Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 10:27:29 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP server gen 9 support Message-ID: <5677D411.705@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <d3b673859c844ab786d06190d5eda456@EX1.Matrix.IT> References: <3069d2383aac49a7a2b93a2b1aa40ac7@EX1.Matrix.IT> <20151220223822.GA68564@neutralgood.org> <d3b673859c844ab786d06190d5eda456@EX1.Matrix.IT>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --oQ9DGHDdcTUJ2S7dpmIG4SJweuGwhnLQu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 12/20/15 23:54, Ido Uziel wrote: > But I think you misunderstood me. I have HP DL 360 Gen 9 server with > HP smart array p440 controller, it=E2=80=99s the common one of HP gen 9= > server. I also have HP smart array p840, HP smart array p240 but none > of them is not on your list. So what is your solution for customer > with HP server like me? The HP RAID device, like any similar device badged by a big computer manufacturer will be an off the shelf controller produced by one or other of the companies that basically specialize in producing RAID controllers. I don't know about the HP p840, p440 or p480 specifically, but -- for instance -- the Dell H730 raid controller is a rebadged AVAGO Invader SAS Controller, and it works with the mrsas(4) driver on FreeBSD. Sometimes the rebadged versions have modified firmware and may need a modified FreeBSD driver, but usually they just work with the standard FreeBSD driver. If you look at the mrsas(4) man page, you'll see references to generic controllers under the 'LSI' label -- which is what the company now known as Avago used to be called -- and some of the Dell controllers listed by name. However, as you can see, it's not necessarily an exhaustive list of the supported controllers. (I believe it only lists the controllers that have been tested and seen to work well with that driver by the developers.) Your best bet here is to create yourself a bootable USB mem-stick or a DVD or whatever your hardware needs and try booting the server from it. Ideally the OS will recognise the RAID controller and let you see the hardware, and you can pull out the actual driver from 'pciconf -lv' or by reading /var/run/dmesg.boot If nothing is recognised, try pasting the 'pciconf -lv' output for the RAID controller into a message on the freebsd-stable list, and ideally someone should be able to tell you if there's any hope of getting FreeBSD to work with that controller. Most hardware for big name suppliers like HP or IBM or Dell should work with FreeBSD, but support for the very latest hardware revisions my lag by a few months. Cheers, Matthew --oQ9DGHDdcTUJ2S7dpmIG4SJweuGwhnLQu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJWd9QRAAoJEABRPxDgqeTnVsoP/3+jTNhEpPJXHW0BCio8rg49 m5726UotQJ0cJKj63mf4ScjZzu4+DeHN7tG7mjTiXbWyfIEmAn2AvSvrr3BxJCsn 1uHlOGhpmDjhZKkk7dUJVm8flfYa2MSMF+b5nU9fXL4ex1m01CyrmQFlI/Zp1VRN qXe/PWXR4mOHuzgrHUfWwcCDtic4s9r/cUtDWBl7Hga72Yko2jNZX4ovRBQsJIy1 OSpL/TstgUlG88iTEyZgKGxEiuUfq3LKnQG5sEcmWhISy3MtN7QiHpkzDy1NKLPY QrIXXlXX6G16LcN0IR9XkrTImvPYltJ30y4AtLmAvbGl807fuKhX5IFZm7YMyhy0 K45kuertDLCwsx7aw4T3HMQhkRGelNKGwKAav8JP/Eb1Y2XM3FzAXZ2wNoBlh4fx gDyjZi6UphlNtTZxPPrTVhdBFU3jTnuJVe7ldAJZKCvOTP5gE0vvcEnYXMxlcsw7 RB1Ty6Za1QotZ4bovMYc0Q30fB1/sQ0ZeSiehu3+6Dtm72LIBeowFM4npCI2+qRJ DZXi8w7dNP7BhWDyL47IuqQA3YOUk/QV34izGmoK3xHDPfqYFYTq7K5wg5yCD/5m MOKVC0Xi8NwVicT4iW4t5sNjqn9JFvmmzOW+MYUQpZ7rJGCVfBb2MhPoy9bAu/Dj umLiKjT+il3fPZSP20VC =2Y8r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --oQ9DGHDdcTUJ2S7dpmIG4SJweuGwhnLQu--
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