Re: mfi freebsd7
in case somebody gets stuck as i was - here are detailed instruction and the CORRECT ORDER in which the needed kernel modules HAVE to be loaded in order for the megacli to work properly... big thanks to Christoph Schug Christoph Schug wrote: On Mon, Jun 02, 2008, kalin m wrote: thanks Vince... i didnt wanted to install the linux base because a lot of kids will be running some 'cool' boards or blogs that probably have cool linux holes too. but just for the hell of it and for he purpose to get to the controller i did. it took a while to find the Linux_MegaCli_1.01.09.zip. it's not on the freebsd site and not on the LSI site (anymore) either.. anyway after a lot of rpm downloads and patching and variable changing and fs mountings i get this: # /usr/local/sbin/megacli -adpCount ERROR:Could not detect controller. Controller Count: 0. From my experience there are some pitfalls when using the sysutils/linux-megacli port. First of all you need the mfi_linux.ko kernel module loaded. Moreover, this module has to be loaded _before_ the Linux ABI stuff (linux.ko, linprocfs.ko, linsysfs.ko). So starting with a pretty sane list of loaded kernel modules ... | # kldstat | Id Refs AddressSize Name |13 0x8010 6eeea8 kernel |21 0x807ef000 14d0 accf_http.ko |31 0xb449f000 1fce nullfs.ko | # kldload mfi_linux.ko | # kldload linprocfs.ko linsysfs.ko | # kldstat | Id Refs AddressSize Name |1 15 0x8010 6eeea8 kernel |21 0x807ef000 14d0 accf_http.ko |31 0xb449f000 1fce nullfs.ko |71 0xb44a1000 3af mfi_linux.ko |83 0xb44a2000 18a6alinux.ko |91 0xb44bb000 350c linprocfs.ko | 101 0xb469a000 9d3 linsysfs.ko | # mount -t linprocfs linproc /compat/linux/proc | # mount -t linsysfs linsys /compat/linux/sys | # cat /compat/linux/sys/class/scsi_host/host*/proc_name | megaraid_sas | megaraid_sas In case you haven't loaded mfi_linux.ko before the other Linux ABI stuff, you will see '(null)' entries here instead of 'megaraid_sas'. Furthermore, the compat.linux.osrelease sysctl should be set to 2.6.12. | # sysctl -w compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.12 | compat.linux.osrelease: 2.4.2 - 2.6.12 If everything is fine, you should be able to query your RAID controller: | # megacli -LDInfo -LALL -aALL | grep ^State: | State: Optimal | State: Optimal This has been tested on a Dell PowerEdge 2970 with both an PERC5/i and PERC5/e controller running FreeBSD 7.0/amd64. | # pciconf -lv | grep ^mfi | [EMAIL PROTECTED]:8:14:0: class=0x010400 card=0x1f031028 chip=0x00151028 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 | [EMAIL PROTECTED]:15:14:0: class=0x010400 card=0x1f011028 chip=0x00151028 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 -cs ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mfi freebsd7
Great info, Kalin. I have several boxes with LSI controllers, the PERC 5i works wonderfully with FreeBSD (though the Dell 6850 sucks), and I have a couple boxes with Supermicro boards with built-in LSI MegaRaid, however it's done in software. This means that the mfi controller works fine as individual disks, but will not support any RAID levels in FreeBSD. You're probably almost as well off using gmirror anyway. I've started using 3ware cards again after a bit of a hiatus and they work great, and the FreeBSD support is good. My next experiment is going to be some HighPoint cards. I'm not sure at this point I wold trust them with my important data, but what's cool is they are very inexpensive cards, show up in computer stores like Fry's, and seem to have pretty decent FreeBSD support for their size. I'm going to try an 8-port in my desktop (I use it for some pretty serious MySQL work at times) soon... IMHO if the cards are decent it'd be nice to reward them for their efforts by putting some money their way. -Patrick 2008/6/11 kalin m [EMAIL PROTECTED]: in case somebody gets stuck as i was - here are detailed instruction and the CORRECT ORDER in which the needed kernel modules HAVE to be loaded in order for the megacli to work properly... big thanks to Christoph Schug Christoph Schug wrote: On Mon, Jun 02, 2008, kalin m wrote: thanks Vince... i didnt wanted to install the linux base because a lot of kids will be running some 'cool' boards or blogs that probably have cool linux holes too. but just for the hell of it and for he purpose to get to the controller i did. it took a while to find the Linux_MegaCli_1.01.09.zip. it's not on the freebsd site and not on the LSI site (anymore) either.. anyway after a lot of rpm downloads and patching and variable changing and fs mountings i get this: # /usr/local/sbin/megacli -adpCount ERROR:Could not detect controller. Controller Count: 0. From my experience there are some pitfalls when using the sysutils/linux-megacli port. First of all you need the mfi_linux.ko kernel module loaded. Moreover, this module has to be loaded _before_ the Linux ABI stuff (linux.ko, linprocfs.ko, linsysfs.ko). So starting with a pretty sane list of loaded kernel modules ... | # kldstat | Id Refs AddressSize Name |13 0x8010 6eeea8 kernel |21 0x807ef000 14d0 accf_http.ko |31 0xb449f000 1fce nullfs.ko | # kldload mfi_linux.ko | # kldload linprocfs.ko linsysfs.ko | # kldstat | Id Refs AddressSize Name |1 15 0x8010 6eeea8 kernel |21 0x807ef000 14d0 accf_http.ko |31 0xb449f000 1fce nullfs.ko |71 0xb44a1000 3af mfi_linux.ko |83 0xb44a2000 18a6alinux.ko |91 0xb44bb000 350c linprocfs.ko | 101 0xb469a000 9d3 linsysfs.ko | # mount -t linprocfs linproc /compat/linux/proc | # mount -t linsysfs linsys /compat/linux/sys | # cat /compat/linux/sys/class/scsi_host/host*/proc_name | megaraid_sas | megaraid_sas In case you haven't loaded mfi_linux.ko before the other Linux ABI stuff, you will see '(null)' entries here instead of 'megaraid_sas'. Furthermore, the compat.linux.osrelease sysctl should be set to 2.6.12. | # sysctl -w compat.linux.osrelease=2.6.12 | compat.linux.osrelease: 2.4.2 - 2.6.12 If everything is fine, you should be able to query your RAID controller: | # megacli -LDInfo -LALL -aALL | grep ^State: | State: Optimal | State: Optimal This has been tested on a Dell PowerEdge 2970 with both an PERC5/i and PERC5/e controller running FreeBSD 7.0/amd64. | # pciconf -lv | grep ^mfi | [EMAIL PROTECTED]:8:14:0: class=0x010400 card=0x1f031028 chip=0x00151028 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 | [EMAIL PROTECTED]:15:14:0: class=0x010400 card=0x1f011028 chip=0x00151028 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 -cs ___ 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: mfi freebsd7
hi vince... thank you for the advice. i did update my ports and install the 1.01.40 version... i have the linux-base installed and the linprocfs and linsysfs mounted.. but still nothing substantial happening: # megacli -adpCount Controller Count: 0. any other ideas?! thanks... Vince Hoffman wrote: kalin m wrote: sorry for the double posting just to update: i installed also the linux-megamgr same result: Failed to open driver node /dev/megadev0 after linking megadev0 to mfi0 it can not see the version... it gets more and more pathetic by the minute... odd that it wouldnt install as it did for me just now. Is your ports tree up to date? I'm guessing not since the latest version reference in ports is 1.01.40 and you found and got the 1.01.09 rpm/zip try updating your ports to the latest tree (portsnap is my method of choice but csup works fine too :) then try cd /usr/ports/sysutils/linux-megacli make install clean Be sure to pay attention to the post-install message as it tells you about whats needed in the way of kernel modules and sysctl variables as well as what periodic config is available. We do have a server at work using the LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 1078 which hosts 40 VPS's running quite happily in a RAID 1+0 config, each VPS running web/mail/ftp for a number between 1 and 100 websites, so they seem to perform well enough, this is a linux server though. If you've been sold a RAID1 array i'd imagine thats what you have unless you have reason to believe otherwise. It will appear as a singe block device (/dev/mfid0) to the operating system though as you have see. Vince kalin m wrote: thanks Vince... i didnt wanted to install the linux base because a lot of kids will be running some 'cool' boards or blogs that probably have cool linux holes too. but just for the hell of it and for he purpose to get to the controller i did. it took a while to find the Linux_MegaCli_1.01.09.zip. it's not on the freebsd site and not on the LSI site (anymore) either.. anyway after a lot of rpm downloads and patching and variable changing and fs mountings i get this: # /usr/local/sbin/megacli -adpCount ERROR:Could not detect controller. Controller Count: 0. pretty neat system... now what?! Vince Hoffman wrote: kalin m wrote: megarc, right... read about it.. here: # megarc -AllAdpInfo help usage : cmd -AllAdpInfo : prints info of all cards . ok . # megarc -AllAdpInfo ** MEGARC MegaRAID Configuration Utility(FreeBSD)-1.04(03-02-2005) By LSI Logic Corp.,USA ** [Note: For SATA-2, 4 and 6 channel controllers, please specify Ch=0 Id=0..15 for specifying physical drive(Ch=channel, Id=Target)] Type ? as