Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:24:11 +0200 From: Ian FREISLICH <ianf@clue.co.za> To: Danilo Baio <danilobaio@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mfi and Dell PERC 6/i Message-ID: <E1OoFxb-0004sM-Vf@clue.co.za> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimky_g2OORxJ8ye=kbL-Z3i8Stg5415qd%2B8PjRz@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTimky_g2OORxJ8ye=kbL-Z3i8Stg5415qd%2B8PjRz@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTikxhEubxbVqqs3bhiuZJN0Y1EMScaVpE1v9qnAu@mail.gmail.com> <34E50FDC-C866-4E13-8391-55503B94EB8B@samsco.org>
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Danilo Baio wrote:
> > Scott Long wrote:
> > The firmware on the controller crashed. The best I can suggest is to 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 look 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
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Ian Freislich
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