From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 9 16:00:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA80216A415 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 16:00:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vivek@khera.org) Received: from yertle.kcilink.com (yertle.kcilink.com [65.205.34.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6939343D46 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 16:00:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vivek@khera.org) Received: from [192.168.7.103] (host-103.int.kcilink.com [192.168.7.103]) by yertle.kcilink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 276DDB80F for ; Mon, 9 Oct 2006 12:00:36 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: References: <20060303133844.451cb4f7.kgunders@teamcool.net> <200603031343.10334.fcash@ocis.net> <20060305123941.4a890a73.kgunders@teamcool.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; boundary=Apple-Mail-10--433675753; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature" Message-Id: <28EB4EFA-E21E-45B2-ABBD-8402F7E0F034@khera.org> From: Vivek Khera Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 12:00:33 -0400 To: FreeBSD AMD list X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Dell U320 disk array (was Re: major pita w/LSI Tyan TA26 combo) X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:00:38 -0000 --Apple-Mail-10--433675753 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Mar 6, 2006, at 10:41 AM, Vivek Khera wrote: >>> From myunderstanding from talking to LSI support Adaptec cards will >> automatically drop to U160 if they can't keep up w/U320?? > > they told me this too. however, if i query the card with aaccli, > it reports every device is running at 320 speed. So someone/ > something is not entirely truthful. Following up from an ancient thread... for the archives: Last week, the Adaptec card reported some drives on the Dell enclosure as "missing" or failed. Pulling them out and putting them back in brought them back to life nicely, except they all reported in at U160 speed instead of U320. Once rebuild was complete, a reboot resulted in all drives showing up again as U320. I'm placing blame squarely on the enclosure now. I do not believe it is truly up to full U320 spec. Even after replacing the backplane, etc. Dell claims otherwise, naturally. Guess what *I* won't be buying ever again. --Apple-Mail-10--433675753--