When your machine does support hardware raid (and you intend to run Open
BSD on it, of course), what is the general consensus about the "Right
Thing To Do"?
The machine is an IBM xSeries 335 (dmesg follows) and the embedded raid
controller gets identified as a"Symbios Logic 53c1030" (supported by mpi(4))
Maybe I am wrong, but that controller does not look like one of those
"low-cost IDE or SATA RAID controllers (such as those using Highpoint,
Promise or Adaptec HostRAID chips)", like you say in FAQ#14.13...
It is my understanding that and hardware solution is more transparent to
the OS (I am going to use RAID1 on the bootstrap disk), and the burden
of the reconstruction is on the controller and not the CPU.
Feel free to correct me if I am wrong, I am very new to OpenBSD, I am
lightly slanted toward a software solution (basically it's a matter of
trust), but I would like to hear the opinion of the list.
If it is possible, I would like to hear your 'general' opinion on
Hardware raid controllers not just the Symbios Logic...
*Most of all please understand I am not trying to start a religious war!*
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OpenBSD 4.6-current (GENERIC.MP) #1: Thu Nov 19 14:16:08 CET 2009
r...@dwa.ch23.lan:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP
cpu0: Intel(R) XEON(TM) CPU 2.40GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 2.40 GHz
cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,
PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM
real mem = 4160290816 (3967MB)
avail mem = 4053897216 (3866MB)
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 09/11/02, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfd7e1,
SMBIOS rev. 2.3 @ 0xf7141 (43 entries)
bios0: vendor IBM version "-[T2E110AUS-1.01]-" date 09/11/2002
bios0: IBM eserver xSeries 335 -[867665X]-
acpi0 at bios0: rev 0
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC ASF!
acpi0: wakeup devices PCI0(S5)
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: apic clock running at 99MHz
cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 6 (application processor)
cpu1: Intel(R) XEON(TM) CPU 2.40GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 2.40 GHz
cpu1: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,
PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM
cpu2 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor)
cpu2: Intel(R) XEON(TM) CPU 2.40GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 2.40 GHz
cpu2: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,
PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM
cpu3 at mainbus0: apid 7 (application processor)
cpu3: Intel(R) XEON(TM) CPU 2.40GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 2.40 GHz
cpu3: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,
PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 14 pa 0xfec00000, version 11, 16 pins
ioapic1 at mainbus0: apid 13 pa 0xfec01000, version 11, 16 pins
ioapic2 at mainbus0: apid 12 pa 0xfec02000, version 11, 16 pins
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 1 (PCI1)
acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 2 (PCI2)
acpicpu0 at acpi0
acpicpu1 at acpi0
acpicpu2 at acpi0
acpicpu3 at acpi0
bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x8000 0xc8000/0x4000 0xcc000/0x1800
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios)
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "ServerWorks CMIC-WS Host (GC-LE)" rev 0x13
pchb1 at pci0 dev 0 function 1 "ServerWorks CMIC-WS Host (GC-LE)" rev 0x00
pchb2 at pci0 dev 0 function 2 "ServerWorks CMIC-LE" rev 0x00
pci1 at pchb2 bus 1
mpi0 at pci1 dev 1 function 0 "Symbios Logic 53c1030" rev 0x07: apic 13
int 6 (irq 9)
scsibus0 at mpi0: 16 targets, initiator 7
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <COMPAQ, BD03685A24, HPB3> SCSI3 0/direct
fixed
sd0: 34732MB, 512 bytes/sec, 71132000 sec total
sd1 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <COMPAQ, BD036863AC, HPB8> SCSI3 0/direct
fixed
sd1: 34732MB, 512 bytes/sec, 71132000 sec total
safte0 at scsibus0 targ 8 lun 0: <IBM, 25P3495a S320 1, 1> SCSI2
3/processor fixed
mpi0: target 0 Sync at 160MHz width 16bit offset 63 QAS 1 DT 1 IU 1
mpi0: target 1 Sync at 160MHz width 16bit offset 127 QAS 1 DT 1 IU 1
vga1 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "ATI Rage XL" rev 0x27
wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
fxp0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel 8255x" rev 0x0d, i82550: apic 13
int 0 (irq 10), address 00:02:b3:da:76:86
inphy0 at fxp0 phy 1: i82555 10/100 PHY, rev. 4
piixpm0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0 "ServerWorks CSB5" rev 0x93: polling
iic0 at piixpm0
spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 1GB DDR SDRAM registered ECC PC2100CL2.5
spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 1GB DDR SDRAM registered ECC PC2300CL2.5
spdmem2 at iic0 addr 0x52: 1GB DDR SDRAM registered ECC PC2100CL2.5
spdmem3 at iic0 addr 0x53: 1GB DDR SDRAM registered ECC PC2300CL2.5
pciide0 at pci0 dev 15 function 1 "ServerWorks CSB5 IDE" rev 0x93: DMA
atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0
scsibus1 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets
cd0 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <TEAC, CD-224E, 2.9B> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable
cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2, Ultra-DMA mode 2
ohci0 at pci0 dev 15 function 2 "ServerWorks OSB4/CSB5 USB" rev 0x05:
apic 14 int 11 (irq 11), version 1.0, legacy support
pcib0 at pci0 dev 15 function 3 "ServerWorks CSB5 LPC" rev 0x00
pchb3 at pci0 dev 17 function 0 "ServerWorks CIOB-X2 PCIX" rev 0x03
pchb4 at pci0 dev 17 function 2 "ServerWorks CIOB-X2 PCIX" rev 0x03
pci2 at pchb4 bus 2
bge0 at pci2 dev 1 function 0 "Broadcom BCM5703X" rev 0x02, BCM5702/5703
A2 (0x1002): apic 13 int 8 (irq 11), address 00:02:55:67:15:5e
brgphy0 at bge0 phy 1: BCM5703 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 2
bge1 at pci2 dev 2 function 0 "Broadcom BCM5703X" rev 0x02, BCM5702/5703
A2 (0x1002): apic 13 int 9 (irq 3), address 00:02:55:67:15:5f
brgphy1 at bge1 phy 1: BCM5703 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 2
usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0 "ServerWorks OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
isa0 at pcib0
isadma0 at isa0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
pmsi0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
wsmouse0 at pmsi0 mux 0
pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
spkr0 at pcppi0
npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2
fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
vscsi0 at root
scsibus2 at vscsi0: 256 targets
softraid0 at root
root on sd0a swap on sd0b dump on sd0b
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Mauro Rezzonico <ma...@ch23.org>, Como, Italia
"Maybe this world is another planet's hell" - H.Huxley
