Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 00:24:19 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <scott+lists.freebsd@fishballoon.org> To: David Sze <dsze@alumni.uwaterloo.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0 on Dell 1850 with PERC4e/DC RAID? Message-ID: <20060106002419.GC991@tuatara.fishballoon.org> In-Reply-To: <20060106000909.GA97739@mail.distrust.net> References: <20060105224150.GA991@tuatara.fishballoon.org> <20060105153250.D58957@carver.gumbysoft.com> <20060106000909.GA97739@mail.distrust.net>
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On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 06:09:09PM -0600, David Sze wrote: > On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 03:34:24PM -0800, Doug White wrote: > > On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Scott Mitchell wrote: > > > supported by amr(4), but I'm wondering how well it actually works in the > > > case of a disk failure. Will the driver tell me that disk has failed (a > > > syslog message would be enough) or will I have to make a daily trip into > > > the server room to check the front panel lights? Presumably it handles > > > hot-swapping a replacement drive OK? > > > > >From what I remember, you will receive status-change kernel messages when > > disks disappear, rebuilds start, and so forth. So for most day-to-day > > manipulation you should be fine. > > > > You may want to make sure the auto rebuild option is enabled in the > > controller's BIOS since no working control programs from userland are > > generally available at this time. That also means you can't create new > > volumes at runtime, but thats not so horrible... > > The sysutils/megarc port appears to work for both status change polling > and runtime configuration (at least on a PE800 and a PE2850 that I tested > on). Cool, I'll check that out when the hardware arrives. Many thanks, Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott at fishballoon.org | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon
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