Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:12:11 +1000 From: Ivan Carey <ivan@careytech.com.au> To: Alexander Anderson <a.anderson@utoronto.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware Raid on Intel DG965OT Motherboard Message-ID: <46143EDB.3060805@careytech.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20070404113009.GA93829@upful.org> References: <461200AE.4010100@careytech.com.au> <20070404113009.GA93829@upful.org>
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Alexander Anderson wrote: > Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 05:22:22 PM, Ivan Carey wrote: > >> Is there hardware support for this Motherboard Intel DG965OT Motherboard >> in FreeBSD 6.2 I have read the Hardware notes but am unable to determine >> if FreeBSD 6.2 is compatible with Intel DG965OT Motherboard and the on >> board Martix Storage Technology >> I would like to setup a Raid 1 >> >> http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/DG965OT/index.htm >> <http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/DG965OT/index.htm>; >> >> Also are the any concise instruction on how to setup hardware raid 1? I >> have searched the net >> > > I have Intel D975XBX2 with two on-board SATA RAID controllers: one is Intel > Matrix and the other is Marvell storage. I have FreeBSD 6.2 with RAID-5 > using Intel Matrix Storage. It seems to work fine. > > When you set it up, you first have to create a RAID array. When your > machine boots, right after (or before?) you see the screen that takes you > to the BIOS configuration, you'll be prompted to press Ctrl-I (IIRC) and > you'll be taken to RAID controller configuration screen. It's really > straightforward how to create a new array. > > Then, when you boot FreeBSD, you should look at dmesg output. Mine looks > like this: > > ad4: 305245MB <Seagate ST3320620AS 3.AAJ> at ata2-master SATA150 > ad6: 305245MB <Seagate ST3320620AS 3.AAJ> at ata3-master SATA150 > ad8: 305245MB <Seagate ST3320620AS 3.AAJ> at ata4-master SATA150 > ad10: 305245MB <Seagate ST3320620AS 3.AAJ> at ata5-master SATA150 > ar0: 915729MB <Intel MatrixRAID RAID5 (stripe 64 KB)> status: READY > ar0: disk0 READY using ad4 at ata2-master > ar0: disk1 READY using ad8 at ata4-master > ar0: disk2 READY using ad6 at ata3-master > ar0: disk3 READY using ad10 at ata5-master > > FreeBSD installer asked me what drive I wanted to install it to: ad4, ad6, > ad8, ad10, or ar0. Of course, I chose ar0. > > (The second on-board RAID controller, Marvell 88SE6145, seems to be > unsupported under FreeBSD 6.2, unfortunately. It gave me quite some > trouble. But that's another topic.) > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Alexander thanks for the info, How do you know when a drive has failed and how do you rebuild the array, Is this done in the bios or in FreeBSD? Thnaks, Ivan
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