Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 10:26:14 -0800 From: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LSI SAS 3108 RAID Controller Message-ID: <56B0F4C6.5090601@nomadlogic.org> In-Reply-To: <20160202180633.Horde.XX1o8RUHQB-jhWuJls7E7KO@webmail.uni-tuebingen.de> References: <20160202180633.Horde.XX1o8RUHQB-jhWuJls7E7KO@webmail.uni-tuebingen.de>
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On 02/02/16 09:06, Zara Kanaeva wrote: > Dear list, > > I have one Fujitsu server with LSI SAS 3108 RAID Controller. These LSI > SAS 3108 RAID Controller is supported by the mpr driver > (https://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/support.html). > If I try to install the FreeBSD-stable 10.0 or FreeBSD-current 11.0 on > this server I can make partitions, but I can not write install files on > the disks (better to say RAID5 virtual drive) without errors. > The erorrs are: > mfi0 failed to get command > mfi0: COMMAND ... TIMEOUT AFTER ... SECONDS > > By the installations I see my virtual drive as device with mfi0 as > identifier. > > My questions are: > 1) Why I see the virtual drive as device with mfi0 as identifier. I > would expect that my virtual drive has identifier mpr0 or something like > this. > 2) Why I can install FreeBSD on one of the disks connected to LSI SAS > 3108 RAID Controller, if the disks do not build any virtual drive (no > matter which RAID level). Is that possible because mpr driver supports > the LSI SAS 3108 RAID Controller as SCSI Controller and not as RAID > Controller (see Kernel configuration)? > it may be helpful to investigate your system using mfiutil(8). It's possible you have flaky hardware as I have used that card before with out issues IIRC. Hope this helps, -pete -- Pete Wright pete@nomadlogic.org twitter => @nomadlogicLA
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