From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 17 10:27:00 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55E88106566B for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:27:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@my.gd) Received: from mail-bk0-f54.google.com (mail-bk0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D51578FC18 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:26:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkcjg1 with SMTP id jg1so3854138bkc.13 for ; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:26:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.156.5 with SMTP id u5mr4018490bkw.84.1329474417896; Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:26:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from dfleuriot-at-hi-media.com ([83.167.62.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id jd17sm21991084bkb.4.2012.02.17.02.26.56 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:26:57 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4F3E2B6F.2060707@my.gd> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:26:55 +0100 From: Damien Fleuriot User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:10.0.1) Gecko/20120208 Thunderbird/10.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Traiano Welcome References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQm5I2Y6g6K+pBWsxxiCyCns3CBzEpa2rYeoAoRMiv7YQVZT4xL6QlgnUMlGN8jCESoxOQJ8 Cc: freebsd questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD on Dell R210 II With PERC H200 Controllers 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: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:27:00 -0000 On 2/17/12 11:02 AM, Traiano Welcome wrote: > Hi Damien > > Additional question: > > > On 17/02/2012 11:14, "Damien Fleuriot" wrote: > >> Sorry top post, posting from phone. >> >> 8.2-stable, 9.0-release, will post a link with a tutorial when I hit my >> desk > > > > A lot of these Dell R210 II's ship with the S300 PERC. Does FreeBSD have > support for this controller as well? > Regarding S300 I'm sorry, I wouldn't be able to tell, all I've been able to test was H200. So, now that I'm at work, a more detailed response regarding Dell r210 with Perc H200 raid controllers. First of all, you're going to need the mps driver which is available in 8-STABLE (8.3-PRERELEASE), 9.0-RELEASE and 9-STABLE. It is *not* available as per the stock 8.2-RELEASE iso image. Second, you're going to need to disable the hardware raid so that your disks actually appear to the OS, then create a software raid on them. This is done by hitting Ctrl+R when asked to, during the machine's boot process. Third, there has been a recent update to mps by Kashyap DESAI as published by Kenneth D. Merry: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2012-January/031358.html The update is available on 8-STABLE and 9-STABLE and it might bring hardware raid support for H200 controllers. Here are 2 links to help you getting started: - my quick drafted procedure: http://my.gd/bsd.htm - which Ollivier Robert greatly improved: http://www.keltia.net/howtos/freebsd-dedibox