Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:05:43 -0700 From: "Krempasky, Mark" <mkrempasky@epsiloninteractive.com> To: "Brian A. Seklecki" <lavalamp@spiritual-machines.org>, "ke han" <ke.han@redstarling.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, wmoran@collaborativefusion.com Subject: RE: PERC 5/E SAS RAID in Dell PowerEdge 1950/2950 Message-ID: <15E9811B1FA2534EA2284DC97EF9E79F06B5FADB@THN-EXCLS1.dc1.doubleclick.corp> In-Reply-To: <20061031115534.F63561@arbitor.digitalfreaks.org>
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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
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