From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 18 10:06:49 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E86516A401 for ; Fri, 18 May 2007 10:06:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 617D913C44C for ; Fri, 18 May 2007 10:06:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDESK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l4IA6l70071825; Fri, 18 May 2007 03:06:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Nick Jagger" , Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 03:08:00 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <120655.64916.qm@web57505.mail.re1.yahoo.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1896 Importance: Normal X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]); Fri, 18 May 2007 03:06:48 -0700 (PDT) Cc: Subject: RE: smartmontools on Compaq smart array fails X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 10:06:49 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Nick Jagger > Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 3:19 PM > To: Ted Mittelstaedt; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: smartmontools on Compaq smart array fails > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > smartmontools isn't the appropriate program > > you need to use a program called idacontrol > > get it from ftp.jurai.net/users/winter/idacontrol.tar > > More on PR i386/70482 > > Use smartmontools on ATA disks. Your 360 uses SCSI disks > on a proprietary controller which doesen't support the interface > needed to run it. > ------------------------------- > > Thank you Ted, idacontrol works fine and returns some usefull > information about the attached disk drives. > > I also found this suggestion interesting: > > #define IDA_QCB_MAX = 128 instead of 256 > > in sys/dev/ida/idavar.h > > > > because one of my DL360's resets itself about once a month with a > very similar error as mentioned in thread > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi/2005-September/002034.html > > ida0: soft error > ida_command: out of QCBsida0: ida_timeout() qactive 256 > ida0: IDA_INTERRUPTS > ida0: R_CMD_FIFO: 00000000 > R_DONE_FIFO: 00000000 > R_INT_MASK: 00000000 > R_STATUS: 00000000 > R_INT_PENDING: 00000000Nick > You have one of those that does that too, eh? So do we. I think it is because it's using non-Compaq disk drives, and there is a firmware bug in the drive. Ted