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Date:      Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:24:52 -0600
From:      "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net>
To:        D. Goss <lists@dylangoss.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: SCSI RAID management under FreeBSD 5.x
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On Jul 27, 2005, at 3:19 PM, D. Goss wrote:

> On Jul 27, 2005, at 2:08 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:
>
>>>> What is the Adaptec model for this IBM card?  Most of the  
>>>> standard Adaptec cards seem to have SW that works.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> First, apologies, my fingers slipped - the card is a 6i.  I have  
>>> been unable to locate the Adapec equivalent and I've even seen  
>>> that some cards have been made for them by LSI - the chipset on  
>>> the mobo (xSeries 345) is from LSI.  But in fact the box this  
>>> card came in has both the IBM and Adaptec logos so this one is  
>>> indeed from Adaptec.
>>>
>>> There is a P/N 13N2190 but I can't match it with Adaptec and  
>>> think it's an IBM number.
>>>
>>
>> I assume the card "works", just that you have no management  
>> software for it?
>>
>> If so, what device does it come up under?  What does the dmesg  
>> look like?
>>
>> Chad
>
> Yes, the card works fine - it's only been installed for a short  
> while.  IBM has a bootable CD (forgot if it's Linux or Windows)  
> that I was able to the original config. from.  This will ultimately  
> be a production server that I aim to have up as close to 24/7 as  
> possible - and it will be remotely located - so i was searching for  
> something other than the CD tools in order to check status, etc.  
> with system up.
>
> Here is the dmesg section pertaining to the card:
>
> ips0: <Adaptec ServeRAID Adapter> mem 0xe8000000-0xebffffff, 
> 0xe7fff000-0xe7ffffff irq 18 at device 2.0 on pci8

A quick look at man ips seems to show that that is its own thing.   
You may wish to email the driver writer at the bottom of the man page  
for this to ask about compatibility etc.

I do know that aac and asr based drivers for Adaptec cards do have  
CLI RAID configuration and utility software that runs on FreeBSD

good luck
Chad

> ips0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
>
> -- snip --
>
> ips0: resetting adapter, this may take up to 5 minutes
> ips0: adapter type: ServeRAID 6i (sebring)
> ips0: logical drives: 2
> ips0: Logical Drive 0: RAID0 sectors: 71096320, state OK
> ips0: Logical Drive 1: RAID5 sectors: 142192640, state OK
> ipsd0: <Logical Drive> on ips0
> ipsd0: Logical Drive  (34715MB)
> ipsd1: <Logical Drive> on ips0
> ipsd1: Logical Drive  (69430MB)
>
> thanks -
> d.
>
>

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