Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 09:19:12 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Cc: Robert Arnesson <robert@robertarnesson.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 8.x and Dell PERC H200? Message-ID: <201103070919.12075.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=7%2Bte2pwMCGH4z9G6NaVkV8YFkc%2BWTP6rYJjwP@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=7%2Bte2pwMCGH4z9G6NaVkV8YFkc%2BWTP6rYJjwP@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sunday, March 06, 2011 6:16:25 pm Robert Arnesson wrote: > Hi, > > I'm attempting to install FreeBSD 8.2 on a spanking new Dell R410 server. > The install fails during sysinstall on the disk partioning step with the 'no > disks found'-error. After some googling the problem seems to be lack of > support for the new Dell PERC H200 (and H700 and H800 as well?) raid > controllers in FreeBSD. It makes sense, in our case the system detects the > card and disks but the OS doesnt. However, the hardware notes for 8.2 states > that Dell PERC is supported. Older PERC controllers are supported by the mfi(4), mpt(4), and amr(4) drivers. > I have tried installing 8.1, 8.2 and 9 without success. Recent 9 and 8-stable after 8.2 have a new mps(4) driver that supports the H200. However, I believe it only supports disks in JBOD mode currently. -- John Baldwin
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