Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:40:03 -0500 From: "Tamouh H." <hakmi@rogers.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: FW: Dell 2950 RAID issues!!! Message-ID: <1d2a01c8334e$213b28d0$6700a8c0@tamouh>
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FYI for anyone experiencing issues with Dell RAID. > > It come to my attention that Dell 2950 have issues with RAID > controllers while used with some hard drives under Linux. > Basically RAID configured hard drives are failing at rapid speed. > > Details: > ---------- > > M8033 HD,146G,SAS,3,10K,3.5,MXT,GEN > > * Firmware Version BP05 * Fixes and Enhancements > > ====================== This addresses Maxtor SAS HDD > firmware issues, > > where under certain circumstances a hard disk drive may go offline, > > hard disk drives (HDD), may report offline due to a timeout > condition. > > If the HDD is unable to complete commands, this may result in the > > controller reporting the HDD off line. This firmware update has > > improved SMART Reporting, where drives can report SMART > trips due to > > aggressive SMART Error Rate Measurement counters during > read verifies > ------------------- > > > Dell has advised to upgrade the RAID controller firmware. > Tamouh
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