8.3 hanging on boot, Dell 1950 with mfi and qlogic HBA
I feel sure I'm missing something pretty obvious here but I can't figure out what. I have a Dell 1950 which I just installed 8.3 (amd64) onto. It has an internal OS drive on mfi (Dell PERC) and a qlogic QLE2462 for external SAN connection. Problem is, the machine hangs on boot if the SAN fiber is connected. It boots up fine if disconnected, then I can reconnect the fiber and mount the SAN drives. When booting with fiber connected, it hangs after these messages: kbd3 at ukbd1 kbd3: ukbd1, generic (0), config:0x0, flags:0x3d ums1: on usbus1 ums1: 3 buttons and [XYZ] coordinates ID=0 uhub5: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered (which just look like normal device probes) then if I reboot with the fiber disconnected, the next lines are: Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/mfid0s1a start_init: trying /sbin/init Verbose boot doesn't seem to give any additional clues. I feel convinced it's failing to find or mount the root filesystem - I've certainly seen this in the past where an add-in HBA like this usurps the internal OS drive, fixable by hard-wiring the bus order in /boot/device.hints. That's what I thought of first here, but mfi doesn't use CAM (I guess), and the OS drive /dev/mfid0 isn't changing its device name... and of course I'm not getting any root mount errors either. Is there part of the boot mechanism I'm missing? Graham -- - Graham Allan School of Physics and Astronomy - University of Minnesota - ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Dell 1950 RAID 1 Drives.
Keith wrote: Have the above server, drive 0 failed. No onsite spares left. Ordered replacement drives a week ago but they are still on route and wont be here till Jan 5 or 6. All I have is a test server of the same make/model in my test rack configured and running a slightly different version of FBSD. If I pull a drive from this test server that is already configured to a RAID contoller and put it into the server with the bad drive, how will the machine deal with it as it already has a valid config on it? Will I just be able to go to the RAID Bios and rebuild? Or wipe the config on the test server so the drive has no config on it before installing it into the server with the failed drive? Are the SAS drives in a Dell 1950 hot swap by chance? Have not had a drive go like this with no spares around before. Thanks. Better to ask Dell weather they're hot swap or not as an absolute answer. When I asked, the tech at the time said "the newer PERC controllers are all hotswap, as long as the RAID controller isn't talking to the drive anymore". Given the 2nd system is actively using it, I don't think it's hotswap. As for the config, you'd have to force an integrity/rebuild on the first. Clearing the config on the 2nd shouldn't be necessary. In fact, the second may see a missing drive and panic as is. The PERC6 controllers I deal with at work have a "feature" that I would call a bug. A missing physical disk causes the RAID controller to waste/dump/ignore/forget it's onboard config. You may be dead in the water on the 2nd system until you get a drive to put in. Backup server 1 and 2. And wait for the drive to come. No other good way to solve this problem. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Dell 1950 RAID 1 Drives.
