From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 24 19:40:20 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8E0016A473 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:40:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from elias.hartvigson@gmail.com) Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com (wr-out-0506.google.com [64.233.184.237]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FC1E13C48E for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:40:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from elias.hartvigson@gmail.com) Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 70so674640wra for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:40:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=DIkPZ3h9QZQqNYJ+ofB6gH6+7AD5qKfQMgzsZF1do5WtC0n9PVNMFaUgFKXAgC93LZA3W+qyjPCfwP+KWMvwfKJ5C20jYyQxXYDgMHD7kgdkoNEJouio3D0VEY0LzbI7yn5mufH1Y0RpXTSnGwv+ZneXKAUP/j5SLzl7dd1u/xk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=KS30PaCnY8bM4Ur4IJchLgmw7LFFPTBC040GOe5fnroCOdiXdRB82hRLgdT6ChQXExxf6LH0oEdcILWVHIhXpyV8w0XqC6jnjn4wY5uwNQmBeKuPHL5yFgd9tAHhKa9RPm2HNN5V7LpkTan/xH5o9VgLzLw+EkLHlk02jaFQbaQ= Received: by 10.90.93.6 with SMTP id q6mr9336925agb.1187982820833; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:13:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.173.16 with HTTP; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:13:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:13:40 +0200 From: "Elias Hartvigson" To: "Scott Long" In-Reply-To: <46CF1789.4060105@samsco.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <02fe01c7e3af$d3b86ed0$0c00a8c0@Artem> <20070824095702.6fe7ee3c@mablung.edhellond.fbi.ie> <46CF1789.4060105@samsco.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Feargal Reilly , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A little story of failed raid5 (3ware 8000 series) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:40:21 -0000 =C4r precis nyinflyttad i G=F6teborg, s=E5 jag vet inte riktigt var Linn=E9= staden ligger, sj=E4lv bor jag vid guldheden ett stenkast fr=E5n wavrinsky platsen= . F=F6rmiddagen passar mig b=E4st ocks=E5 d=E5 jag =E4r upptagen p=E5 em :) On 8/24/07, Scott Long wrote: > > Feargal Reilly wrote: > > On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:57:22 +0400 > > "Artem Kuchin" wrote: > > > >> Um.. it is because i did not have a map of hot swap baskets to > >> conroller ports and i needed to check every driver basket to > >> understand which port it sits on. I have no choise, i think. > >> > > > > I'm just going to highlight the importance of knowing which > > physical disk is which on your system. > > > > About a year ago I had to replace a hot-swappable disk from an > > array, but then realised I had no idea which physical disk it > > was as the map of the disks was rather helpfully *inside* the > > case. Due to the physical setup, I had no way or removing the > > cover without first powering down the server - which defeated > > the whole point of paying extra for hot-swap disks. > > > > So yeah, be sure to label your disk bays, but be sure to put > > those labels somewhere *useful*. > > > > -fr. > > > > Most controllers have a function to "blink LED" so you can discover > the mapping. Just about every management app that I know of does (yes, > they do exist for FreeBSD from many vendors!), and many also have the > feature in their BIOS. > > Scott > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >