From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 6 23:44:31 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65223106564A for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 23:44:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robert@robertarnesson.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f54.google.com (mail-ew0-f54.google.com [209.85.215.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 042768FC12 for ; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 23:44:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy28 with SMTP id 28so1300145ewy.13 for ; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:44:30 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.7.216 with SMTP id e24mr1011516ebe.35.1299453385760; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:16:25 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.213.22.210 with HTTP; Sun, 6 Mar 2011 15:16:25 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [213.114.163.41] Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 00:16:25 +0100 Message-ID: From: Robert Arnesson To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: FreeBSD 8.x and Dell PERC H200? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:44:31 -0000 Hi, I'm attempting to install FreeBSD 8.2 on a spanking new Dell R410 server. The install fails during sysinstall on the disk partioning step with the 'no disks found'-error. After some googling the problem seems to be lack of support for the new Dell PERC H200 (and H700 and H800 as well?) raid controllers in FreeBSD. It makes sense, in our case the system detects the card and disks but the OS doesnt. However, the hardware notes for 8.2 states that Dell PERC is supported. I have tried installing 8.1, 8.2 and 9 without success. Has anyone successfully installed FreeBSD on a Dell system with any of the newer PERC H200/700/800 cards? Our system specs: Dell R410, 2x Intel Xeon E5620, 16GB mem, 2x 600GB 15k SAS disks in RAID1, PERC H200A controller card Any input is preciated, Best regards Robert From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 7 14:35:39 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DBCE10656A9 for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2011 14:35:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6CCC8FC13 for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2011 14:35:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (66.111.2.69.static.nyinternet.net [66.111.2.69]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 631C846B03; Mon, 7 Mar 2011 09:35:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from jhbbsd.localnet (unknown [209.249.190.10]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 42A6A8A01B; Mon, 7 Mar 2011 09:35:18 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 09:19:12 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/7.4-CBSD-20110107; KDE/4.4.5; amd64; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201103070919.12075.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:35:18 -0500 (EST) Cc: Robert Arnesson Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.x and Dell PERC H200? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:35:39 -0000 On Sunday, March 06, 2011 6:16:25 pm Robert Arnesson wrote: > Hi, > > I'm attempting to install FreeBSD 8.2 on a spanking new Dell R410 server. > The install fails during sysinstall on the disk partioning step with the 'no > disks found'-error. After some googling the problem seems to be lack of > support for the new Dell PERC H200 (and H700 and H800 as well?) raid > controllers in FreeBSD. It makes sense, in our case the system detects the > card and disks but the OS doesnt. However, the hardware notes for 8.2 states > that Dell PERC is supported. Older PERC controllers are supported by the mfi(4), mpt(4), and amr(4) drivers. > I have tried installing 8.1, 8.2 and 9 without success. Recent 9 and 8-stable after 8.2 have a new mps(4) driver that supports the H200. However, I believe it only supports disks in JBOD mode currently. -- John Baldwin From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 7 15:50:31 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B55381065675 for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2011 15:50:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kevin.wilcox@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 729498FC12 for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2011 15:50:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxl31 with SMTP id 31so1891389yxl.13 for ; Mon, 07 Mar 2011 07:50:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=Ur+uuFE4kbfz6ncLgg0b2BNNM6oCSPPSCPeKK9Gk/mA=; b=k66bGNfvEqjyqNR82wPCrLO6bvXxqTGPTX2Bix1xTMQAavmgwoDOr6K08AxOlxsZIt l+8yp/mipE2Lnw38sAWndskosuYGoLm4YvWoY5I9+FPX6+KFDlPaZKl6WgCgpFEHuTSp 7i4ru7Rw7R+VxJeAkvRS6mNzVCmVvJk06roWY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=Ryau7Sba1ziEA7LxX5C6U6SbnmVYYHFwD8cc93koX6mUDl4f1BQ8tMPSzbukfR095F ZCvZV3z9C07/MLoLVJbs8Hz8Itaxphu5j5AYOvjclm52+VMvAluMVcxY3r4B9DtcLmUQ q7UYR4Annnv4/3mq/zXCLYEj6DlYJ7drok14w= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.168.7 with SMTP id q7mr5099982age.89.1299511268757; Mon, 07 Mar 2011 07:21:08 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.91.206.19 with HTTP; Mon, 7 Mar 2011 07:21:08 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 10:21:08 -0500 Message-ID: From: Kevin Wilcox To: Robert Arnesson Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.x and Dell PERC H200? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:50:31 -0000 On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 18:16, Robert Arnesson wrote: > Has anyone successfully installed FreeBSD on a Dell system with any of the > newer PERC H200/700/800 cards? I can confirm 8.1-RELEASE and 8.2-RELEASE work with the H700. I have them installed on multiple R610s with the H700 controller in RAID5, RAID1 and RAID10. Write speeds are *MUCH* better for me with 8.2. kmw From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 7 17:39:05 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34C4C106566C for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2011 17:39:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robert@robertarnesson.