From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 1 19:47:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7509B16A417 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 19:47:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from smtp1.utdallas.edu (smtp1.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD8E243CAD for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 19:47:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from utd59514.utdallas.edu (utd59514.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) by smtp1.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id C512E388F71 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2006 13:47:28 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 13:44:05 -0600 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1164987811.30801.29.camel@picard.scorec.rpi.edu> References: <1164987811.30801.29.camel@picard.scorec.rpi.edu> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.6 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; boundary="==========50E5AF58171ED6A5EEFD==========" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Dell PERC5/e RAID controller in 2950 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 19:47:37 -0000 --==========50E5AF58171ED6A5EEFD========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On Friday, December 01, 2006 10:43:31 -0500 Adam Todorski=20 wrote: > Hello > > I see that this topic was discussed back in October but my specific > question was not answered in that exchange. My question is: > > I am considering a Dell 2950 with the PERC5/e SAS RAID controller > attached to their MD1000 SAS JBOD product and I would like to run 6.2- > RELEASE on it (when it comes out). Has anyone had any experience with > this hardware scenario with FreeBSD? Is the PERC5/e controller > supported? How well does it work with FreeBSD? My research on this > topic has not lead to a conclusion one way or another, as the man page > for the mfi(4) driver indicates that the PARC5/i (the internal > controller in the 2950 that I will have the OS live on) is supported and > that the LSI 8480E is supported (which I've heard that the PERC5/e is > based on) but not the PERC5/e explicitly. > I'm using the mfi driver for Dell's PERC5/i SAS RAID controller on a 1950,=20 and it works fine. I do not know if it will support the PERC5/e=20 controller, but you could email the driver author and ask him specifically. = (His email address is in the man page.) There has been *some* discussions=20 on this list about those controllers, but I don't know of anyone who has=20 definitively stated that the mfi driver works for PERC5/e. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========50E5AF58171ED6A5EEFD==========--