From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 25 13:51:44 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 331E610656A7 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:51:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danilobaio@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE5B88FC08 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:51:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywt2 with SMTP id 2so248123ywt.13 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:51:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=7KYxp0WJ8JXUpWqTAanMu7U4OIrTHsZj1Ok7vuBjE4E=; b=i4mTQ6UGaQQQVsB0YQbSQo/5YPocG6IIBMyxflKkpO/pOtNDKFrHBjg3y1T2/O/DiG WqrZ4X2bQRdO2GGFVWq+ypZQ9ml3cStmeAdXL0D6QvIJhtChsplvL/A6SaBpJ8IPTvfi Z5iqmVK6BBPwQT86AJK6o2IZ5Ab6fFJClN7EI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=dSVqsbeusKQC/3o3RjgvOxzb+kohBKTn7ZQbGK+wCtyrbgrGzm/HpfSP2Do7rwzoKy NVckLu2v+lgLqkaUe0uB1+oa3vm2UdVSgUHojqIylo/x6b7f2gS/q8UNRLpXvXSRdVBi LSetD1FA2ahylemDQIZZyv9ZQ0OF0LbXg2Syg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.36.6 with SMTP id j6mr5526291agj.180.1282744300890; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:51:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.168.213 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:51:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <34E50FDC-C866-4E13-8391-55503B94EB8B@samsco.org> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:51:40 -0300 Message-ID: From: Danilo Baio To: Ian FREISLICH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 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 13:51:44 -0000 On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Ian FREISLICH wrote: > 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 De= ll > > > tech-support and report the problem. In the past, there have been bu= gs > 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 > Hi Ian, It=B4s already running the last one. bazinga# mfiutil -u0 show adapter mfi0 Adapter: Product Name: PERC 6/i Integrated 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 bazinga# mfiutil -u0 show firmware mfi0 Firmware Package Version: 6.2.0-0013 mfi0 Firmware Images: Name Version Date Time Status APP 1.22.02-0612 Mar 30 2009 14:41:22 active BIOS 2.04.00 active BCON 1.1-46-e_15-Rel Mar 2 2008 14:06:08 active CTLR 1.02-015B Jan 27 2009 12:02:58 active PCLI 01.00-023:#%00006 Nov 25 2008 17:21:50 active BTBL 1.00.00.01-0011 Nov 27 2007 18:29:20 active bazinga# It is the last one that i've found on dell website: http://ftp.us.dell.com/SAS-RAID/R216023.txt This is a firmware release for the Dell PERC 6/i Adapter. Component Current Version Previous Version Package 6.2.0-0013 6.1.1-0047 Firmware 1.22.02-0612 1.21.02-0528 Bootblock 1.00.00.01-0011 1.00.00.01-0011 Ctrl-R 1.02.015B 1.02.014B Thank you... --=20 Danilo Gon=E7alves Baio (dbaio) danilobaio (*) gmail . com +55 (44) 8801 1257