Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:50:35 -0500 From: Lan Tran <lan@hangwithme.com> To: John Nielsen <john@jnielsen.net> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: QLogic HBAs+EMC AX100 SAN Message-ID: <47829EAB.6060306@hangwithme.com> In-Reply-To: <20080107160306.xv38wi6v40cw4s4g@newwebmail.jnielsen.net> References: <47826194.1080703@hangwithme.com> <47826992.10200@samsco.org> <47828A47.4050100@hangwithme.com> <20080107205333.GA86111@in-addr.com> <20080107160306.xv38wi6v40cw4s4g@newwebmail.jnielsen.net>
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John Nielsen wrote: > Quoting Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org>: > >> On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 03:23:35PM -0500, Lan Tran wrote: >>> Scott Long wrote: >>> >Lan Tran wrote: >>> >>I'd like to direct connect a FreeBSD-6.2 system to an EMC AX100 SAN >>> >>using 2 QLogic 23xx series HBAs. Here is the dmesg output: >>> >>isp0: <Qlogic ISP 2312 PCI FC-AL Adapter> port 0xec00-0xecff mem >>> >>0xdfdff000-0xdfdfffff irq 39 at device 12.0 on pci2 >>> >>isp0: [GIANT-LOCKED] >>> >>isp0: Polled Mailbox Command (0x2) Timeout >>> >>isp0: Polled Mailbox Command (0x8) Timeout >>> >>device_attach: isp0 attach returned 6 >>> >> >>> >>isp1: <Qlogic ISP 2312 PCI FC-AL Adapter> port 0xdc00-0xdcff mem >>> >>0xdfbff000-0xdfbfffff irq 37 at device 11.0 on pci3 >>> >>isp1: [GIANT-LOCKED] >>> >>isp1: Polled Mailbox Command (0x2) Timeout >>> >>isp1: Polled Mailbox Command (0x8) Timeout >>> >>device_attach: isp1 attach returned 6 >>> >> >>> >>During boot the system would hang after for awhile then continue. I >>> >>have created a LUN and assigned it to this system, but the OS does >>> >>not see it. What am I missing? What commands should I try from the >>> >>OS? Does anyone have a similar setup working with the QLogic HBAs? >>> >>AX100 used to be connected to RHEL but I want to use FreeBSD >>> instead :). >>> >> >>> >>Lan >>> > >>> >Did you compile in or load the ispfw module? Without it, FC >>> >operations are severely limited. >>> > >>> >Scott >>> Thanks for a quick reply, Scott. >>> >>> I added ispfw_load="YES" to /boot/loader.conf and now system can >>> boot up >>> fast. >>> # camcontrol devlist -v >>> scbus0 on isp0 bus 0: >>> <DGC RAID 5 0217> at scbus0 target 125 lun 0 >>> (pass0,da0) >>> < > at scbus0 target -1 lun -1 () >>> scbus1 on isp1 bus 0: >>> <DGC RAID 5 0217> at scbus1 target 125 lun 0 >>> (pass1,da1) >>> < > at scbus1 target -1 lun -1 () >>> scbus-1 on xpt0 bus 0: >>> < > at scbus-1 target -1 lun -1 (xpt0) >>> >>> Next question is can I do multipath with ISP driver? The EMC AX100 >>> has >>> two "processors" for redundancy. >> >> man geom_fox > > geom_multipath (by mjacob as it happens) is more complete and > user-friendly and is/will be included with FreeBSD 7. See this (short) > thread: > http://groups.google.com/group/bsdmailinglist/browse_thread/thread/c1a32120f238ca8c/0f58dd01c5ef0b16 > > > JN > Thanks for the thread. That is a good news. I'll wait for 7.0-R to try geom_multipath or is it included in 7.0-PRE already? Lan
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