Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 09:05:47 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Eirik_=D8verby?= <ltning@anduin.net> To: Maxim Khitrov <mkhitrov@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Driver for 3ware 9690SA, FreeBSD 8 Message-ID: <0C4ED569-22EF-4640-8C90-1011FDF45AC1@anduin.net> In-Reply-To: <26ddd1750907181747g4608b4aai7ef145197bfc580d@mail.gmail.com> References: <26ddd1750907181747g4608b4aai7ef145197bfc580d@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi, we use these in all our (I/O-sensitive) servers, and they perform very well. We've upgraded the firmware of all of them to the latest release (as of about 2 months ago), though I'm not sure if that was done from FreeBSD or in other systems prior to installation. We use the 3dm package to manage the boards; it's available in ports or through pkg_add -r 3dm . It's a version of the web-based management tool from 3ware; however it's an old version, and I haven't been able to extract the current version from the installation package provided by 3ware (plus, it requires Java, but so does other software we use). /Eirik On 19. juli 2009, at 02.47, Maxim Khitrov wrote: > Hello all, > > This is the first time I'm setting up hardware raid under FreeBSD. The > card is 3ware 9690SA (twa driver) and I'm running FreeBSD 8.0-BETA2. > > I'm a bit confused about the driver situation. The twa driver that > comes with FreeBSD is at version 3.70.05.001 (listed during boot). I > cannot find this version anywhere on the 3ware site. There is, > however, a reference to 3.70.05.003 [1], which is from 9.5.1 code set > for FreeBSD 7.x. Is there some disconnect between what 3ware releases > for FreeBSD and what actually makes it into the source tree? If so, is > it a better idea to use the driver that comes with FreeBSD 8 or > download the latest source from 3ware and compile that myself (note > that FreeBSD 8.x is not listed anywhere, so my guess is to use the 7.x > version)? > > The reason I ask is because I'd like to update the firmware on the > controller, but I have no idea what is the latest version that the > current driver supports. For that matter, I don't know if the firmware > that came with the card is supported, though it appears to be working > for now. Basically, I'm just looking for advice on how to deal with > drivers that are primarily maintained outside of the FreeBSD source > tree. > > If anyone else is using the same controller, I'd also appreciate any > advice on setting up the CLI (my guess is that I should use the > sysutils/tw_cli port) and e-mail notifications for things like the > loss of a drive. > > - Max > > [1] http://www.3ware.com/kb/article.aspx?id=14847 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " >
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?0C4ED569-22EF-4640-8C90-1011FDF45AC1>