command line arg for help No Adapters Found Error: No MegaRaid Found ?!?!?! does that mean that there is no raid? why then the df output? the machine is supposed to have 4 250gig SAS drives. Its more likely that megarc doesnt support the newer controllers which is a shame. you might have more luck with sysutils/linux-megacli since that explicitly mentions LSI MegaRAID SAS, I wish they would make the util open source though. Will mean you need the linux-base port installed and linux.ko loaded. A RAID1 config shoudl suit a busy webserver well. Vicne thanks... Vince Hoffman wrote: kalin m wrote: hi all... a hosting facility build a new dedicated server for me and looking at the dmesg i see: mfi0: LSI MegaSAS 1078 port 0xec00-0xecff mem 0xfc48-0xfc4b,0xfc44-0xfc47 irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 2.00 for df i get: Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/mfid0s1a496M197M259M43%/ devfs1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev /dev/mfid0s1e496M 12K456M 0%/tmp /dev/mfid0s1f661G636M608G 0%/usr /dev/mfid0s1d8.7G1.4M8.0G 0%/var i asked for raid1. i cant find too much information about the mfi driver. just that it works with freebsd 7. you might want to look at sysutils/megarc and possibly sysutils/linux-megamgr so you can more closely monitor/investigate your array. Vince i'll keep looking but - has anybody successfully deployed production servers using the LSI MegaSAS 1078 in RAID1 on a very busy web server? is there any loss in performance using that hardware in RAID1? any performance loss in RAID1 at all? thanks... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL
Re: mfi freebsd7
ok... i guess i've had it with the mfi according to the hardware list on the freebsd site there are only 3 cards supported by the mfi driver on freebsd7 and the LSI MegaSAS 1078 ain't one of them. and lsi appears to be a remote company in singapore which apparently doesn't like to support anything that has bsd in it's name. i'll be asking the hosting company to replace the card. would like to hear from the list which SAS ones would be recommended - fully supported and have usable control/stats interfaces - and which ones to stay away from. would appreciate any advice... thanks kalin m wrote: hi vince... thank you for the advice. i did update my ports and install the 1.01.40 version... i have the linux-base installed and the linprocfs and linsysfs mounted.. but still nothing substantial happening: # megacli -adpCount Controller Count: 0. any other ideas?! thanks... Vince Hoffman wrote: kalin m wrote: sorry for the double posting just to update: i installed also the linux-megamgr same result: Failed to open driver node /dev/megadev0 after linking megadev0 to mfi0 it can not see the version... it gets more and more pathetic by the minute... odd that it wouldnt install as it did for me just now. Is your ports tree up to date? I'm guessing not since the latest version reference in ports is 1.01.40 and you found and got the 1.01.09 rpm/zip try updating your ports to the latest tree (portsnap is my method of choice but csup works fine too :) then try cd /usr/ports/sysutils/linux-megacli make install clean Be sure to pay attention to the post-install message as it tells you about whats needed in the way of kernel modules and sysctl variables as well as what periodic config is available. We do have a server at work using the LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 1078 which hosts 40 VPS's running quite happily in a RAID 1+0 config, each VPS running web/mail/ftp for a number between 1 and 100 websites, so they seem to perform well enough, this is a linux server though. If you've been sold a RAID1 array i'd imagine thats what you have unless you have reason to believe otherwise. It will appear as a singe block device (/dev/mfid0) to the operating system though as you have see. Vince kalin m wrote: thanks Vince... i didnt wanted to install the linux base because a lot of kids will be running some 'cool' boards or blogs that probably have cool linux holes too. but just for the hell of it and for he purpose to get to the controller i did. it took a while to find the Linux_MegaCli_1.01.09.zip. it's not on the freebsd site and not on the LSI site (anymore) either.. anyway after a lot of rpm downloads and patching and variable changing and fs mountings i get this: # /usr/local/sbin/megacli -adpCount ERROR:Could not detect controller. Controller Count: 0. pretty neat system... now what?! Vince Hoffman wrote: kalin m wrote: megarc, right... read about it.. here: # megarc -AllAdpInfo help