Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 15:33:26 +0200 From: "Noor Dawod" <noor@comrax.com> To: "Karl Pielorz" <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Adaptec SCSI RAID 2100S problems. Message-ID: <PHEBIOJOBJJLIIJCOINKMELECPAA.noor@comrax.com> In-Reply-To: <3A3CB4EE.49296E30@tdx.co.uk>
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Thanks Karl for your reply, Regarding termination and cabling, I can only remind you that all works fine when 3 out of 4 disks are being used. The 2100S card uses Digital Processing Technology indeed, but this card is rather new. I've downloaded the newest firmware today, I'll need to upgrade the card first and re-try. Noor -----Original Message----- From: Karl Pielorz [mailto:kpielorz@tdx.co.uk] Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 2:43 PM To: Noor Dawod; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adaptec SCSI RAID 2100S problems. Noor Dawod wrote: > Now, the problems start... One out of 3-4 reboots, the 2100S card > manages to identify all disks, reads the configured settings, and boots > the system (into FreeBSD which I managed to install on a previous reboot > under the configured Array). The other attempts do not succeed, and on > the Disk Cage I see 3 red lights out of 4, indicating that the 2100S > failed to identify disks in those bays. In addition, I hear a > high-volume alarm coming out of the 2100S card indicating a problem. Hi, This doesn't really have a lot to do with FreeBSD?! - Sounds like a hardware problem... You said the card was running SMOR, which means it sounds like it's a re-badged DPT RAID controller (Adaptec bought DPT). I've had similar problems with these before... Make sure the card is running the latest firmware, and if that still doesn't fix the problem - double check cabling, termination etc. - You can also try setting the "Delay" option in SMOR to a higher value, this worked for one of our set-ups... Alternatively, as you pointed out - it could be the different firmware on one of the drives, but at least you've got something to try now :) Regards, Karl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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