Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:35:35 -0400 From: "Brian A. Seklecki" <bseklecki@collaborativefusion.com> To: kalin m <kalin@el.net> Cc: Vince Hoffman <jhary@unsane.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mfi freebsd7 Message-ID: <1212456935.2876.113.camel@soundwave.ws.pitbpa0.priv.collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <484482E1.5010207@el.net> References: <4844293F.7020507@el.net> <484438B1.5020202@unsane.co.uk> <484441D8.8050207@el.net> <48445F45.70604@unsane.co.uk> <48448134.9080808@el.net> <484482E1.5010207@el.net>
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On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 19:31 -0400, kalin m wrote: > sorry for the double posting.... just to update: Talk to to your local Dell flunky -- they bought into that LSI/QLogic chipset knowing full well that LSI/QLogic's business model was not F/OSS friendly. ~BAS > i installed also the linux-megamgr same result: > Failed to open driver node /dev/megadev0 > > after linking megadev0 to mfi0 it can not see the version... it gets > more and more pathetic by the minute... > > > > > > kalin m wrote: > > thanks Vince... i didnt wanted to install the linux base because a > > lot of kids will be running some 'cool' boards or blogs that probably > > have cool linux holes too. but just for the hell of it and for he > > purpose to get to the controller i did. it took a while to find the > > Linux_MegaCli_1.01.09.zip. it's not on the freebsd site and not on the > > LSI site (anymore) either.. anyway after a lot of rpm downloads and > > patching and variable changing and fs mountings i get this: > > > > # /usr/local/sbin/megacli -adpCount > > ERROR:Could not detect controller. > > > > Controller Count: 0. > > > > > > pretty neat system... > > > > > > now what?! > > > > > > > > > > Vince Hoffman wrote: > >> kalin m wrote: > >>> megarc, right... read about it.. here: > >>> > >>> # megarc -AllAdpInfo help > >>> usage : > >>> cmd -AllAdpInfo > >>> : prints info of all cards > >>> > >>> > >>> ..... ok ..... > >>> > >>> # megarc -AllAdpInfo > >>> > >>> > >>> ********************************************************************** > >>> MEGARC MegaRAID Configuration > >>> Utility(FreeBSD)-1.04(03-02-2005) By LSI Logic Corp.,USA > >>> > >>> ********************************************************************** > >>> [Note: For SATA-2, 4 and 6 channel controllers, please specify > >>> Ch=0 Id=0..15 for specifying physical drive(Ch=channel, > >>> Id=Target)] > >>> > >>> Type ? as command line arg for help > >>> > >>> No Adapters Found Error: No MegaRaid Found > >>> > >>> > >>> ?!?!?! does that mean that there is no raid? why then the df > >>> output? the machine is supposed to have 4 250gig SAS drives. > >>> > >> > >> Its more likely that megarc doesnt support the newer controllers > >> which is a shame. you might have more luck with > >> sysutils/linux-megacli since that explicitly mentions LSI MegaRAID > >> SAS, I wish they would make the util open source though. Will mean > >> you need the linux-base port installed and linux.ko loaded. > >> > >> A RAID1 config shoudl suit a busy webserver well. > >> > >> Vicne > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> thanks... > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Vince Hoffman wrote: > >>>> kalin m wrote: > >>>>> hi all... > >>>>> > >>>>> a hosting facility build a new dedicated server for me and looking > >>>>> at the dmesg i see: > >>>>> > >>>>> mfi0: <LSI MegaSAS 1078> port 0xec00-0xecff mem > >>>>> 0xfc480000-0xfc4bffff,0xfc440000-0xfc47ffff irq 16 at device 0.0 > >>>>> on pci1 > >>>>> mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 2.00 > >>>>> > >>>>> for df i get: > >>>>> Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > >>>>> /dev/mfid0s1a 496M 197M 259M 43% / > >>>>> devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev > >>>>> /dev/mfid0s1e 496M 12K 456M 0% /tmp > >>>>> /dev/mfid0s1f 661G 636M 608G 0% /usr > >>>>> /dev/mfid0s1d 8.7G 1.4M 8.0G 0% /var > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> i asked for raid1. i cant find too much information about the mfi > >>>>> driver. just that it works with freebsd 7. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> you might want to look at sysutils/megarc and possibly > >>>> sysutils/linux-megamgr so you can more closely monitor/investigate > >>>> your array. > >>>> > >>>> Vince > >>>> > >>>>> i'll keep looking but - has anybody successfully deployed > >>>>> production servers using the LSI MegaSAS 1078 in RAID1 on a very > >>>>> busy web server? > >>>>> is there any loss in performance using that hardware in RAID1? > >>>>> any performance loss in RAID1 at all? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> thanks... > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> 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" > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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" > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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" > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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" > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > _______________________________________________ > 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" -- Brian A. 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