Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 08:32:13 -0500 (EST) From: Ashby Gochenour <freebsd@intelos.net> To: "Andrew C. Hornback" <hornback@wireco.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: compaq prolient DL380 SCSI drive question Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0103080825060.20222-100000@flanders.intelos.net> In-Reply-To: <015a01c0a7cf$cdee76c0$0f00000a@eagle>
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Hey Andy, Thanks for your input! I think you are correct. In looking at my dmesg, I see that it does see two logical drives. ida0: drives=2 firm_rev=1.40 idad0: <Compaq Logical Drive> on ida0 idad0: 8670MB (17756160 sectors), blocksize=512 idad1: <Compaq Logical Drive> on ida0 idad1: 17343MB (35520480 sectors), blocksize=512 I rebooted the server a few times and after the integrated smart array controller initializes, it does see two logical drives. The machine says press F10 for system partition utilities. When I press F10, it says System partition utilities are not on this system. I'm a little confused about what type of hardware RAID it is doing now and what I should have it do. This is going to be an email server, FTP server, and may do some NFS. Do you have a suggestion for what type of RAID and partition setup would be best. I am new to RAID and don't fully understand the concept of the the different setups and what I can do with them. Any advice much appriciated! Thank you, Ashby Gochenour Unix Administration Network Operations NTELOS On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Andrew C. Hornback wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working on a machine right now with the same SCSI controller. > > I think what your problem is, from your description, is that there > were RAID arrays defined prior to adding the new drives, and when you > added a new drive, it wasn't tossed into an array, thus FreeBSD sees > it as another device on the SCSI chain. > > Check what the Drive Array Configuration Software tells you. These > controllers are great little pieces, and I love my ProLiant 1500... > but they can be a pain to understand at times. :) > > --- Andy > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of > > freebsd@intelos.net > > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 7:53 AM > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: compaq prolient DL380 SCSI drive question > > > > > > Hey Everyone, > > I'm installing freebsd on a machine that has a 'compaq smart array > > controller'. I've read the documentation 10.5. Adding Disks in the > > handbook and it references drives as /dev/da1 etc. > > > > This machine has five ULTRA2 SCSI drives. I expected fdisk > > to see five 9.1 > > gig SCSI drives like /dev/da1 /dev/da2 /dev/da3 etc. > > Instead, I came up > > with two logical drives called /dev/idad0s1 (which I > > partitioned into swap > > and /) makeing it /dev/idad0s1b and a. The other drive showed up as > > idad1s1e (17343MB) which I made /disk2. Now, I don't > > understand how I got > > this configuration as I wanted each disk to be mounted as a > > seperate mount > > point as a dedicated bsd drive. > > > > At this point I don't know if this has to do with the > > compaq BIOS or smart > > array controller or the freeBSD setup itself. > > > > If anyone could be of help, I'd much appriciate it! > > > > Thank you, > > > > Ashby Gochenour > > Unix Administration > > Network Operations > > NTELOS > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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