Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 20:06:37 +0300 From: Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru> To: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ses device over T-SGPIO Message-ID: <20210129170637.GC75195@zxy.spb.ru> In-Reply-To: <CAOtMX2g7jO_ynu_kRhTbPBWfd%2B4RrXGUtHmJaPs4ZdC0cDFQJQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <20210129160147.GA75195@zxy.spb.ru> <CAOtMX2gapwWmwJwzD_s77tckNiq1pdmyt79TjA3QNujTqgn77w@mail.gmail.com> <20210129164406.GB75195@zxy.spb.ru> <CAOtMX2g7jO_ynu_kRhTbPBWfd%2B4RrXGUtHmJaPs4ZdC0cDFQJQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 09:51:33AM -0700, Alan Somers wrote: > I've never used any tool with SGPIO. The hardware simply isn't powerful > enough to be useful. sesutil works, in theory, to control the LEDs. But > it's of limited usefulness since there's no way to tell which drives are > installed in which slots. For me sesutil failed w/ "No SES device found" > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 9:44 AM Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 09:22:47AM -0700, Alan Somers wrote: > > > > > The short story is: SGPIO sucks. It doesn't detect drive presence, much > > > less provide physical path information. The only thing you can do with > > it > > > is control the fault LEDs. But doing that usefully requires you to have > > > some extra source of information about what drives are installed in what > > > slots. Basically, you need to track that kind of information offline. > > > sesutil ought to be able to control the LEDs, at least, but I've never > > > personally used it with SGPIO. > > > > What tool you used with SGPIO? > > What additional drivers need? > > > > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 9:02 AM Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru> > > wrote: > > > > > > > I am have Supermicro MB X9DBU-iF connected to bcakplane BPN-SAS-825TQ > > > > by T-SGPIO cables. sesutil don't found any SES device. > > > > > > > > Is this posible to have control to this backplane? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > > freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > > " > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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