From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 10 14:18:50 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9706E16A403 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:18:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delgado@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu) Received: from amber.mgh.harvard.edu (amber.mgh.harvard.edu [132.183.161.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A3BD13C458 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:18:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delgado@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu) Received: from localhost (localhost.mgh.harvard.edu [127.0.0.1]) by amber.mgh.harvard.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEAB15C9AF5 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:18:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from amber.mgh.harvard.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (amber.mgh.harvard.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 92181-01 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:18:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [132.183.247.158] (molbiodev3.mgh.harvard.edu [132.183.247.158]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by amber.mgh.harvard.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFFE45C9AF1 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:18:48 -0400 (EDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <758633E9-8CCD-419A-94F1-4259AF3C49B1@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu> References: <758633E9-8CCD-419A-94F1-4259AF3C49B1@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Jonathan Delgado Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:18:49 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at molbio.mgh.harvard.edu Subject: Re: megacli and PERC5 (PowerEdge 1950) on 6.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:18:50 -0000 I will also note that it is not an issue of compatibility between the LSI-provided MegaCli and the Dell PERC5/i. I use the exact same RPM under SuSE's SLES10 on the same hardware without any problems. -Jonathan On Apr 9, 2007, at 3:12 PM, I wrote: > Hi, > > I have some Dell PowerEdge 1950 servers equipped with their > PERC5/i SAS RAID controller (OEM is LSI). In general they work > fine. The mfi driver is being used and I get some occassional > blurbs logged by the driver. I am having poor results though trying > to get the megacli port (sysutils/linux-megacli) to work with it. > > For example, if I call 'megacli -AdpAllInfo -aALL' I get junk/ > empty output like: > Adapter #0 > > ====================================================================== > ======== > Versions > ================ > Product Name : > Serial No : > FW Package Build: > FW Version : > BIOS Version : > Ctrl-R Version : > > Pending Images In Flash > ================ > None > > PCI Info > ================ > Vendor Id : 0000 > Device Id : 0000 > SubVendorId : 0000 > SubDeviceId : 0000 > > Host Interface : UNKOWN > > Number of Frontend Port: 0 > Device Interface : UNKOWN > ... > > > I am getting this result with multiple systems, one running 6.2- > RELEASE p3, the other a recent (as of today) build of 6.2-STABLE. I > am using linux_base-fc-4_9 for the Linux compat install, and the > specific package of megacli is linux-megacli-1.01.09_1. linprocfs > and linsysfs are both mounted. mfi_linux.ko is loaded. The device > seems to be recognized within the linux subsystem, as I have: > > # cat /compat/linux/sys/class/scsi_host/host0/proc_name > megaraid_sas > > From what I have been able to dig up from past posts to the > mailing lists: others have been able to get this working fine, but > I'm not sure if any have been specifically with 6.2 and the PERC5/i > controller. If anyone has any clues or tips for how to proceed with > this, it would be much appreciated. > > Thanks. > > -Jonathan > > -- > Jonathan Delgado, Systems Manager > Molecular Biology > Massachusetts General Hospital > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org"