Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 12:17:24 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Cc: Steven Wiltshire <steven@mig15.net> Subject: Re: Dell 1950 and LSI SAS problems. Message-ID: <200608111217.25091.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <44DC1E0F.5010100@mig15.net> References: <44DC1E0F.5010100@mig15.net>
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On Friday 11 August 2006 02:05, Steven Wiltshire wrote: > Hi, > > I am experiencing problems with a Dell 1950 and FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE for > i386. > > I recently purchased a Dell 1950 with the understanding it came with a > Dell PERC5/i SAS adapter, and that this adapter was supported by the mfi > driver found in 6.1-RELEASE. > > Unfortunately, the FreeBSD installation program does not detect any disk > drives. The boot messages suggests an unidentified SCSI attached mass > storage device was detected during boot, but there's no mention of > anything to do with mfi, SAS, or PERC5/i. The machine is equipped with a > CDROM and a single 73GB SAS drive. > > After some investigation I'm not sure if the server is actually equipped > with a Dell PERC 5/i at all. > > When booting the computer, the SAS device is mentioned as being a "Dell > SAS 5" and that it's copyrighted by LSI. The controller chip is an LSI > SAS 1068. Again, there is no mention of a PERC5/i anywhere. > > I'm not entirely sure if Dell have not provided the hardware we were > expecting, or if something is going wrong with the FreeBSD boot process, > or if I'm doing something wrong - all I know is that I have a server > that doesn't serve. > > Has anyone got any suggestions as to FreeBSD related troubleshooting, or > am I best off taking this issue up with Dell? This might be an mpt(4) controller if it's not RAID. I would try a recent 6.1-STABLE snapshot. -- John Baldwin
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