From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 5 19:39:45 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 7013A16A420 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 19:39:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kgunders@teamcool.net) Received: from koyukuk.teamcool.net (koyukuk.teamcool.net [209.161.34.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 111E543D45 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 19:39:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kgunders@teamcool.net) Received: from koyukuk.teamcool.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by koyukuk.teamcool.net (TeamCool Rocks) with ESMTP id D2614F80F for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 12:39:42 -0700 (MST) Received: from cochise.teamcool.net (unknown [192.168.1.57]) by koyukuk.teamcool.net (TeamCool Rocks) with ESMTP id 9B63BF7C5 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 12:39:42 -0700 (MST) Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 12:39:41 -0700 From: Ken Gunderson To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20060305123941.4a890a73.kgunders@teamcool.net> In-Reply-To: References: <20060303133844.451cb4f7.kgunders@teamcool.net> <200603031343.10334.fcash@ocis.net> Organization: Teamcool Networks X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.9.12 (GTK+ 2.6.7; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Subject: 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: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 19:39:45 -0000 On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 11:48:26 -0500 Vivek Khera wrote: > > On Mar 3, 2006, at 4:43 PM, Freddie Cash wrote: > > > The official word from LSI Support is: they do not support any RAID > > controllers connected to riser cards, no matter what the OS. Go > > that via > > e-mail from one of their support techs and one of their RAID > > engineers. > > > > > > Interesting... They never said that to me. I have an issue with an > external Dell Powervault array that always reports failure of > whatever is in position 0 once the array is active. It will format > it, etc. without failure. If I swap the channels on the 320-2X card, > the error stays with position 0 on the array. If I drop the channel > down to U160 from U320, no errors. This leads me to believe that the > backplane of the array box is not up to spec for U320. > FWIW-- I have tried manually dropping speed to U160 to no avail. And.. my original issues that I opened w/LSI and Tyan was w/, you guessed it, position 0. Of course Tyan reports that I'm the only one reporting such problems... > The funny thing is that and Adaptec 2230SLP card has no issues with > the array whatsoever. I've not had problems with LSI cards on risers > before. >From myunderstanding from talking to LSI support Adaptec cards will automatically drop to U160 if they can't keep up w/U320?? -- Best regards, Ken Gunderson Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is putting a reply at the top of the message frowned upon?