From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 10 21:16:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACB17106567A for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:16:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.delphij.net (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:1f03:2c9::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56C418FC16 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:16:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org (unknown [211.166.10.233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.delphij.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 80C4528448 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:16:56 +0800 (CST) Received: from localhost (unknown [211.166.10.233]) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 244B2EB2649; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:16:56 +0800 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at geekcn.org Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org ([211.166.10.233]) by localhost (mail.geekcn.org [211.166.10.233]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id OojDrsyR-JQd; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:16:44 +0800 (CST) Received: from charlie.delphij.net (71.5.7.139.ptr.us.xo.net [71.5.7.139]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4B9FBEB09A0; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:16:43 +0800 (CST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=default; d=delphij.net; c=nofws; q=dns; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:organization:user-agent: mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to: x-enigmail-version:openpgp:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=dIYOKvU8xjCTOMkkiyuP7fWmzgzxYq55Gg/HYuXaJWBtkwetExkycg0ugy0Vw4+WM JkMrc18SeJyNrOQjm7iwg== Message-ID: <48767C38.8010206@delphij.net> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:16:40 -0700 From: Xin LI Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080616) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Julio Gomez References: <00db01c8e2cc$640edac0$2c2c9040$@com> In-Reply-To: <00db01c8e2cc$640edac0$2c2c9040$@com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 OpenPGP: id=18EDEBA0; url=http://www.delphij.net/delphij.asc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell's PERC6i X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: d@delphij.net List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:16:57 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Julio Gomez wrote: | I am planning to purchase Dell PowerEdge 2950 III with RAID 5 configuration. | | I checked Hardware Note on FreeBSD site but Dell's PERC6i is not on the | list. Is it supported by FreeBSD 7.0 and/or FreeBSD 6.3 | | Thank you very much for your help in advance. | | === Hardware Configuration === | | Backplane: | 1x6 Backplane for 3.5-inch Hard Drives [Included in Price] | | SAS RAID Contoller: | PERC6i SAS RAID Controller, 2x4 Connectors, Int, PCIe, 256MB Cache, x6 Back | | Hard Drive Configuration: | Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 5, PERC 6/i Integrated | | Hard Drive: | Five (5) 146GB 15K RPM Serial-Attach SCSI 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive I *think* that PERC 6/i would appear as "LSI MegaSAS 1078" rather than "Dell PERC 6/i" because of the following catch-all ID quirk: {0x1000, 0x0060, 0xffff, 0xffff, MFI_FLAGS_1078, "LSI MegaSAS 1078"}, Later FreeBSD versions would identify it as "PERC 6": {0x1000, 0x0060, 0x1028, 0xffff, MFI_FLAGS_1078, "Dell PERC 6"}, Therefore this should work just fine (out-of-the-box) on 7.0-R except it gave different names... Cheers, - -- Xin LI http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkh2fDgACgkQi+vbBBjt66CA5gCggLzzwwx9oaHcDni1yo5xSxHa qVgAni3XihyBRAZlXsSzrWPGwinBeVKX =bTIP -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----