From owner-freebsd-scsi Mon May 20 9:59:21 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from magic.adaptec.com (magic.adaptec.com [208.236.45.80]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1287337BDB3 for ; Mon, 20 May 2002 09:37:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from redfish.adaptec.com (redfish.adaptec.com [162.62.50.11]) by magic.adaptec.com (8.10.2+Sun/8.10.2) with ESMTP id g4KGZLj17535; Mon, 20 May 2002 09:35:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from btc.btc.adaptec.com (btc.btc.adaptec.com [10.100.0.52]) by redfish.adaptec.com (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA21512; Mon, 20 May 2002 09:35:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from btcexc01.btc.adaptec.com (btcexc01 [10.100.0.23]) by btc.btc.adaptec.com (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA12780; Mon, 20 May 2002 10:35:14 -0600 (MDT) Received: by btcexc01.btc.adaptec.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Mon, 20 May 2002 10:35:15 -0600 Message-ID: <2C7CBDC6EA58D6119E4A00065B3A24CB046351@btcexc01.btc.adaptec.com> From: "Long, Scott" To: "'Patrick Thomas'" , Tom Samplonius Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: RE: related PERC topic - are adaptec PERC 3/Di safe with FreeBSD ? Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 10:35:08 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Patrick, I thought that I sent you an email on Saturday that answered your questions, but maybe you did not receive it. Recap: The aac RAID family (of which the PERC3/Di is a member) will send text messages to the host driver when something particularly bad happens. This includes drive failure, unexpected bus resets, and array failures. These messages will appear on the FreeBSD console, and will be copied to the syslog. Dell distributes a set of management tools for the card for Linux. If you compile the aac driver with AAC_COMPAT_LINUX (see /sys/i386/conf/LINT for details), you can use these tools. They will allow you to control and monitor the card and arrays, create/delete arrays, etc. There is also an SNMP agent, but I have not tested it yet. You can also pick up the FreeBSD native tools from the Adaptec website if you look for the Adaptec 5400S card. If I have time, I'll see what I can do about making the SNMP agent work. So the answer to your concern is 'yes, you will know when something bad happens'. As for OpenBSD, I really have not paid attention to their camp. The FreeBSD driver is written and sponsored by Adaptec, while the OpenBSD driver is not. Hmmm... it seems to be a port of my driver. Maybe they haven't caught up with all of the bug fixes yet. Scott > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Thomas [mailto:root@utility.clubscholarship.com] > Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 11:43 PM > To: Tom Samplonius > Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org > Subject: related PERC topic - are adaptec PERC 3/Di safe with > FreeBSD ? > > > > Background: > > http://cvs.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/wwwgnats.pl/full/2415 > > I realize this is an openBSD bug - but just to be on the safe > side (since > subsequent list discussion told stories of dead/locked servers) > > Is PERC 3/Di safe with 4.5-RELEASE ? Will I encounter any lockups or > errors as related to this bug report ? > > thanks, > > pt > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message