From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Tue Feb 2 18:26:22 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A5E6A99820 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 2016 18:26:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pete@nomadlogic.org) Received: from mail.nomadlogic.org (mail.nomadlogic.org [IPv6:2607:f2f8:a098::4]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6925BE38 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 2016 18:26:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pete@nomadlogic.org) Received: from mail.nomadlogic.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.nomadlogic.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 67074125EE1 for ; Tue, 2 Feb 2016 10:26:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from pop.rubicorp.com (unknown [72.34.113.100]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.nomadlogic.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 56C79125EBA for ; Tue, 2 Feb 2016 10:26:15 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: LSI SAS 3108 RAID Controller To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <20160202180633.Horde.XX1o8RUHQB-jhWuJls7E7KO@webmail.uni-tuebingen.de> From: Pete Wright Message-ID: <56B0F4C6.5090601@nomadlogic.org> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 10:26:14 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20160202180633.Horde.XX1o8RUHQB-jhWuJls7E7KO@webmail.uni-tuebingen.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2016 18:26:22 -0000 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