From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 30 14:56:00 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8891F16A804 for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:56:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from todora@scorec.rpi.edu) Received: from janeway.scorec.rpi.edu (mail.scorec.rpi.edu [128.113.131.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 276F143DB8 for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:50:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from todora@scorec.rpi.edu) Received: from janeway.scorec.rpi.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by janeway.scorec.rpi.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E43DC840B for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:50:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from picard.scorec.rpi.edu (picard.scorec.rpi.edu [128.113.131.145]) (using SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by janeway.scorec.rpi.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28E12C840A for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:50:57 -0500 (EST) From: Adam Todorski To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:50:56 -0500 Message-Id: <1164898256.9157.20.camel@picard.scorec.rpi.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-27) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Subject: Dell PERC5/e RAID controller X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:56:00 -0000 Hello I am considering a Dell 2950 with the PERC5/e SAS RAID controller attached to their MD1000 SAS JBOD product and I would like to run 6.2- RELEASE on it (when it comes out). Has anyone had any experience with this hardware scenario with FreeBSD? Is the PERC5/e controller supported? My research on this topic has not lead to a conclusion one way or another, as the man page for the mfi(4) driver indicates that the PARC5/i (the internal controller in the 2950 that I will have the OS live on) is supported and that the LSI 8480E is supported (which I've heard that the PERC5/e is based on) but not the PERC5/e explicitly. Any insight would be much appreciated! Adam -- Adam Todorski Sr System Administrator Scientific Computation Research Center Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY USA Office: (518) 276-8376 Fax: (518) 276-4886