Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 08:58:24 -0800 (PST) From: Brad Miele <bmiele@ipnstock.com> To: Sebastian Koehler <acex5@syncer.de> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help with HP MSA 1500cs and DL380 Message-ID: <20051216084651.E71298@payswan.miggles.org> In-Reply-To: <43A28E4E.9010501@syncer.de> References: <43A1B967.2010601@syncer.de> <20051215140240.X1010@payswan.miggles.org> <43A28E4E.9010501@syncer.de>
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> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Brad, > > FCA2214 should run firmware 1.45 for hosts other than Windows. Did you > notice ispfw(4) and isp(4)? They are talking about a different kind of > firmware for the HBA. Maybe you should rebuild your kernel with > > device isp > # For one or more SCSI busses: > device scbus0 > device ispfw > > to use the FreeBSD provided firmware. ahhhh, i think that i am doing this, I am loading ispfw via /boot/loader.conf .do you think statically compiling it is a better method? > > Please connect via serial line to the MSA1000 controller. Enter the > command show TECH_SUPPORT. You can also connect the MSA1000 serial cable > to the MSA20 serial port and activate the debugging output by pressing > the TAB key. This would be only helpfull, if we know that on of the > MSA20 boxes got a problem. > > MSA 1000/1500 cs Command Line Interface > http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00149849/c00149849.pdf > > Page 50 show how to configure a connection profile. You need to set it > to "Solaris". > CLI> ADD CONNECTION ABC WWPN=12345678-12345678 PROFILE=SOLARIS excellent, i have done this on both boxes > > Why do you use 3 I/O Modules in the MSA1500cs? Which MSAx0 is attached > to which I/O module and to which port? Please check that each MSA30 is > connected to the SCSI port on the I/O module and MSA20 to a SATA capable > port. this is because HP says that you cannot have a SCSI shelf and a SATA shelf sharing an I/O module, and each Module can only support one scsi connection. so i have the 2 SATA shelves sharing an I/O Module, and the SCSI shelves each have their own. the SCSI shelves are on the first two I/O modules, and the SATA shelves are on the third. > By the way, its not recommended to spread arrays across different boxes. > If one box fail, more than an array will be down. thanks, i will adjust this today, I was concerned that there would be an issue with having UFS volumes > 2T. Is this not an issue with UFS2? > Which version of FreeBSD you are running? (uname -a) FreeBSD bwayipn04.ipnstock.com 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #1: Thu Aug 4 17:31:22 EDT 2005 root@bwayipn04.ipnstock.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BWAYIPN0420050803 i386 I am thinking that I will be upping to 6-Stable at some point when i am on location in January (the machines are in new york, and i am in Maine). I am sort of watching the lists for any dl380 shakeout isues with 6 before i make the leap. thanks again Sebastian > > Regards, > Sebastian > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFDoo5NufwF6d+3vEURAlqQAKCV3/vv1ANmkUYI3eaBakZaC/zZAgCfTfqw > 4P2JFX4FGfH/H5aUAUMOVsA= > =TrE2 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > Brad ------------------------------------------------------------ Brad Miele VP Technology IPNStock (866)476-7862 x902 bmiele@ipnstock.com On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, Sebastian Koehler wrote:
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