Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 20:46:28 +0200 From: thrawn@linux.nu To: Byron Schlemmer <me@byron.me.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMI MegaRAID + Reboot issues Message-ID: <20020702204628.C67665@thrawn.birch.se> In-Reply-To: <20020702155421.C3475-100000@pan.ehsbrann.com>; from me@byron.me.uk on Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 04:49:41PM %2B0100 References: <20020702155421.C3475-100000@pan.ehsbrann.com>
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Hi, Have you tryed to downgrade/upgrade de firmwire on the AMI cards? Just a thought. Mvh Mattias Björk On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 04:49:41PM +0100, Byron Schlemmer wrote: > > Hi, > > I've posted on this before, and I've received no reply. I'm > cross-posting just in case it was missed before (I am desperate for > help) and to ask for further advice. > > Basically we have a number of FreeBSD servers, running 4.5-RELEASE and > 4.6-RELEASE, that use AMI MegaRaid 500 controllers. These boxes refuse > to reboot when sent a reboot or shutdown -r. They simply close all > processes and show : > > amr0: flushing cache...done > Rebooting... > > At this point the numlock key is locked, and Ctrl + Alt + Deleting does > nothing. > > The exact dmesg shows: > > amr0: <AMI MegaRAID> mem 0xffff0000-0xffffffff irq 11 at device 11.0 on pci0 > amr0: <Series 475 40 Logical Drive Firmware> Firmware E161, BIOS 3.13, 32MB RAM > > This is the same controller in both boxes that is giving us this > particular problem. > > Has anybody experienced and managed to solve this problem. Not being > able to remotely reboot our servers is not a good thing. Are there any > other recommended AMI controllers? What I find odd is this controller is > specifically mentioned in both the Hardware Notes and amr(4). > > -byron > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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