Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 20:20:38 +0200 (CEST) From: Michael Reifenberger <mike@reifenberger.com> To: Michael Fuckner <michael@fuckner.net> Cc: FreeBSD-SCSI <scsi@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mpt(4) cuts 3TiB drives down to 2TiB Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1105092017140.5116@gw.reifenberger.com> In-Reply-To: <4DC6A067.60403@fuckner.net> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1105081401080.92495@gw.reifenberger.com> <4DC6A067.60403@fuckner.net>
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On Sun, 8 May 2011, Michael Fuckner wrote: > Date: Sun, 08 May 2011 15:53:43 +0200 > From: Michael Fuckner <michael@fuckner.net> > To: Michael Reifenberger <mike@reifenberger.com> > Cc: FreeBSD-SCSI <scsi@freebsd.org> > Subject: Re: mpt(4) cuts 3TiB drives down to 2TiB > > On 05/08/2011 02:13 PM, Michael Reifenberger wrote: >> Hi, >> the manpage of mptutil states that mpt(4) doesn't support volumes >> greater 2TiB, >> it suggests to use the disks in JBOD mode. >> >> Even this seems only to work for disk with less than 2TiB. >> >> When attaching a Hitachi 7k3000 drive on the LSI SAS/SATA ports of a >> Supermicro X8ST3-F board I only see 4294967294 sectors while I get >> 976773168 sectors when >> attaching to the on board SATA ports. >> >> This leaves the onboard LSI controller useless for bigger disks. > Hi all, > > This is probably due to old firmware- I've seen similar a while ago and I'm > not sure if there is a firmware capable of >2TiB. > > You should check in Controllerbios/ Post Screen if the drive is detected as 2 > or 3TB. > > Imho this issue is not related to FreeBSD. > Yes. Seems so. The drive is detected as 2TiB drive. I'll try to contact Spermicro if the is a different firmware available. Thanks for the hint anyway! Bye/2 --- Michael Reifenberger Michael@Reifenberger.com http://www.Reifenberger.com
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