From owner-freebsd-proliant@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 25 06:11:49 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE4A41065687 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:11:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from blikjeham@vierkleurenspreeuw.nl) Received: from csmtp1.b-one.net (csmtp1.one.com [195.47.247.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 735148FC17 for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:11:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from blikjeham@vierkleurenspreeuw.nl) Received: from [192.168.1.5] (unknown [77.165.217.148]) by csmtp1.b-one.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCC859802D0B for ; Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:52:58 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <48DB4355.9090609@vierkleurenspreeuw.nl> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:52:53 +0200 From: blikjeham User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080923) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org References: <48DA9D2F.8030404@rx78.org> In-Reply-To: <48DA9D2F.8030404@rx78.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: SmartArray E200i (ML350) ''ciss0: ADAPTER HEARTBEAT FAILED'' X-BeenThere: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:11:49 -0000 Akira Norimaki wrote: > Josh Endries ha scritto: > >> P.S. I'm not sure it's applicable but in the ciss man page on 7.0 there >> is reference to a sysctl that may prevent this heartbeat problem >> > > http://freshbsd.org/?branch=&committer=iwasaki&module=&project= > > Add `hw.ciss.nop_message_heartbeat' tunable (default disabled) for > NOP-message polling in ciss_periodic(). > Note that setting the tunable to non-zero can be workaround only for > `ADAPTER HEARTBEAT FAILED' problem, and may freeze the system w/o > the problem. > > I've tried that solution, but something strange occured. On the same machine that first displayed the ADAPTER HEARTBEAT FAILED problem, it froze with this 'workaround'. Without it, it didn't freeze. That's the exact opposite of the expected behavior. On the console it displayed: ciss0: ADAPTER HEARTBEAT FAILED during initialisation. > The note frightens me a bit. And then, which non-zero value? How much > should the right value be? :) > > Bye, > Akira > You can set it to any non-zero value, but one would suffice. It's just a boolean you set in /boot/loader.conf. The solution suggested to me was to upgrade the firmware. Now I'm still looking for a way to review what firmware version I got, without having to reboot the system. BlikjeHam