Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:11:18 -0400 From: doug schmidt <douglas.j.schmidt@gmail.com> To: Steve Polyack <korvus@comcast.net> Cc: Peter Steele <psteele@maxiscale.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Support for Dell PERC H700 RAID controller Message-ID: <320306641003260711k687456d5u8a878f472c9b7da6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4BACBE01.8040800@comcast.net> References: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB3B5AACC8@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> <4BACBE01.8040800@comcast.net>
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On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Steve Polyack <korvus@comcast.net> wrote: > On 03/26/10 09:00, Peter Steele wrote: >> >> Does FreeBSD 8 support the Dell H700 RAID controller? We've been using a >> 3Ware controller but may need to switch to this controller. What we'd li= ke >> to have is a command line interface similar to the tw_cli command so we = can >> create RAID sets on a booted system instead of doing it in the BIOS. >> >> > > I'm not sure about the H700, but for the PERC5 and PERC6 (previous > models...) you can use mfiutil(8) to manage the adapter and > create/configure/destroy RAID sets on FreeBSD 8. =A0 It's actually pretty= nice > in comparison to MegaCLI - the LSI provided management utility. mfiutil(8) has also been added to FreeBSD 7.3 >From 7.3 Release notes: The mfi(4) driver now supports LSI MegaRAID SAS 1078 and Dell PERC6. [...] A userland utility mfiutil(8) for the mfi(4) devices has been added. This includes basic features to monitor controller, array, and drive status, change basic attributes, create/delete arrays and spares, and flush the controller firmware. Note that this is a small utility, not a replacement of MegaCLI in the Ports Collection which is supported officially and provides more functionality.
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