usage : cmd -AllAdpInfo : prints info of all cards . ok . # megarc -AllAdpInfo ** MEGARC MegaRAID Configuration Utility(FreeBSD)-1.04(03-02-2005) By LSI Logic Corp.,USA ** [Note: For SATA-2, 4 and 6 channel controllers, please specify Ch=0 Id=0..15 for specifying physical drive(Ch=channel, Id=Target)] Type ? as command line arg for help No Adapters Found Error: No MegaRaid Found ?!?!?! does that mean that there is no raid? why then the df output? the machine is supposed to have 4 250gig SAS drives. Its more likely that megarc doesnt support the newer controllers which is a shame. you might have more luck with sysutils/linux-megacli since that explicitly mentions LSI MegaRAID SAS, I wish they would make the util open source though. Will mean you need the linux-base port installed and linux.ko loaded. A RAID1 config shoudl suit a busy webserver well. Vicne thanks... Vince Hoffman wrote: kalin m wrote: hi all... a hosting facility build a new dedicated server for me and looking at the dmesg i see: mfi0: LSI MegaSAS 1078 port 0xec00-0xecff mem 0xfc48-0xfc4b,0xfc44-0xfc47 irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 2.00 for df i get: Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/mfid0s1a496M197M259M43%/ devfs1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev /dev/mfid0s1e496M 12K456M 0%/tmp /dev/mfid0s1f661G636M608G 0%/usr /dev/mfid0s1d8.7G1.4M8.0G 0%/var i asked for raid1. i cant find too much information about the mfi driver. just that it works with freebsd 7.
Re: mfi freebsd7
kalin m wrote: sorry for the double posting just to update: i installed also the linux-megamgr same result: Failed to open driver node /dev/megadev0 after linking megadev0 to mfi0 it can not see the version... it gets more and more pathetic by the minute... odd that it wouldnt install as it did for me just now. Is your ports tree up to date? I'm guessing not since the latest version reference in ports is 1.01.40 and you found and got the 1.01.09 rpm/zip try updating your ports to the latest tree (portsnap is my method of choice but csup works fine too :) then try cd /usr/ports/sysutils/linux-megacli make install clean Be sure to pay attention to the post-install message as it tells you about whats needed in the way of kernel modules and sysctl variables as well as what periodic config is available. We do have a server at work using the LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 1078 which hosts 40 VPS's running quite happily in a RAID 1+0 config, each VPS running web/mail/ftp for a number between 1 and 100 websites, so they seem to perform well enough, this is a linux server though. If you've been sold a RAID1 array i'd imagine thats what you have unless you have reason to believe otherwise. It will appear as a singe block device (/dev/mfid0) to the operating system though as you have see. Vince kalin m wrote: thanks Vince... i didnt wanted to install the linux base because a lot of kids will be running some 'cool' boards or blogs that probably have cool linux holes too. but just for the hell of it and for he purpose to get to the controller i did. it took a while to find the Linux_MegaCli_1.01.09.zip. it's not on the freebsd site and not on the LSI site (anymore) either.. anyway after a lot of rpm downloads and patching and variable changing and fs mountings i get this: # /usr/local/sbin/megacli -adpCount ERROR:Could not detect controller. Controller Count: 0. pretty neat system... now what?! Vince Hoffman wrote: kalin m wrote: megarc, right... read about it.. here: # megarc -AllAdpInfo help usage : cmd -AllAdpInfo : prints info of all cards . ok . # megarc -AllAdpInfo ** MEGARC MegaRAID Configuration Utility(FreeBSD)-1.04(03-02-2005) By LSI Logic Corp.,USA ** [Note: For SATA-2, 4 and 6 channel controllers, please specify Ch=0 Id=0..15 for specifying physical drive(Ch=channel, Id=Target)] Type ? as command line arg for help No Adapters Found Error: No MegaRaid Found ?!?!?! does that mean that there is no raid? why then the df output? the machine is supposed to have 4 250gig SAS drives. Its more likely that megarc doesnt support the newer controllers which is a shame. you might have more luck with sysutils/linux-megacli since that explicitly mentions LSI MegaRAID SAS, I wish they would make the util open source though. Will mean you need the linux-base port installed and linux.ko loaded. A RAID1 config shoudl suit a busy webserver well. Vicne thanks... Vince Hoffman wrote: kalin m wrote: hi all... a hosting facility build a new dedicated server for me and looking at the dmesg i see: mfi0: LSI MegaSAS 1078 port 