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Subject: Re: mfi and Dell PERC 6/i
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On Aug 24, 2010, at 8:57 PM, Danilo Baio wrote:

> Hi guys,
>=20
> I have a DELL PERC 6/i controller and I can't find the problem.
> The system was running and lost disk access with this messages on =
console:
> "mfi0: COMMAND 0xffffff80005d1770 TIMEOUT AFTER 6178 SECONDS"
> ...
> http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/2300/errorr6102.png
>=20
>=20
> I can't log in, after a reboot, nothing on the logs.
>=20
> only shows this on boot:
>=20
> Aug 24 23:04:58 bazinga kernel: mfi0: 2806 (335999491s/0x0020/DEAD) - =
Fatal
> firmware error: Line 156 in ../../raid/1078int.c

The firmware on the controller crashed.  The best I can suggest is to =
look for newer firmware (mfiutil can flash firmware) and to call LSI or =
Dell tech-support and report the problem.  In the past, there have been =
bugs with patrol reads causing crashes under heavy load, so you might =
also look at disabling that option.

Scott