Date: Fri, 04 May 2012 00:29:27 +0900 From: DarkSoul <darksoul@darkbsd.org> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mustafa_Resul_=C7etinel?= <resul.cetinel@inforcept.com> Cc: freebsd-geom@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to use SAN with FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <4FA2A457.5040604@darkbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4FA12FAC.7080004@inforcept.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hi, I tested FreeBSD+QLogic+EMC on FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE actually. First of all, you need to load the isp(4) driver using the ispfw module, via /boot/loader.conf Then, you will be able to view the LUNs from your EMC box. However, 8.2-RELEASE has a broken GEOM_MULTIPATH driver, which means you won't be able to implement path failover (it doesn't work). Also, I am not sure how FreeBSD would handle (even with latest multipath drivers) the switch of storage processors in the event of storage failure. So I would personally recommend using 9.0 for the latest GEOM_MULTIPATH version (it's been rewritten), and testing : - Fibre path failover - Storage Processor failover Cheers, On 05/02/2012 09:59 PM, Mustafa Resul Çetinel wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I'm looking to put together a SAN box with my FreeBSD. But i cannot > find any documents for this case. I reaaly wnat to know is there > anybody with SAN experience, especially on FreeBSD? And what must i > do, what are the step for carriying out storage support for FreeBSD? > Could you please examine all steps for me and who needs this > configuration steps ? > > Thanks in advance > > _Some information about my system :_ > > FreeBSD localhost 8.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #3 r218745: Wed Feb > 16 15:07:48 PST 2011 > root@build8x64.pcbsd.org:/usr/obj/storage/fbsd-sources/8.2/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > > QLogic 2562 HBA card, SAN environment is EMC > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-geom@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-geom > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-geom-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Stephane LAPIE, EPITA SRS, Promo 2005 "Even when they have digital readouts, I can't understand them." --MegaTokyo [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk+ipFwACgkQ24Ql8u6TF2PGvgCg5GtoccQTSc6xki9VgWpodXi8 Dp0Anj9dhKpEL+dcZCsrwePb+QAKSBAv =QPc1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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