0xec00-0xecff mem 0xfc48-0xfc4b,0xfc44-0xfc47 irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 2.00 for df i get: Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/mfid0s1a496M197M259M43%/ devfs1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev /dev/mfid0s1e496M 12K456M 0%/tmp /dev/mfid0s1f661G636M608G 0%/usr /dev/mfid0s1d8.7G1.4M8.0G 0%/var i asked for raid1. i cant find too much information about the mfi driver. just that it works with freebsd 7. you might want to look at sysutils/megarc and possibly sysutils/linux-megamgr so you can more closely monitor/investigate your array. Vince i'll keep looking but - has anybody successfully deployed production servers using the LSI MegaSAS 1078 in RAID1 on a very busy web server? is there any loss in performance using that hardware in RAID1? any performance loss in RAID1 at all? thanks... ___ 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
mfi freebsd7
hi all... a hosting facility build a new dedicated server for me and looking at the dmesg i see: mfi0: LSI MegaSAS 1078 port 0xec00-0xecff mem 0xfc48-0xfc4b,0xfc44-0xfc47 irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 2.00 for df i get: Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/mfid0s1a496M197M259M43%/ devfs1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev /dev/mfid0s1e496M 12K456M 0%/tmp /dev/mfid0s1f661G636M608G 0%/usr /dev/mfid0s1d8.7G1.4M8.0G 0%/var i asked for raid1. i cant find too much information about the mfi driver. just that it works with freebsd 7. i'll keep looking but - has anybody successfully deployed production servers using the LSI MegaSAS 1078 in RAID1 on a very busy web server? is there any loss in performance using that hardware in RAID1? any performance loss in RAID1 at all? thanks... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mfi freebsd7
kalin m wrote: hi all... a hosting facility build a new dedicated server for me and looking at the dmesg i see: mfi0: LSI MegaSAS 1078 port 0xec00-0xecff mem 0xfc48-0xfc4b,0xfc44-0xfc47 irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 2.00 for df i get: Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/mfid0s1a496M197M259M43%/ devfs1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev /dev/mfid0s1e496M 12K456M 0%/tmp /dev/mfid0s1f661G636M608G 0%/usr /dev/mfid0s1d8.7G1.4M8.0G 0%/var i asked for raid1. i cant find too much information about the mfi driver. just that it works with freebsd 7. you might want to look at sysutils/megarc and possibly sysutils/linux-megamgr so you can more closely monitor/investigate your array. Vince i'll keep looking but - has anybody successfully deployed production servers using the LSI MegaSAS 1078 in RAID1 on a very busy web server? is there any loss in performance using that hardware in RAID1? any performance loss in RAID1 at all? thanks... ___ 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: mfi freebsd7
megarc, right... read about it.. here: # megarc -AllAdpInfo help usage : cmd -AllAdpInfo : prints info of all cards . ok . # megarc -AllAdpInfo ** MEGARC MegaRAID Configuration Utility(FreeBSD)-1.04(03-02-2005) By LSI Logic Corp.,USA ** [Note: For SATA-2, 4 and 6 channel controllers, please specify Ch=0 Id=0..15 for specifying physical drive(Ch=channel, Id=Target)] Type ? as command line arg for help No Adapters Found Error: No MegaRaid Found ?!?!?! does that mean that there is no raid? why then the df output? the machine is supposed to have 4 250gig SAS drives. thanks... Vince Hoffman wrote: kalin m wrote: hi all... a hosting facility build a new dedicated server for me and looking at the dmesg i see: mfi0: LSI MegaSAS 1078 port 0xec00-0xecff mem 0xfc48-0xfc4b,0xfc44-0xfc47 irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 2.00 for df i get: Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/mfid0s1a496M197M259M43%/ devfs1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev /dev/mfid0s1e496M 12K456M 0%/tmp /dev/mfid0s1f661G636M608G 0%/usr /dev/mfid0s1d8.7G1.4M8.0G 0%/var i asked for raid1. i cant find too much information about the mfi driver. just that it works with freebsd 7. you might want to look at sysutils/megarc and possibly sysutils/linux-megamgr so you can more closely monitor/investigate your array. Vince i'll keep looking but - has anybody successfully deployed production servers using the LSI MegaSAS 1078 in RAID1 on a very busy web server? is there any loss in performance using that hardware in RAID1? any performance loss in RAID1 at all? thanks... ___ 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: mfi freebsd7
