This controller is seen and works when installing debian 7.0 (wheezy) so I think there might be a kernel change since then that is causing the problem. The driver module for this card is mpt2sas. From checking the syslog and kern.log I see the following lines:
kern.log lines 974 - 980: Apr 7 20:05:06 ubuntu kernel: [ 73.331181] mpt2sas0: 64 BIT PCI BUS DMA ADDRESSING SUPPORTED, total mem (7104336 kB) Apr 7 20:05:06 ubuntu kernel: [ 73.331774] mpt2sas0-msix0: PCI-MSI-X enabled: IRQ 102 Apr 7 20:05:06 ubuntu kernel: [ 73.331894] mpt2sas0: iomem(0x0000000080440000), mapped(0xffffc900060b0000), size(16384) Apr 7 20:05:06 ubuntu kernel: [ 73.332061] mpt2sas0: ioport(0x000000000000e000), size(256) Apr 7 20:05:06 ubuntu kernel: [ 73.332293] mpt2sas0: doorbell is in use (line=3032) Apr 7 20:05:06 ubuntu kernel: [ 73.332434] mpt2sas0: _base_get_ioc_facts: handshake failed (r=-14) Apr 7 20:05:06 ubuntu kernel: [ 73.332557] mpt2sas0: sending diag reset !! kern.log lines 1002 - 1003 Apr 7 20:05:06 ubuntu kernel: [ 73.489635] mpt2sas0: diag reset: FAILED Apr 7 20:05:06 ubuntu kernel: [ 73.490246] mpt2sas0: failure at /build/buildd/linux-lts-quantal-3.5.0/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c:8099/_scsih_probe()! Basic info on system: root@ubuntu:~# uname -a Linux ubuntu 3.5.0-23-generic #35~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 25 17:13:26 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Hardware: IBM x3755 type 7164 4x opteron 6234 64GB RAM Symptoms seen when installing from 12.04.02 or 12.10 server install images. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1165954 Title: LSI 9211-it no drives seen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1165954/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