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f54.google.com (mail-ew0-f54.google.com [209.85.215.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C56EC8FC15 for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2011 17:39:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy28 with SMTP id 28so1685418ewy.13 for ; Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:39:03 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.4.77 with SMTP id 13mr1987888ebq.22.1299519542874; Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:39:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.213.16.196 with HTTP; Mon, 7 Mar 2011 09:39:02 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [213.114.163.41] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 18:39:02 +0100 Message-ID: From: Robert Arnesson To: Kevin Wilcox Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.x and Dell PERC H200? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:39:05 -0000 Thanks all for your feedback so far. I will try a snapshot of 8.2>8.2R, with and without the disks in raid-mode, and post the results. I can confirm that 9-current and disks in RAID1 does not work. /Robert On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Kevin Wilcox wrote: > On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 18:16, Robert Arnesson > wrote: > > > Has anyone successfully installed FreeBSD on a Dell system with any of > the > > newer PERC H200/700/800 cards? > > I can confirm 8.1-RELEASE and 8.2-RELEASE work with the H700. I have > them installed on multiple R610s with the H700 controller in RAID5, > RAID1 and RAID10. > > Write speeds are *MUCH* better for me with 8.2. > > kmw > -- Mvh / Best regards Robert Arnesson From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 8 22:47:09 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0780F106564A for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2011 22:47:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from robert@robertarnesson.com) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 959F08FC1A for ; Tue, 8 Mar 2011 22:47:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eyg7 with SMTP id 7so2480491eyg.13 for ; Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:47:07 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.13.14 with SMTP id z14mr827947ebz.25.1299624427128; Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:47:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.213.34.2 with HTTP; Tue, 8 Mar 2011 14:47:07 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [213.114.168.42] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 23:47:07 +0100 Message-ID: From: Robert Arnesson To: Kevin Wilcox Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.x and Dell PERC H200? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:47:09 -0000 A new snapshot of 8.2 worked, but only with the disks in JBOD (unconfigured). Raid0 and Raid1 does not work. /Robert On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Robert Arnesson wrote: > Thanks all for your feedback so far. > > I will try a snapshot of 8.2>8.2R, with and without the disks in raid-mode, > and post the results. I can confirm that 9-current and disks in RAID1 does > not work. > > /Robert > > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Kevin Wilcox wrote: > >> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 18:16, Robert Arnesson >> wrote: >> >> > Has anyone successfully installed FreeBSD on a Dell system with any of >> the >> > newer PERC H200/700/800 cards? >> >> I can confirm 8.1-RELEASE and 8.2-RELEASE work with the H700. I have >> them installed on multiple R610s with the H700 controller in RAID5, >> RAID1 and RAID10. >> >> Write speeds are *MUCH* better for me with 8.2. >> >> kmw >> > > > > -- > Mvh / Best regards > > Robert Arnesson > -- Mvh / Best regards Robert Arnesson From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 9 13:27:15 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44BEE106566C for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2011 13:27:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 088448FC0C for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2011 13:27:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (66.111.2.69.static.nyinternet.net [66.111.2.69]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8FB7B46B35; Wed, 9 Mar 2011 08:27:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from jhbbsd.localnet (unknown [209.249.190.10]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2C9148A01B; Wed, 9 Mar 2011 08:27:14 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 08:20:32 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/7.4-CBSD-20110107; KDE/4.4.5; amd64; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <201103090820.32481.jhb@freebsd.org> Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:27:14 -0500 (EST) Cc: Kevin Wilcox , Robert Arnesson Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.x and Dell PERC H200? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:27:15 -0000 On Tuesday, March 08, 2011 5:47:07 pm Robert Arnesson wrote: > A new snapshot of 8.2 worked, but only with the disks in JBOD > (unconfigured). Raid0 and Raid1 does not work. I believe LSI is working on adding support for logical volumes to mps(4). You can e-mail ken@ to ask about it. > /Robert > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Robert Arnesson > wrote: > > > Thanks all for your feedback so far. > > > > I will try a snapshot of 8.2>8.2R, with and without the disks in raid-mode, > > and post the results. I can confirm that 9-current and disks in RAID1 does > > not work. > > > > /Robert > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Kevin Wilcox wrote: > > > >> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 18:16, Robert Arnesson > >> wrote: > >> > >> > Has anyone successfully installed FreeBSD on a Dell system with any of the > >> > newer PERC H200/700/800 cards? > >> > >> I can confirm 8.1-RELEASE and 8.2-RELEASE work with the H700. I have > >> them installed on multiple R610s with the H700 controller in RAID5, > >> RAID1 and RAID10. > >> > >> Write speeds are *MUCH* better for me with 8.2. -- John Baldwin