kalin m wrote: megarc, right... read about it.. here: # megarc -AllAdpInfo help usage : cmd -AllAdpInfo : prints info of all cards . ok . # megarc -AllAdpInfo ** MEGARC MegaRAID Configuration Utility(FreeBSD)-1.04(03-02-2005) By LSI Logic Corp.,USA ** [Note: For SATA-2, 4 and 6 channel controllers, please specify Ch=0 Id=0..15 for specifying physical drive(Ch=channel, Id=Target)] Type ? as command line arg for help No Adapters Found Error: No MegaRaid Found ?!?!?! does that mean that there is no raid? why then the df output? the machine is supposed to have 4 250gig SAS drives. Its more likely that megarc doesnt support the newer controllers which is a shame. you might have more luck with sysutils/linux-megacli since that explicitly mentions LSI MegaRAID SAS, I wish they would make the util open source though. Will mean you need the linux-base port installed and linux.ko loaded. A RAID1 config shoudl suit a busy webserver well. Vicne thanks... Vince Hoffman wrote: kalin m wrote: hi all... a hosting facility build a new dedicated server for me and looking at the dmesg i see: mfi0: LSI MegaSAS 1078 port 0xec00-0xecff mem 0xfc48-0xfc4b,0xfc44-0xfc47 irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 2.00 for df i get: Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/mfid0s1a496M197M259M43%/ devfs1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev /dev/mfid0s1e496M 12K456M 0%/tmp /dev/mfid0s1f661G636M608G 0%/usr /dev/mfid0s1d8.7G1.4M8.0G 0%/var i asked for raid1. i cant find too much information about the mfi driver. just that it works with freebsd 7. you might want to look at sysutils/megarc and possibly sysutils/linux-megamgr so you can more closely monitor/investigate your array. Vince i'll keep looking but - has anybody successfully deployed production servers using the LSI MegaSAS 1078 in RAID1 on a very busy web server? is there any loss in performance using that hardware in RAID1? any performance loss in RAID1 at all? thanks... ___ 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] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mfi freebsd7
thanks Vince... i didnt wanted to install the linux base because a lot of kids will be running some 'cool' boards or blogs that probably have cool linux holes too. but just for the hell of it and for he purpose to get to the controller i did. it took a while to find the Linux_MegaCli_1.01.09.zip. it's not on the freebsd site and not on the LSI site (anymore) either.. anyway after a lot of rpm downloads and patching and variable changing and fs mountings i get this: # /usr/local/sbin/megacli -adpCount ERROR:Could not detect controller. Controller Count: 0. pretty neat system... now what?! Vince Hoffman wrote: kalin m wrote: megarc, right... read about it.. here: # megarc -AllAdpInfo help usage : cmd -AllAdpInfo : prints info of all cards . ok . # megarc -AllAdpInfo ** MEGARC MegaRAID Configuration Utility(FreeBSD)-1.04(03-02-2005) By LSI Logic Corp.,USA ** [Note: For SATA-2, 4 and 6 channel controllers, please specify Ch=0 Id=0..15 for specifying physical drive(Ch=channel, Id=Target)] Type ? as command line arg for help No Adapters Found Error: No MegaRaid Found ?!?!?! does that mean that there is no raid? why then the df output? the machine is supposed to have 4 250gig SAS drives. Its more likely that megarc doesnt support the newer controllers which is a shame. you might have more luck with sysutils/linux-megacli since that explicitly mentions LSI MegaRAID SAS, I wish they would make the util open source though. Will mean you need the linux-base port installed and linux.ko loaded. A RAID1 config shoudl suit a busy webserver well. Vicne thanks... Vince Hoffman wrote: kalin m wrote: hi all... a hosting facility build a new dedicated server for me and looking at the dmesg i see: mfi0: LSI MegaSAS 1078 port 0xec00-0xecff mem 0xfc48-0xfc4b,0xfc44-0xfc47 irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 2.00 for df i get: Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/mfid0s1a496M197M259M43%/ devfs1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev /dev/mfid0s1e496M 12K456M 0%/tmp /dev/mfid0s1f661G636M608G 0%/usr /dev/mfid0s1d8.7G1.4M8.0G 0%/var i asked for raid1. i cant find too much information about the mfi driver. just that it works with freebsd 7. you might want to look at sysutils/megarc and possibly sysutils/linux-megamgr so you can more closely monitor/investigate your array. Vince i'll keep looking but - has anybody successfully deployed production servers using the LSI MegaSAS 1078 in RAID1 on a very busy web server? is there any loss in performance using that hardware in RAID1? any performance loss in RAID1 at all? thanks... ___ 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] ___ 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: mfi freebsd7
