happy to use the integrated RAID (IR) mode and let the
driver/card handle RAID then
http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=231679
brought in support for this and
http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=237876
a new version of the driver.
A 9.1-RC1 install iso should pick it up fine.


No idea if you want to use software RAID over JBOD (Just a bunch of
disks) mode though.


Vince

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