Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 10:14:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Patrick Thomas <root@utility.clubscholarship.com> To: "Long, Scott" <Scott_Long@adaptec.com> Cc: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>, <freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: related PERC topic - are adaptec PERC 3/Di safe with FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <20020520101226.B44320-100000@utility.clubscholarship.com> In-Reply-To: <2C7CBDC6EA58D6119E4A00065B3A24CB046351@btcexc01.btc.adaptec.com>
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Thank you - I appreciate your help. However the one item I am still not clear on is, will _anything_ go to syslog if I don't have AAC_DEBUG on ? Or is AAC_DEBUG required for even the most basic of messages (like "hey a drive just failed") thanks! On Mon, 20 May 2002, Long, Scott wrote: > 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
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