thanks Vince... i didnt wanted to install the linux base because a lot of kids will be running some 'cool' boards or blogs that probably have cool linux holes too. but just for the hell of it and for he purpose to get to the controller i did. it took a while to find the Linux_MegaCli_1.01.09.zip. it's not on the freebsd site and not on the LSI site (anymore) either.. anyway after a lot of rpm downloads and patching and variable changing and fs mountings i get this: # /usr/local/sbin/megacli -adpCount ERROR:Could not detect controller. Controller Count: 0. pretty neat system... now what?! Vince Hoffman wrote: kalin m wrote: megarc, right... read about it.. here: # megarc -AllAdpInfo help usage : cmd -AllAdpInfo : prints info of all cards . ok . # megarc -AllAdpInfo ** MEGARC MegaRAID Configuration Utility(FreeBSD)-1.04(03-02-2005) By LSI Logic Corp.,USA ** [Note: For SATA-2, 4 and 6 channel controllers, please specify Ch=0 Id=0..15 for specifying physical drive(Ch=channel, Id=Target)] Type ? as command line arg for help No Adapters Found Error: No MegaRaid Found ?!?!?! does that mean that there is no raid? why then the df output? the machine is supposed to have 4 250gig SAS drives. Its more likely that megarc doesnt support the newer controllers which is a shame. you might have more luck with sysutils/linux-megacli since that explicitly mentions LSI MegaRAID SAS, I wish they would make the util open source though. Will mean you need the linux-base port installed and linux.ko loaded. A RAID1 config shoudl suit a busy webserver well. Vicne thanks... Vince Hoffman wrote: kalin m wrote: hi all... a hosting facility build a new dedicated server for me and looking at the dmesg i see: mfi0: LSI MegaSAS 1078 port 0xec00-0xecff mem 0xfc48-0xfc4b,0xfc44-0xfc47 irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 2.00 for df i get: Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/mfid0s1a496M197M259M43%/ devfs1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev /dev/mfid0s1e496M 12K456M 0%/tmp /dev/mfid0s1f661G636M608G 0%/usr /dev/mfid0s1d8.7G1.4M8.0G 0%/var i asked for raid1. i cant find too much information about the mfi driver. just that it works with freebsd 7. you might want to look at sysutils/megarc and possibly sysutils/linux-megamgr so you can more closely monitor/investigate your array. Vince i'll keep looking but - has anybody successfully deployed production servers using the LSI MegaSAS 1078 in RAID1 on a very busy web server? is there any loss in performance using that hardware in RAID1? any performance loss in RAID1 at all? thanks... ___ 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] ___ 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: mfi freebsd7
sorry for the double posting just to update: i installed also the linux-megamgr same result: Failed to open driver node /dev/megadev0 after linking megadev0 to mfi0 it can not see the version... it gets more and more pathetic by the minute... kalin m wrote: thanks Vince... i didnt wanted to install the linux base because a lot of kids will be running some 'cool' boards or blogs that probably have cool linux holes too. but just for the hell of it and for he purpose to get to the controller i did. it took a while to find the Linux_MegaCli_1.01.09.zip. it's not on the freebsd site and not on the LSI site (anymore) either.. anyway after a lot of rpm downloads and patching and variable changing and fs mountings i get this: # /usr/local/sbin/megacli -adpCount ERROR:Could not detect controller. Controller Count: 0. pretty neat system... now what?! Vince Hoffman wrote: kalin m wrote: megarc, right... read about it.. here: # megarc -AllAdpInfo help usage : cmd -AllAdpInfo : prints info of all cards . ok . # megarc -AllAdpInfo ** MEGARC MegaRAID Configuration Utility(FreeBSD)-1.04(03-02-2005) By LSI Logic Corp.,USA ** [Note: For SATA-2, 4 and 6 channel controllers, please specify Ch=0 Id=0..15 for specifying physical drive(Ch=channel, Id=Target)] Type ? as command line arg for help No Adapters Found Error: No MegaRaid Found ?!?!?! does that mean that there is no raid? why then the df output? the machine is supposed to have 4 250gig SAS drives. Its more likely that megarc doesnt support the newer controllers which is a shame. you might have more luck with sysutils/linux-megacli since that explicitly mentions LSI MegaRAID SAS, I wish they