Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 12:47:46 +0300 From: "Dmitriy Kulikov" <dmitri_koulikov@mail.ru> To: "Wei Shan" <weishan.ang@gmail.com>, <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HP DL380 Gen9 Dumb RAID controller Message-ID: <7A0145BAA1694A6EBC256A6A290B0B82@dmitriypc> References: <CAFe9ZTqEpMwb7AY9pOPu3NHih5KTDbP5cvgupfL6JoMJ8qj7qA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello! I have completely the same problem. Recently I asked a similar question = in all possible ways (mailing lists, conference). https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/hp-gen9-arrays-support.52588/ I propose to share information when it appears. Best regards, Dmitriy -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- Sorry, I found a mismatch between the lists of supported controllers of = driver "ciss". On the website of the developers stated that ciss = supports new disk controlers of servers HP Gen 9 (H240ar, P440ar, etc.). = But in the FreeBSD 10.1 documentation their support is not mentioned. = Does FreeBSD 10 support new disk controlers (H240ar, P440ar) of servers = HP Gen 9? http://cciss.sourceforge.net/ https://www.freebsd.org/releases/10.1R/hardware.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Wei Shan" <weishan.ang@gmail.com> To: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 10:15 AM Subject: HP DL380 Gen9 Dumb RAID controller > Hi all, >=20 > My company is currently looking to use FreeBSD ZFS for our major = upcoming > project. Our hardware vendor is HP and we are looking to purchase HP = DL380 > G9 servers. >=20 > Previously we tested HP DL380 G9 servers with Smart array P420i. We = were > not able to configure the RAID controllers in by-pass mode. Thus, we > configured each disk in RAID 0 config and we have multiple RAID 0 = arrays > for each disk. >=20 > However, I understand that ZFS needs to "see" and manage the disks = directly > and not through RAID controllers. >=20 > I have checked the FreeBSD hardware support matrix but HP H240 HBA > controller is not listed. Can someone recommend me a "dumb" controller > similar to H240 HBA which allows bypass mode so the ZFS can manage the > disks directly. >=20 > HP has the following "dumb" controllers which supports pass through = mode. >=20 > 1. H240 > 2. H240ar > 3. H241 >=20 > Any ideas and recommendations are greatly appreciated. We are under = time > constraint so we are unable to buy 1 server to test. >=20 > Thanks! >=20 > --=20 > Regards, > Ang Wei Shan > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" From owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Thu Jul 30 16:25:24 2015 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B50A79AED2D for <freebsd-hardware@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org>; Thu, 30 Jul 2015 16:25:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from weishan.ang@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ig0-x233.google.com (mail-ig0-x233.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c05::233]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 80C99E2C for <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org>; Thu, 30 Jul 2015 16:25:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from weishan.ang@gmail.com) Received: by igbpg9 with SMTP id pg9so37110098igb.0 for <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org>; Thu, 30 Jul 2015 09:25:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=NJwhb1Qmlr5qRNfaJ3tGBoDyffIpQ1cNbYUQDy130CQ=; b=MQjUZbKoJ7rKHG3zzbhKZsgPas9oVZHDmc5r2R0xJnXl9+StGkC/wN2FZnmMJeL2YO h7soScOzOoXKbfVV2irzdS9PANSqx9qpfXKl2GXWDW32bFZvXDO4GGeZuKAA+SPAtmMx qxRGTx+sQq+nMG8m1AcdiMNrLXGrC/4YqtiQH6Mgn4dLPaYPbPhfEZ3huf2+koEL0L1H 60is5Tn9SbUy9FmNiNEQdbHHHMA1YrizYYtW0JAfKQwDtmbP3q6tFp2/ObvC2bxgw0cZ r8pYG4ot1DyVl9E9ewI8/12uHMKxsWRXphQheoYV4XdyYMikzBSS+x3t6MFdjBYS83Zy IIwQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.43.193 with SMTP id y1mr6662765igl.89.1438273523812; Thu, 30 Jul 2015 09:25:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.79.6.144 with HTTP; Thu, 30 Jul 2015 09:25:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <7A0145BAA1694A6EBC256A6A290B0B82@dmitriypc> References: <CAFe9ZTqEpMwb7AY9pOPu3NHih5KTDbP5cvgupfL6JoMJ8qj7qA@mail.gmail.com> <7A0145BAA1694A6EBC256A6A290B0B82@dmitriypc> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 00:25:23 +0800 Message-ID: <CAFe9ZTq4vxD7deaGVyaJ-3K6yFgdDvgdEysTNyBY7Sv7VRY3kA@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: HP DL380 Gen9 Dumb RAID controller From: Wei Shan <weishan.ang@gmail.com> To: Dmitriy Kulikov <dmitri_koulikov@mail.ru> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware <freebsd-hardware.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-hardware>, <mailto:freebsd-hardware-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hardware/>; List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-hardware-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware>, <mailto:freebsd-hardware-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 16:25:24 -0000 Hi Dmitriy, Thanks for the link. It's extremely helpful. We will proceed to test with the H240 HBA. Will update you if it works :) Btw, We are going to run 10.2 Beta release. On 30 July 2015 at 17:47, Dmitriy Kulikov <dmitri_koulikov@mail.ru> wrote: > Hello! > > I have completely the same problem. Recently I asked a similar question in > all possible ways (mailing lists, conference). > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/hp-gen9-arrays-support.52588/ > I propose to share information when it appears. > Best regards, > Dmitriy > > ------------------------------ > Sorry, I found a mismatch between the lists of supported controllers of > driver "ciss". On the website of the developers stated that ciss supports > new disk controlers of servers HP Gen 9 (H240ar, P440ar, etc.). But in the > FreeBSD 10.1 documentation their support is not mentioned. Does FreeBSD 10 > support new disk controlers (H240ar, P440ar) of servers HP Gen 9? > http://cciss.sourceforge.net/ > https://www.freebsd.org/releases/10.1R/hardware.html > > ------------------------------ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wei Shan" <weishan.ang@gmail.com> > To: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> > Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2015 10:15 AM > Subject: HP DL380 Gen9 Dumb RAID controller > > > Hi all, > > > > My company is currently looking to use FreeBSD ZFS for our major upcoming > > project. Our hardware vendor is HP and we are looking to purchase HP > DL380 > > G9 servers. > > > > Previously we tested HP DL380 G9 servers with Smart array P420i. We were > > not able to configure the RAID controllers in by-pass mode. Thus, we > > configured each disk in RAID 0 config and we have multiple RAID 0 arrays > > for each disk. > > > > However, I understand that ZFS needs to "see" and manage the disks > directly > > and not through RAID controllers. > > > > I have checked the FreeBSD hardware support matrix but HP H240 HBA > > controller is not listed. Can someone recommend me a "dumb" controller > > similar to H240 HBA which allows bypass mode so the ZFS can manage the > > disks directly. > > > > HP has the following "dumb" controllers which supports pass through mode. > > > > 1. H240 > > 2. H240ar > > 3. H241 > > > > Any ideas and recommendations are greatly appreciated. We are under time > > constraint so we are unable to buy 1 server to test. > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Ang Wei Shan > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Ang Wei Shan
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