Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 18:19:12 +0200 From: Borja Marcos <borjam@sarenet.es> To: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> Cc: Stephen Mcconnell <stephen.mcconnell@avagotech.com>, FreeBSD-scsi <freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mpr vs mps performance Message-ID: <BD011874-CA6D-42AB-846C-CFAEA734A867@sarenet.es> In-Reply-To: <CAOtMX2h5O7EUf4H-oewPy1aAZ%2BYrwdRZLqr-=S2EbE6wjerAeg@mail.gmail.com> References: <A8A5F62D-ED7B-420F-B5B5-88842A8F8827@sarenet.es> <CAOtMX2jVR-8wkHcTyudOVwMNmxOvDkWPNsTBuyu%2BWZQ6WtDvmg@mail.gmail.com> <c7d0c371bb7db87e433040f198102297@mail.gmail.com> <CAOtMX2h5O7EUf4H-oewPy1aAZ%2BYrwdRZLqr-=S2EbE6wjerAeg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Oct 7, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Alan Somers wrote: >> Borja, can you upgrade your card to the latest FW. Your version is = really >> old (1.00.03.00). We should be up to 7.00.00.00 now. There could be = a lot >> of fixes that would affect performance. >=20 > To update the firmware, you must download LSI's > Installer_P6_for_FreeBSD from the link below. Then the tricky part: > you must hexedit the executable and replace all "mps3_" strings with > "mpr", suitably padded with NULLs. It sucks, I know; complain to > LSI/Avago. Then you must download the > 9300_8e_Package_P6_IT_Firmware_BIOS_for_MSDOS_Windows (or whichever is > appropriate for your hardware) to get the actual firmware files. Then > you can use the hacked FreeBSD installer binary to download the > firmware from the Windows firmware package. >=20 > = http://www.lsi.com/support/pages/download-results.aspx?component=3DStorage= +Component&productfamily=3DHost+Bus+Adapters&productcode=3DP00766&assettyp= e=3D0&productname=3DLSI+SAS+9300-8e Thanks, I'll try. Probably the SAS2 cards will go into production but = I'm happy to help with some tests. The performance problem was not sustained, but writing performance = stalled for several seconds now and then. It did not happen with the = SAS2 HBA (which is a Dell branded as H200 flashed to IT firmware). Borja.
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