would make the util open source though. Will mean you need the linux-base port installed and linux.ko loaded. A RAID1 config shoudl suit a busy webserver well. Vicne thanks... Vince Hoffman wrote: kalin m wrote: hi all... a hosting facility build a new dedicated server for me and looking at the dmesg i see: mfi0: LSI MegaSAS 1078 port 0xec00-0xecff mem 0xfc48-0xfc4b,0xfc44-0xfc47 irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 2.00 for df i get: Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/mfid0s1a496M197M259M43%/ devfs1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev /dev/mfid0s1e496M 12K456M 0%/tmp /dev/mfid0s1f661G636M608G 0%/usr /dev/mfid0s1d8.7G1.4M8.0G 0%/var i asked for raid1. i cant find too much information about the mfi driver. just that it works with freebsd 7. you might want to look at sysutils/megarc and possibly sysutils/linux-megamgr so you can more closely monitor/investigate your array. Vince i'll keep looking but - has anybody successfully deployed production servers using the LSI MegaSAS 1078 in RAID1 on a very busy web server? is there any loss in performance using that hardware in RAID1? any performance loss in RAID1 at all? thanks... ___ 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] ___ 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: mfi freebsd7
On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 19:31 -0400, kalin m wrote: sorry for the double posting just to update: Talk to to your local Dell flunky -- they bought into that LSI/QLogic chipset knowing full well that LSI/QLogic's business model was not F/OSS friendly. ~BAS i installed also the linux-megamgr same result: Failed to open driver node /dev/megadev0 after linking megadev0 to mfi0 it can not see the version... it gets more and more pathetic by the minute... kalin m wrote: thanks Vince... i didnt wanted to install the linux base because a lot of kids will be running some 'cool' boards or blogs that probably have cool linux holes too. but just for the hell of it and for he purpose to get to the controller i did. it took a while to find the Linux_MegaCli_1.01.09.zip. it's not on the freebsd site and not on the LSI site (anymore) either.. anyway after a lot of rpm downloads and patching and variable changing and fs mountings i get this: # /usr/local/sbin/megacli -adpCount ERROR:Could not detect controller. Controller Count: 0. pretty neat system... now what?! Vince Hoffman wrote: kalin m wrote: megarc, right... read about it.. here: # megarc -AllAdpInfo help usage : cmd -AllAdpInfo : prints info of all cards . ok . # megarc -AllAdpInfo ** MEGARC MegaRAID Configuration Utility(FreeBSD)-1.04(03-02-2005) By LSI Logic Corp.,USA ** [Note: For SATA-2, 4 and 6 channel controllers, please specify Ch=0 Id=0..15 for specifying physical drive(Ch=channel, Id=Target)] Type ? as command line arg for help No Adapters Found Error: No MegaRaid Found ?!?!?! does that mean that there is no raid? why then the df output? the machine is supposed to have 4 250gig SAS drives. Its more likely that megarc doesnt support the newer controllers which is a shame. you might have more luck with sysutils/linux-megacli since that explicitly mentions LSI MegaRAID SAS, I wish they would make the util open source though. Will mean you need the linux-base port installed and linux.ko loaded. A RAID1 config shoudl suit a busy webserver well. Vicne thanks... Vince Hoffman wrote: kalin m wrote: hi all... a hosting facility build a new dedicated server for me and looking at the dmesg i see: mfi0: LSI MegaSAS 1078 port 0xec00-0xecff mem 0xfc48-0xfc4b,0xfc44-0xfc47 irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1 mfi0: Megaraid SAS driver Ver 2.00 for df i get: Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/mfid0s1a496M197M259M43%/ devfs1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev /dev/mfid0s1e496M 12K456M 0%/tmp /dev/mfid0s1f661G636M608G 0%/usr /dev/mfid0s1d8.7G1.4M8.0G 0%/var i asked for raid1. i cant find too much information about the mfi driver. just that it works with freebsd 7. you might want to look at sysutils/megarc and possibly sysutils/linux-megamgr so you can more closely monitor/investigate your array. Vince i'll keep looking but - has anybody successfully deployed production servers using the LSI MegaSAS 1078 in RAID1 on a very busy web server? is there any loss in performance using that hardware in RAID1? any performance loss in RAID1 at all? thanks... ___ 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] ___ 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] -- Brian A. Seklecki [EMAIL
