Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 09:35:39 -0700 From: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> To: Dan Mahoney <freebsd@gushi.org> Cc: Ruslan Makhmatkhanov <rm@freebsd.org>, "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org>, "samflanker@gmail.com" <samflanker@gmail.com> Subject: Re: MegaCLI port is ports-only -- how would you deploy it? Message-ID: <YvaBW6vmBggMpGek@ambrisko.com> In-Reply-To: <9EC7D5D4-0DD2-4946-9C5F-ADB2B39B73F1@gushi.org> References: <1615CF76-EE45-4D11-8102-EA441E845E65@gushi.org> <635211659622624@mail.yandex.ru> <YvFqwVjOhYxHTf%2By@ambrisko.com> <493ED6A6-A38F-47B1-B534-9F5CB14DB087@gushi.org> <YvF18opVZHg%2B1W%2BR@ambrisko.com> <1578B277-8FB1-4EAB-ACDB-8ACE6E999857@gushi.org> <YvaATQiz2GF8qFRT@ambrisko.com> <9EC7D5D4-0DD2-4946-9C5F-ADB2B39B73F1@gushi.org>
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On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 12:32:56PM -0400, Dan Mahoney wrote: | | | > On Aug 12, 2022, at 12:31, Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> wrote: | > | > On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 12:21:36PM -0400, Dan Mahoney wrote: | > | | > | > On Aug 8, 2022, at 16:45, Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> wrote: | > | > | > | > On Mon, Aug 08, 2022 at 04:10:10PM -0400, Dan Mahoney wrote: | > | > | | > | > | | > | > | > On Aug 8, 2022, at 15:57, Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> wrote: | > | > | > | > | > | > On Thu, Aug 04, 2022 at 05:22:29PM +0300, Ruslan Makhmatkhanov wrote: | > | > | > | 03.08.2022, 02:07, "Dan Mahoney" <freebsd@gushi.org>: | > | > | > | Hey there all, | > | > | > | At the dayjob we have a fleet of Dell Poweredge servers that can use | > | > | > | either mptsas or mrsas -- if you use mptsas, you use mptutil (in | > | > | > | base) to check the state of the card. | > | > | > | If you use mrsas, you need megacli, which is only in ports, and the | > | > | > | port hasn't translated to pkg probably because of license | > | > | > | restrictions. ( _LICENSE_RESTRICTED = delete-package | > | > | > | delete-distfiles), but the license listed is just "megacli". | > | > | > | * We want to deploy a cron job to periodically check the raid status | > | > | > | (we're writing a wrapper, also having it check mfiutil, zpool, etc). | > | > | > | * We do not want to install and manage a whole ports tree on every | > | > | > | machine in our fleet, just to install a raid utlity. | > | > | > | Option A: | > | > | > | Make a local package somehow. | > | > | > | The port just downloads a static binary, there's nothing to build | > | > | > | here, but we want to do this the "right" way. Is there some way to | > | > | > | have pkg deploy a single local package for this that will, for | > | > | > | example, report the right package ownership, without moving every | > | > | > | other package to our poudriere install (we're just using base | > | > | > | packages, we keep poudriere around for testing in case we need to | > | > | > | hot-patch something). | > | > | > | For what it's worth, we use puppet for config management, so pushing | > | > | > | out the static binary is not the worst answer, but it also feels | > | > | > | "dirty". | > | > | > | Option B: | > | > | > | Figure out how to fix the license. I have no idea what this would | > | > | > | involve. | > | > | > | Option C: | > | > | > | Also, apparently MegaCLI is no longer maintained (replaced by | > | > | > | StorCLI), but there's no port for StorCLI, and...there are multiple | > | > | > | raid-card specific versions? Jeez. | > | > | > | Feels even more dirty. | > | > | > | [1]https://support.siliconmechanics.com/portal/en/kb/articles/storcl | > | > | > | i-for-freebsd-and-other-operating-systems | > | > | > | Ideas welcome? | > | > | > | -Dan Mahoney | > | > | > | > | > | > Although the path to get to StorCli goes through various cards the | > | > | > latest greatest seem to work on all earlier cards. It works on | > | > | > HBAs and not just RAID cards. At work I did a Linux/FreeBSD | > | > | > POC for FW management and found the FreeBSD version could flash the HBA | > | > | > and drive FW. I've moved to StorCli from MegaCli. I would suggest | > | > | > we drop the MegaCli port and move to StorCli. | > | > | > | > | > | > I have code to make mfiutil into mrsasutil and added the MFI ioctl | > | > | > handler to mrsas. I'm not sure how much value that has. I don't | > | > | > deal with supporting FreeBSD and RAID much anymore. If interested | > | > | > I could send patches. | > | > | | > | > | This feels like it should be in base, regardless. Just *something* to | > | > | query the raid status and health, even if it doesn't ring all the bells | > | > | of StorCLI. | > | > | | > | > | Right now, you can do this with the older mfi, but not the newer mrsas, | > | > | which performs better in some cases, which leaves an admin with a | > | > | dilemma: better reliability, or better manageability. | > | > | | > | > | I also feel like this could be added to a minor release (i.e. a | > | > | 12.3 --> 12.4 or a 13.0 --> 13.1), but obviously that decision is above me. | > | > | > | > This is based of -current. I haven't tested it recently: | > | > https://people.freebsd.org/~ambrisko/git.mrsas_support_in_mfiutil.patch | > | > | > | > Please give it a try. You will need a new kernel built and booted to | > | > provide the needed ioctl support. It should be close to committable. | > | | > | Doug, | > | | > | I'm trying this out on 12.x and 13.x just for funsies, but given the | > | release schedule, it's unlikely that there'll be a 12.4 or a 13.2 that | > | this would make it into. Regardless, I've opened a bug report to get | > | this added *somewhere* which may cause other people to try it out and test. | > | > I'd have to put in -current first then look at MFC later on. If looks | > good for you then I'll put it up for review. I just don't use this | > stuff day to day anymore. | | Yeah, most of our dayjob work is running critical DNS infrastructure, so | there's not a lot of -current there, but I can get permission to play | with it on a spare system. It should apply to earlier releases, since there hasn't been a lot of changes in this area. So you can try that if that is easier. I did this code a long time ago probably in 10.X and have been moving it forward. Thanks, Doug A.
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