Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:18:20 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> To: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adaptec 2120s RAID Controller with 4.7-RELEASE ... alternative? Message-ID: <20030127151711.J22851@hub.org> In-Reply-To: <3E34AAF6.4080902@btc.adaptec.com> References: <20030126223025.X15704@hub.org> <3E34AAF6.4080902@btc.adaptec.com>
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On Sun, 26 Jan 2003, Scott Long wrote: > Yes, this checkin addresses the last known problems in the driver. If you > can update to 4-STABLE, the driver will work. 'K, thanks ... > The 'metadata' is saved on each drive that composes the array. It is also > saved in nvram on the card. When you turn on the machine, the card scans > its scsi busses and compares what it finds to what it has stored, and > configures itself accordingly. If you replace the controller, the new > controller will scan the buses, see the drives and arrays, and configure > itself > to use them. It's designed to be pretty seamless and logical in this > respect. what if the drives are put in under different SCSI ids? does it know how to deal with that as well? I tried it with one of the ZCR cards, and it didn't seem to be able to reconfigure itself for the change in ordering, but I may have not done something right ... ? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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