Have the above server, drive 0 failed. No onsite spares left. Ordered replacement drives a week ago but they are still on route and wont be here till Jan 5 or 6. All I have is a test server of the same make/model in my test rack configured and running a slightly different version of FBSD. If I pull a drive from this test server that is already configured to a RAID contoller and put it into the server with the bad drive, how will the machine deal with it as it already has a valid config on it? Will I just be able to go to the RAID Bios and rebuild? Or wipe the config on the test server so the drive has no config on it before installing it into the server with the failed drive? Are the SAS drives in a Dell 1950 hot swap by chance? Have not had a drive go like this with no spares around before. Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Dell 1950 for PF firewall
Wojciech Puchar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Memory: 4GB 667MHz (4x1GB), Dual Ranked DIMMs incredibly important for firewall to have 4GB RAM. why not 64GB or more? ;) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" :) For many reasons. Company policy is to prefer ordering 4GB RAM servers than upgrade later so that we can easily switch them to heavy-loaded jail or DB servers. Appreciate if anyone can advise on using Intel® PRO 1000VT Quad Port Gigabit NIC and what is the max throughput they got on same with or w/o pooling. Thanks in advance. Best Regards, Catalin - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Dell 1950
shinny knight wrote: Hello, We are in the process of ordering few servers and we think to ask here first for any known issues with same. BTW...company policy requires only Dell servers. Yes, I know...kinda snob^^ Purpose for this server will be firewall (we are using PF with stateful rules) and custom kernel with NIC pooling compiled. We hope this baby will deliver up to 800Mbps per NIC (4). One thing is that Dell is not certifying Intel Gigabit NIC with FreeBSD. Since in the kernel we have only 'device em # Intel PRO/1000 adapter Gigabit Ethernet Card' Does this include also below specified device? Is any of you using Intel® PRO 1000VT Quad Port Gigabit NIC? Is kernel pooling option compatible or working with Intel® PRO 1000VT Quad Port Gigabit NIC? Appreciate any feedback or suggestion about same. TIA Dell PowerEdge 1950 configuration: PowerEdge 1950 III: Quad Core Intel® Xeon® L5335, 2x4MB Cache, 2.0GHz, 1333MHz FSB Additional Processors:Quad Core Intel® Xeon® L5335, 2x4MB Cache, 2.0GHz, 1333MHz FSB Memory: 4GB 667MHz (4x1GB), Dual Ranked DIMMs Backplane: 1x2 Backplane for 3.5-inch Hard Drives Primary Controller: PERC6i SAS RAID Controller, 2x4 Connectors, Int, PCIe, 256MB Cache Hard Drive Configuration: Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 1, PERC 6/i Integrated/SAS6/iR Primary Hard Drive: 250GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive 2nd Hard Drive: 250GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive Network Adapter: Intel® PRO 1000VT Quad Port Gigabit NIC, Copper, PCIe-4 CD/DVD Drive: 8X DVD-ROM Best regards, Catalin - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" I have the Intel Pro1000 running on a 1386 box FreeBSD 8.* No problems with it. -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* + "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Dell 1950
I had a problem with 1950. It emerged that this servers have problems with reboot. After executing reboot commant server hangs just after printing uptime. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-October/029108.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Dell 1950
Memory: 4GB 667MHz (4x1GB), Dual Ranked DIMMs incredibly important for firewall to have 4GB RAM. why not 64GB or more? ;) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Dell 1950
Hello, We are in the process of ordering few servers and we think to ask here first for any known issues with same. BTW...company policy requires only Dell servers. Yes, I know...kinda snob^^ Purpose for this server will be firewall (we are using PF with stateful rules) and custom kernel with NIC pooling compiled. We hope this baby will deliver up to 800Mbps per NIC (4). One thing is that Dell is not certifying Intel Gigabit NIC with FreeBSD. Since in the kernel we have only 'device em # Intel PRO/1000 adapter Gigabit Ethernet Card' Does this include also below specified device? Is any of you using Intel® PRO 1000VT Quad Port Gigabit NIC? Is kernel pooling option compatible or working with Intel® PRO 1000VT Quad Port Gigabit NIC? Appreciate any feedback or suggestion about same. TIA Dell PowerEdge 1950 configuration: PowerEdge 1950 III: Quad Core Intel® Xeon® L5335, 2x4MB Cache, 2.0GHz, 1333MHz FSB Additional Processors:Quad Core Intel® Xeon® L5335, 2x4MB Cache, 2.0GHz, 1333MHz FSB Memory: 4GB 667MHz (4x1GB), Dual Ranked DIMMs Backplane: 1x2 Backplane for 3.5-inch Hard Drives Primary Controller: PERC6i SAS RAID Controller, 2x4 Connectors, Int, PCIe, 256MB Cache Hard Drive Configuration: Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 1, PERC 6/i Integrated/SAS6/iR Primary Hard Drive: 250GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive 2nd Hard Drive: 250GB 7.2K RPM Serial ATA 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive Network Adapter: Intel® PRO 1000VT Quad Port Gigabit NIC, Copper, PCIe-4 CD/DVD Drive: 8X DVD-ROM Best regards, Catalin - Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: dell 1950 hangs on reboot
