Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 10:29:05 -0300 From: Danilo Baio <danilobaio@gmail.com> To: Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mfi and Dell PERC 6/i Message-ID: <AANLkTinyUOsduOA99fz4dv7HJcVyfDLSHw0oHubjMq0V@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim0W8CwVrGuGStKPJM1Tp_X5o96i3yVcUdh3fq6@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTikxhEubxbVqqs3bhiuZJN0Y1EMScaVpE1v9qnAu@mail.gmail.com> <34E50FDC-C866-4E13-8391-55503B94EB8B@samsco.org> <AANLkTimky_g2OORxJ8ye=kbL-Z3i8Stg5415qd%2B8PjRz@mail.gmail.com> <E1OoFxb-0004sM-Vf@clue.co.za> <AANLkTim0W8CwVrGuGStKPJM1Tp_X5o96i3yVcUdh3fq6@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Danilo Baio <danilobaio@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za> wrote: > >> Danilo Baio wrote: >> > > Scott Long wrote: >> > > The firmware on the controller crashed. The best I can suggest is t= o >> look >> > > for newer firmware (mfiutil can flash firmware) and to call LSI or >> Dell >> > > tech-support and report the problem. In the past, there have been >> bugs with >> > > patrol reads causing crashes under heavy load, so you might also loo= k >> at >> > > disabling that option. >> >> Dell will not be interested unless the adapter is running the most >> recent firmware. >> >> > Intersting, patrol read is automatic and before crash show on the logs >> that >> > patrol read has started. >> > >> > I disabled this feature, rebooted the server and didn't show that >> firmware >> > error... >> > >> > I will test for some days. >> >> Dell, (maybe) Scott and I recomend that you ensure you're on the >> latest firmware: >> >> [firewall2] ~ # mfiutil -u0 show adapter >> mfi0 Adapter: >> Product Name: PERC 6/i Adapter >> Serial Number: 1122334455667788 >> Firmware: 6.2.0-0013 >> RAID Levels: JBOD, RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID6, RAID10, RAID50 >> Battery Backup: present >> NVRAM: 32K >> Onboard Memory: 256M >> Minimum Stripe: 8K >> Maximum Stripe: 1M >> >> I'm sure there are bugs on this firmware too, but reading the fixes >> that were made between the version that came on the adapter and >> this version were Truely Frightening. >> >> It's trivial to update the firmware with the mfiutl program. >> >> Ian >> >> -- >> Ian Freislich >> > > > > Hi Ian, > > It=B4s already running the last one. > > bazinga# mfiutil -u0 show adapter > mfi0 Adapter: > Product Name: PERC 6/i Integrated > > Serial Number: 1122334455667788 > Firmware: 6.2.0-0013 > RAID Levels: JBOD, RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID6, RAID10, RAID50 > Battery Backup: present > NVRAM: 32K > Onboard Memory: 256M > Minimum Stripe: 8K > Maximum Stripe: 1M > > > bazinga# mfiutil -u0 show firmware > > mfi0 Firmware Package Version: 6.2.0-0013 > mfi0 Firmware Images: > Name Version Date Time Status > APP 1.22.02-0612 Mar 30 2009 14:41:22 active > BIOS 2.04.00 active > BCON 1.1-46-e_15-Rel Mar 2 2008 14:06:08 active > CTLR 1.02-015B Jan 27 2009 12:02:58 active > PCLI 01.00-023:#%00006 Nov 25 2008 17:21:50 active > BTBL 1.00.00.01-0011 Nov 27 2007 18:29:20 active > bazinga# > > > It is the last one that i've found on dell website: > http://ftp.us.dell.com/SAS-RAID/R216023.txt > > This is a firmware release for the Dell PERC 6/i Adapter. > > Component Current Version Previous Version > > Package 6.2.0-0013 6.1.1-0047 > Firmware 1.22.02-0612 1.21.02-0528 > Bootblock 1.00.00.01-0011 1.00.00.01-0011 > Ctrl-R 1.02.015B 1.02.014B > > Hi guys, Solved my problem. The support DELL replaced the battery and the problem persisted, so they replaced all the controller for a new one and solved the problem. Today this controller is running on a production/stress server with no problem, uptime 31 days. FreeBSD 8.1 Raid 1 (2 disks sata 500) and Raid 10 (four disks sas 15k) Thank you all. --=20 Danilo Gon=E7alves Baio (dbaio) danilobaio (*) gmail . com +55 (44) 8801 1257
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