Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 14:51:12 +0100 From: geoffroy desvernay <dgeo@centrale-marseille.fr> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended HBA for ZFS, contemporary Message-ID: <7b9ddf9e-913c-7c6e-a6c0-e3a43a1595ed@centrale-marseille.fr> In-Reply-To: <E208147F-B040-427E-B58A-E008B4212CF9@gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1608221904270.82304@woozle.rinet.ru> <306ccab3-4c78-751a-2258-54701a64ab4b@internetx.com> <41DE4DAA-B5E1-4BB9-AF54-780236A901EF@gmail.com> <059af3ed-71b3-b31d-893c-732121989cee@kateley.com> <633311CF-ADF2-479F-AFB9-E9265C101302@gmail.com> <376FE1E5-42BD-4878-8441-DA912E4ECB5B@gmail.com> <70B75F18-056B-49E5-9CDE-E8CCEA405CE8@gmail.com> <CAOeNLuo4qYK=kk_sT8j%2BA%2BBdn5-__zMYkwcgeKsTuwRGJPqhsQ@mail.gmail.com> <2521A945-AB44-4ADF-80B2-03F528BA11B6@gmail.com> <61997358-1660-20d1-1067-df4dc01ede7f@centrale-marseille.fr> <E208147F-B040-427E-B58A-E008B4212CF9@gmail.com>
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On 10/19/2016 18:40, Ben RUBSON wrote: > >> On 19 Oct 2016, at 17:19, geoffroy desvernay <dgeo@centrale-marseille.fr> wrote: >> >> On 10/19/2016 09:20, Ben RUBSON wrote: >>> Thank you Rich. >>> >>> I saw that the LSI 3008 can be put in IT mode, as with the well known 2008. >>> Firmware & drivers seem to be well maintained, with a P13 release last month. >>> 2 good points. >>> >>> However I did not found much much user feedback on it, nor recommandations. >>> There should be no surprise compared to the 2008, but we never know... >>> >> Well, I just received one, and it seems complicated for the moment (or I >> missed something important): > > Some of your drives seems to be not correctly detected. > What "sas3ircu 0 display" returns ? > Does "geom disk list" correctly shows your disks ? > > Firmware seems quite old too. Does it suits the driver version ? > > Ben > Thank you Ben and sorry, I missed your response :( I found the solution (on scsi@) - see http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-scsi&m=148362244824907&w=2 The sas3008 controller(s) I used were OK, the problem was solved by low-level-formatting the drives to disable a 'type 2 protection' (don't ask me more on this I wouldn't be able to explain ;) Now I have two sas3008 (IT mode) working, and two 'dell H330' in 'HBA mode' (that seems to be sas3008 chips as well) in production, and never had problems with them ;) -- *geoffroy desvernay* C.R.I - Administration systèmes et réseaux Ecole Centrale de Marseille
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