On Dec 15, 2011, at 1:10 PM, Hugo Silva wrote: > On 12/15/11 16:40, Andrew Boyer wrote: >> I'm not sure it would even be possible to come up with a worse interface. >> It boggles the mind. >> >> I recommend you always run with this configuration: >> >> # MegaCli -AdpSetProp AutoEnhancedImportEnbl -aALL >> # MegaCli -AdpSetProp MaintainPdFailHistoryEnbl -0 -aALL >> >> AutoEnhancedImportEnbl will bring the foreign disk back in on a reboot. LSI >> recommends turning off MaintainPdFailHistory when using single-disk RAID0 >> configurations. >> > > Any gotchas with this enabled? I'm thinking putting in a disk from > another card, which is part of a raid, in this server, for instance. >
My understanding is that it only imports a foreign configuration if it's complete - but I've never tested it. >> To bring in a foreign disk without rebooting: >> >> # MegaCli -CfgForeign -Scan -aALL >> # MegaCli -CfgForeign -Import [x] -aN (where x is the config number listed >> in the scan, and N is the adapter number) >> >> Adding these capabilities to mfiutil is on my list of things to do, but it's >> not ready yet. >> >> Has anyone managed to get the real JBOD mode working on this controller? It >> advertises support in the firmware but doesn't seem to do anything. The >> documentation only lists JBOD mode as a feature of the lower-end controllers. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> -Andrew > > It does help - thanks! For the same disk being removed and then > reinserted, the provided commands brought the disk/volume back to > mfiutil show drives/volumes output, and after a zpool clear, ZFS has no > complains. > > > For recovery from a software-induced fail (mfiutil fail eX:sX), I > couldn't perform a recovery using just mfiutil. MegaCli -PDOnline > -PhysDrv[eX:sX] -aN did it, in that case. > > For the still-untested case of an altogether new disk being inserted, I > guess mfiutil create jbod N would do the trick. > > > BTW, the mfiutil is coredumping when provided with inexistant disks > (just noticed) Can you provide the exact command that produces a core? -Andrew -------------------------------------------------- Andrew Boyer abo...@averesystems.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
