Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 11:56:14 -0400 From: Gabriel Markley <gmarkley@greatbaysoftware.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Intel integrated RAID for the SR2500ALLXR freebsd support Message-ID: <4840239E.2020607@greatbaysoftware.com>
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Hello, I am a systems engineer for Great Bay Software we are looking to move our servers over to freebsd. I am having trouble finding any documentation on using freebsd with Intel integrated RAID for the SR2500ALLXR. I need to find out if there is a driver available? And can I pull status of the raid from it? i.e. H.D. failure and any other possible problems... Other then look in the bios and or look at the front plane to see if a drive has failed. I am going to add the detailed specs that I was given below: Active Mid-plane with SAS /SAS RAID Support The active mid-plane is used to provide SAS / SAS RAID support. It has integrated on to it an Intel IOP80333 IO processor and an LSI* LSLSAS1068 3Gb/s SAS controller. Together they provide support for up to six SAS drives in this chassis. By default, this mid-plane option provides software RAID levels 0, 1, and 10 utilizing Intel® Embedded RAID Technology II. With the installation of optional RAID enablement devices, the mid-plane can support hardware RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50. The mid-plane attaches to the hot-swap backplane by two card edge connectors which eliminates the need for any hard drive cables. The following sub-sections describe the board level SAS / SAS RAID functionality. We use the RAID activation key with dedicated memory and battery backup to provide HW RAID level 10 Any help would be great. Again thank you for taking the time to point me in the right direction. -- Gabriel Markley Systems Engineer Great Bay Software, Inc. v: 603.766.6146 | m: 603.498-3513 | f: 603.430.0713 | e: gmarkley@GreatBaySoftware.com
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