From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 31 17:05:32 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4760616A5EF for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:05:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mkrempasky@epsiloninteractive.com) Received: from thcppprfrly02.doubleclick.net (thcppprfrly02.doubleclick.net [216.73.92.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85CE243D75 for ; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:05:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mkrempasky@epsiloninteractive.com) Received: from thn-exbh02.doubleclick.net ([10.40.0.156]) by thcppprfrly02.doubleclick.net with ESMTP; 31 Oct 2006 10:05:08 -0700 Received: from THN-EXCLS1.dc1.doubleclick.corp ([10.40.0.158]) by thn-exbh02.doubleclick.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:05:45 -0700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:05:43 -0700 Message-ID: <15E9811B1FA2534EA2284DC97EF9E79F06B5FADB@THN-EXCLS1.dc1.doubleclick.corp> In-Reply-To: <20061031115534.F63561@arbitor.digitalfreaks.org> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: PERC 5/E SAS RAID in Dell PowerEdge 1950/2950 Thread-Index: Acb9DfrvaeEdLZq8TGKRz9mFA5TQ+gAAKuAA From: "Krempasky, Mark" To: "Brian A. Seklecki" , "ke han" X-OriginalArrivalTime: 31 Oct 2006 17:05:45.0029 (UTC) FILETIME=[CDC5A750:01C6FD0E] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, wmoran@collaborativefusion.com Subject: RE: PERC 5/E SAS RAID in Dell PowerEdge 1950/2950 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, 31 Oct 2006 17:05:32 -0000 I have installed FreeBSD 6.2 and have no issues with using multiple RAID groups with the Dell 2950 internal disks. -----Original Message----- From: Brian A. Seklecki [mailto:lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org]=20 Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 9:59 AM To: ke han Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; wmoran@collaborativefusion.com; Krempasky, Mark; Erik Trulsson Subject: Re: PERC 5/E SAS RAID in Dell PowerEdge 1950/2950 > > It finds the RAID controller fine. However, we're very concerned about > the lack of a management CLI like ports/sysutils/megarc. Now that 6.2 release is imminent and bce(4) has been patched to the point=20 where it is relatively stable, we're nearing the point where we can=20 finally put Dell PowerEdge 1950s/2950s into production. However the lack of a MFI CLI management utility is still a grave concern.=20 Without it, there is no way to proactively monitor the RAID controller for=20 failed components (aside from sitting there 24/7/365 and waiting for a=20 blue light to go amber) ~BAS