Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:18:23 -0400 From: Lanny Baron <lnb@freebsdsystems.com> To: Rihad <admin@azuni.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel SR1500AL SAS/SATA RAID problem Message-ID: <46F13DBF.1060705@freebsdsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <46E237E0.5000900@azuni.net> References: <46E237E0.5000900@azuni.net>
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Hi Rihad, It doesn't work with FreeBSD and most Linux distis. Forget it. Install a -good- raid controller. Regards, ___________________________________________________ Lanny Baron FreeBSD Systems / Freedom Technologies Corporation Toll Free: 1.877.963.1900 High Performance Servers and RAID Storage Systems http://www.FreeBSDsystems.COM ___________________________________________________ Rihad wrote: > Hi, > > I'm attempting to install FreeBSD 6.2 on Intel Server System SR1500AL > with 2 SAS drives set up as RAID1. The problem is that the OS can't see > the RAID, only the 2 separate drives. As I also had problems with Ubuntu > Linux recognizing RAID1 on an almost twin board, but with 2 SATA disks > instead of SAS, I asked their support forum. Someone there suggested [*] > that ESB2 controller used by Intel is software based, and that I must > use software RAID to make use of it. I'm not sure if I should do the > same with FreeBSD/SAS array too? Maybe there's a ready to go driver? > > Thanks. > > [*] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3329522#post3329522 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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