Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 15:57:51 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: peter <peter@nic.cc> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAID 5 Message-ID: <200012112357.eBBNvp301012@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 11 Dec 2000 13:53:55 PST." <4.3.2.7.0.20001211134909.00aa9500@wheresmymailserver.com>
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> Our company just purchased some Dell 2400s with on-mobo RAID 5
> support....having a hell of a time with them. I am installing 4.2-Release
> from CD. Does this version of FreeBSD support the Dell controller?
No, FreeBSD 4.2 doesn't support this controller. There is experimental
support in 5.0, but we are having major issues with what we believe to be
firmware bugs. Unfortunately, the reference hardware that we have access
to doesn't exhibit these problems, and nobody has been able to supply us
with a Dell box to work on.
> It looks like its made by Adaptec, a 7880 shows up at the beginning with
> my SCSI CDROM on it, but the RAID controller tells me its the 'Dell
> PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 2/si'....
If FreeBSD is detecting the SCSI controller, something's not right.
Either you don't have the RAID key installed, or you haven't set the
array up properly. Either way, that won't help you yet.
> Any ideas? Or do I just vinum the box?
Well, a) you could send one of the boxes to scottl@freebsd.org for a
month or so so that we can whack this bug for good and get support
committed, or b) you could get some PERC 2/DC's from Dell. Meaning no
offense to Greg, but I wouldn't be recommending Vinum for production use
just yet.
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