Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:19:49 +0000 From: Holger Kipp <Holger.Kipp@alogis.com> To: "Simon L. B. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk> Cc: "stable@freebsd.org" <stable@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: FreeBSD and DELL Perc H200 Message-ID: <814C9E9472FDCC40AAC3FC95A2D67E3B0BD70D8D@msx3.exchange.alogis.com> In-Reply-To: <4EC4CD41-50FF-4E6E-96E0-5A2393A51CFE@nitro.dk> References: <52A7DCCC-97EB-4C87-9AE6-95C26D0DD241@alogis.com>, <4EC4CD41-50FF-4E6E-96E0-5A2393A51CFE@nitro.dk>
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On 20. April 2011, 22:56 Simon L. B. Nielsen [simon@nitro.dk] wrote > On 19 Apr 2011, at 22:16, Holger Kipp wrote: > >> I have to install two production servers from Dell that come with a Perc= H 200 controller. >> Disks are not recognized with 8.2-RELEASE :-( > > AFAIK Perc H 200 should be supported by mps(4) which wasn't merged to sta= ble/8 until after 8.2. Yep, I noted that :-( Also that mps is currently only supporting JBODs. > > Any ideas? If this works with 8-stable, where can I download an ISO Ima= ge? > Unfortunately the latest official snapshots were before the driver was me= rged. > You could try first just to boot on the curent / FreeBSD 9 snapshots and = see > if it sees your disks at all. > You can get the snapshot from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots= /201102/ . 201102 snapshot is for ia64 and ppc only :-| (and only 9.0-CURRENT) 201101 9.0 snapshots are for amd64, i386 (and 8.2 is only PRERELEASE) I have used the 9.0-CURRENT-201101 now which at least sees the disks as JBO= D (Raid 1 drive is not recognized). I have now installed a zfs-only system ac= cording to the excellent documentation found here: https://www.dan.me.uk/blog/2010/02/08/booting-from-zfs-raid0156-in-freebsd/ which works just fine (as mirror). Would have loved to use a stable branch (ie 8.2) instead of development (9= .0-CURRENT), though. Especially for the new DELL servers with Perc H200 providing a snap= shot with the changes would be greatly appreciated! > I don't think there are any other snapshot services still running... so (= assuming > mps(4) actually works with H200) you need to make a build of stable/8 you= rself - > the simplest approach is probably to PXE boot the servers and install by = hand... > but that's of course not a trivial thing if you never tried it before. Well, setting up a PXE boot server just for installing one server... :-/ > I suspect there will be new official snapshots at some point, but I don't= know when... Anyway, thanks a lot for your reply. Maybe someone should update the FreeBS= D website, because there it is said that monthly snapshots will be provided for 9.x, 8= .x etc. Best regards, Holger -- Holger Kipp Diplom-Mathematiker Senior Consultant Tel. : +49 30 436 58 114 Fax. : +49 30 436 58 214 Mobil: +49 178 36 58 114 Email: holger.kipp@alogis.com alogis AG Alt-Moabit 90b D-10559 Berlin web : http://www.alogis.com ---------------------------------------------------------- alogis AG Sitz/Registergericht: Berlin/AG Charlottenburg, HRB 71484 Vorstand: Arne Friedrichs, Joern Samuelson Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Reinhard Mielke
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