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Date:      Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:06:29 -0400
From:      Adam McDougall <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu>
To:        up@3.am
Cc:        freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Urgent: older server disk failed, need mirror replacement
Message-ID:  <48B6CD05.40805@egr.msu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.64.0808281042280.38538@richard2.pil.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.64.0808281042280.38538@richard2.pil.net>

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up@3.am wrote:
>
> Hi:
>
> Sorry for the hectic nature of this, but I just got a kernel 
> notification (and confirmed using aaccli's disk list) that one of my 
> RAID level 1 disks on one of my servers has died.   The problem is, 
> I'm not entirely sure exactly what replacement I should be ordering.  
> Is there a command line utility that gives you the manufacturer's info 
> (model no, part no) of the disk itself?  I looked at some of the disk 
> utilities in ports/systutilities and I'm not seeing anything.  Here is 
> what I think I know:
>
> IMB/Hitachi 72GB or 73GB 10k or 15k RPM U320 SCSI
>
> I built this server 3 or 4 years ago...the RAID adapter is a low 
> profile Adaptec U320 RAID using the aac driver.  Are the newer, SAS 
> drives downward compatible with U320 adapters?  Is it ok to mix and 
> match, as long as the drives are close in storage capacity?  What 
> about mix and matching 10k and 15k rpm?
>
> Thanks in Advance!
>
> James Smallacombe              PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor
arcconf GETCONFIG 1 PD

or probably in your case:
aaccli GETCONFIG 1 PD

should return output that includes the model number:

     Device #6
         Device is a Hard drive
         State                              : Online
         Supported                          : Yes
         Transfer Speed                     : SAS 3.0 Gb/s
         Reported Channel,Device            : 0,6
         Reported Location                  : Connector 1, Device 2
         Vendor                             : SEAGATE
         Model                              : ST914602SSUN146G
         Firmware                           : 0603
         World-wide name                    : 5000C500092888A0
         Size                               : 140009 MB
         Write Cache                        : Disabled (write-through)
         FRU                                : None
         S.M.A.R.T.                         : No




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