I tried :ipmitool power soft it still hangs On Friday 25 January 2008 08:18:10 am Link wrote: I`ve already upgraded to newest 2.01 bios. It does not fix problem. Just reboot it via the IPMI, which dell calls the BMC. They never hang when rebooted that way. For some historyAbout 1/2 of the 1950's out there exhibit this problem, the other half don't, and no one (AFAIR) has identified what is different between a box that has the problem and one that doesn't. Dell has a long history of making small changes mid-run and not documenting them. If you are unlucky enoung to have a 1950 that hangs during reboot, it will do it between 25 and 30% of the time. If only this were the biggest problem facing someone with FreeBSD on their 1950 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: dell 1950 hangs on reboot
On Friday 25 January 2008 08:18:10 am Link wrote: > I`ve already upgraded to newest 2.01 bios. It does not fix problem. > Just reboot it via the IPMI, which dell calls the BMC. They never hang when rebooted that way. For some historyAbout 1/2 of the 1950's out there exhibit this problem, the other half don't, and no one (AFAIR) has identified what is different between a box that has the problem and one that doesn't. Dell has a long history of making small changes mid-run and not documenting them. If you are unlucky enoung to have a 1950 that hangs during reboot, it will do it between 25 and 30% of the time. If only this were the biggest problem facing someone with FreeBSD on their 1950 -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel PGP: 8A48 EF36 5E9F 4EDA 5A8C 11B4 26F9 01F1 27AF AECB signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: dell 1950 hangs on reboot
I`ve already upgraded to newest 2.01 bios. It does not fix problem. I may try... but I don`t think that it`s raid problem. I have only 1 hdd... and due to old topics problem is about acpi or cpus. When it hangs the last string what I see is uptime. And when it reboots correctly I see something like: cpu_reset: reseting other cpus So i think it`s some problem with cpu_reset handling... Am Freitag, den 25.01.2008, 14:53 +0200 schrieb Link: Hi all. I have problem described in http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-October/029108.html I`ve been googling for about 2 days, but i did not found any fix of this problem. I have freeBSD-6.2-p10 and dell 1950. As described it hangs on reboot. But not every time. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Maybe upgrade the raid firmware ? Cheers Norman ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: dell 1950 hangs on reboot
I may try... but I don`t think that it`s raid problem. I have only 1 hdd... and due to old topics problem is about acpi or cpus. When it hangs the last string what I see is uptime. And when it reboots correctly I see something like: cpu_reset: reseting other cpus So i think it`s some problem with cpu_reset handling... Am Freitag, den 25.01.2008, 14:53 +0200 schrieb Link: Hi all. I have problem described in http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-October/029108.html I`ve been googling for about 2 days, but i did not found any fix of this problem. I have freeBSD-6.2-p10 and dell 1950. As described it hangs on reboot. But not every time. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Maybe upgrade the raid firmware ? Cheers Norman ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: dell 1950 hangs on reboot
Am Freitag, den 25.01.2008, 14:53 +0200 schrieb Link: > Hi all. > I have problem described in > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-October/029108.html > I`ve been googling for about 2 days, but i did not found any fix of this > problem. > I have freeBSD-6.2-p10 and dell 1950. > As described it hangs on reboot. But not every time. > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Maybe upgrade the raid firmware ? Cheers Norman ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
dell 1950 hangs on reboot
Hi all. I have problem described in http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-October/029108.html I`ve been googling for about 2 days, but i did not found any fix of this problem. I have freeBSD-6.2-p10 and dell 1950. As described it hangs on reboot. But not every time. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Dell 1950, PERC 5/i mfi support on FreeBSD 4.11
Greetings! I need to bring up FreeBSD 4.11 (or any 4.x really) on a Dell Poweredge 1950. They are using the LSI PERC 5/i which apparently requires the availability of the mfi driver. The 4-STABLE release notes indicate that this driver is supported; however, I am stuck since apparently the install CDs available do not have this driver configured. Even the FreeBSD 5.x CDs I have don't support it during install. Has anybody else faced and solved this problem? If so, any help you can provide would be appreciated. -- do svidaniya, ~mitch ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
