From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 27 21:24:14 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CE9616A41F for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2005 21:24:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from aman@chamkila.org) Received: from manak.chamkila.org (c-24-4-168-13.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [24.4.168.13]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A77043D5D for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2005 21:24:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from aman@chamkila.org) Received: from [192.168.96.207] ([69.36.228.194]) by manak.chamkila.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j6RLNkOv028095; Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:23:46 -0700 Message-ID: <42E7FAD4.90303@chamkila.org> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:21:24 -0700 From: Amandeep User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "D. Goss" References: <234FB55B-4315-4AE0-AED4-C2627B0FBD57@dylangoss.com> <5F971020-DFD0-408D-AD87-61E36FA54C52@shire.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD questions , "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" Subject: Re: SCSI RAID management under FreeBSD 5.x 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: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 21:24:14 -0000 D. Goss wrote: > On Jul 27, 2005, at 1:33 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > >> >> On Jul 27, 2005, at 1:16 PM, D. Goss wrote: >> >> >>> I've done a bit of searching but I haven't found exactly what I'm >>> after. As I understand it there is no way RAID management software >>> for the IBM (Adaptec) ServeRAID cards (5i, specifically) that runs >>> on FreeBSD (5.x). I have also read from the list archives that the >>> Linux management software that exists for the IBM ServeRAID cards >>> will not run under Linux mode in FreeBSD. >>> >> >> What is the Adaptec model for this IBM card? Most of the standard >> Adaptec cards seem to have SW that works. > > > First, apologies, my fingers slipped - the card is a 6i. I have been > unable to locate the Adapec equivalent and I've even seen that some > cards have been made for them by LSI - the chipset on the mobo > (xSeries 345) is from LSI. But in fact the box this card came in has > both the IBM and Adaptec logos so this one is indeed from Adaptec. > > There is a P/N 13N2190 but I can't match it with Adaptec and think > it's an IBM number. > >> It has CLI. Megaraid SCSI 320-2X >> >> http://www.lsilogic.com/downloads/ >> license.do;jsessionid=D77ED5170B5693A7E71E21D60864C02C? >> id=2000&did=8625&pid=2407 >> >> If you unpack the zip file you'll get MegaRC zip file upzip it and >> then do chmod 755 megarc and then run ./megarc ? >> You/all get al ist of comands for managing the RAID. > > > This is great - if indeed i can't get the Adaptec to work, i'll have > to look into the Megaraid (LSI) card. Thank you. > > I'd of course greatly prefer to find something that works with the > card that I own... :) > > d. Adpatec guys has very lil support for BSD's. So doubt it, but anyways good luck.