From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 25 13:24:21 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B138710656A4 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:24:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ianf@clue.co.za) Received: from inbound01.jnb1.gp-online.net (inbound01.jnb1.gp-online.net [41.161.16.135]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F9298FC1C for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:24:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [41.154.88.19] (helo=clue.co.za) by inbound01.jnb1.gp-online.net with esmtpsa (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1OoFxh-0004vB-Af; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:24:17 +0200 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=clue.co.za) by clue.co.za with esmtp (Exim 4.72 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1OoFxb-0004sM-Vf; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:24:12 +0200 Message-Id: To: Danilo Baio From: Ian FREISLICH In-Reply-To: References: <34E50FDC-C866-4E13-8391-55503B94EB8B@samsco.org> X-Attribution: BOFH Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:24:11 +0200 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mfi and Dell PERC 6/i X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:24:21 -0000 Danilo Baio wrote: > > Scott Long wrote: > > 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. Dell will not be interested unless the adapter is running the most recent firmware. > Intersting, patrol read is automatic and before crash show on the logs that > patrol read has started. > > I disabled this feature, rebooted the server and didn't show that firmware > error... > > I will test for some days. Dell, (maybe) Scott and I recomend that you ensure you're on the latest firmware: [firewall2] ~ # mfiutil -u0 show adapter mfi0 Adapter: Product Name: PERC 6/i Adapter Serial Number: 1122334455667788 Firmware: 6.2.0-0013 RAID Levels: JBOD, RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID6, RAID10, RAID50 Battery Backup: present NVRAM: 32K Onboard Memory: 256M Minimum Stripe: 8K Maximum Stripe: 1M I'm sure there are bugs on this firmware too, but reading the fixes that were made between the version that came on the adapter and this version were Truely Frightening. It's trivial to update the firmware with the mfiutl program. Ian -- Ian Freislich