From owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 22 05:43:12 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7968F1065670 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 05:43:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lambert@lambertfam.org) Received: from sysmon.tcworks.net (sysmon.tcworks.net [65.66.76.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 440778FC0A for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 05:43:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sysmon.tcworks.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sysmon.tcworks.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id o8M5hB1U010092 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:43:11 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from lambert@lambertfam.org) Received: (from lambert@localhost) by sysmon.tcworks.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id o8M5hBSe010091 for freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:43:11 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from lambert@lambertfam.org) X-Authentication-Warning: sysmon.tcworks.net: lambert set sender to lambert@lambertfam.org using -f Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:43:11 -0500 From: Scott Lambert To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100922054311.GB18674@sysmon.tcworks.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org References: <20100921193603.GA18674@sysmon.tcworks.net> <20100922002306.GA24983@sandvine.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100922002306.GA24983@sandvine.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Subject: Re: Controller is no longer running X-BeenThere: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SCSI subsystem List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 05:43:12 -0000 On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 08:23:06PM -0400, Ed Maste wrote: > On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 02:36:03PM -0500, Scott Lambert wrote: > > > [Adaptec 2120 controller problems snipped] > > > > aac0: Kernel 4.2-0, Build 8205, S/N 503926 > > Unfortunately I think you're out of luck unless you can get Adaptec to > release a new firmware for this card; this version has a lot of bugs. > The "controller is no longer running" message means the firmware on the > card has crashed. > > We had a ton of problems with 8205 firmware (on a 2130 controller, but > I presume it's built from the same source tree). Firmware 15611 has > been stable for us with the 2130. That's what I was afraid of. I suppose we'll build a new box and transfer the load to it. Then I'll rip the adaptec card out and jump up and down on it for a while. After that, we'll take the motherboard's SCSI controller for a spin with ZFS, or gmirror, and use the server as a hot spare. Thanks for the reply. -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lambert@lambertfam.org