From owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 23 13:21:47 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E42BE690 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:21:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pd0-f177.google.com (mail-pd0-f177.google.com [209.85.192.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B520F350 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:21:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pd0-f177.google.com with SMTP id y13so8523488pdi.8 for ; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 05:21:41 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:content-type:mime-version:subject:from :in-reply-to:date:cc:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references :to; bh=yzKQI1l59tAJ5WQWjv/l8fPnaTBLvY7pfCwOvYDbcE4=; b=hbHwsSbRs/mWApQd4axNKHeIvr1bmq+2uv7KZ6KWdywATTVeThj6N1ZyD3y13086Xc 0shTMn7qriRRQuoNq20IkMDItT0olDTkmw6CQE9WvplBKszJxln5rgag0kZ9uFsw9J6y waxtasP2dp+tipx41/m8HX32SqbTX7ftF/AOReegE2Urarzbyb9+keh8+Mo2nyJGYHY6 Ed6t6RL2k9zqw6u4XJDFqwtHh5uCXtzYqzWJqRLp6T/NRVulAvNNbMrJE8FZJAGZyk1Z toRRrznFHjZzxuwaO/XwI8lqZYSrdW66LePiSBaPkiwsEP3jQKEzWahtG9T4pFUVQkKh OMaA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkSAEkTRgOcgnXJy5hQN6rSHvzMfySz6JWqaXZUkN2FntZVn5EgTTTuT09FftTR/80dlA2Y X-Received: by 10.70.61.197 with SMTP id s5mr11122429pdr.110.1422019301479; Fri, 23 Jan 2015 05:21:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?IPv6:2001:388:e000:ba00:86a:91f9:4155:c482? ([2001:388:e000:ba00:86a:91f9:4155:c482]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id mz7sm1985026pdb.3.2015.01.23.05.21.38 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 23 Jan 2015 05:21:40 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.1 \(1993\)) Subject: Re: Dell branded storage controller for ZFS file-server | Advice requested From: David Gwynne In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 23:21:32 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <5BA9C549-9159-4A85-8C37-C30D700C8E4A@gwynne.id.au> References: To: Ahmed Kamal X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1993) Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: SCSI subsystem List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:21:48 -0000 > On 23 Jan 2015, at 11:02 pm, Ahmed Kamal = wrote: >=20 > scary stuff .. so just to be clear: >=20 > - LSI SAS hba =3D> disks DONT spin up > - h310 in jbod mode =3D> disks DONT spin up > - h330 in jbod mode =3D> disks work fine ? h330 doing jbod is a supported config from dell, so if it doesnt work = should be able to have a little tantrum and get them to fix it or = replace bits till it does work. >=20 > Note that currently dell's web configurator, only sells h330 with = r730(xd) not r720(xd) .. The r720 comes with h310 or h710 afaict yes. > Note 2, Illumos people are able to pass a driver parameter to spin up = crappy dell disks .. check=20 > = http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182179/2013/06/sort/from/page/4/entr= y/15:430/20130617155143:52F0F7EA-D787-11E2-84A9-87C6F7D228D8/ you can patch your kernels as much as you want to, but you cant fix the = bios in the machine. if you want to boot off disks like that in a jbod = config you'll need ones that spin up when they get power. dlg=