From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 23 12:21:19 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CBB016A41F for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:21:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hk@alogis.com) Received: from alogis.com (firewall.solit-ag.de [212.184.102.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A63843D5C for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:21:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from hk@alogis.com) Received: from alogis.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by alogis.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jANCLFk3016546; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:21:15 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from hk@alogis.com) Received: (from hk@localhost) by alogis.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id jANCLEJk016545; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:21:14 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from hk) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:21:14 +0100 From: Holger Kipp To: "Marc G. Fournier" Message-ID: <20051123122114.GA16143@intserv.int1.b.intern> References: <20051123033644.O1053@ganymede.hub.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051123033644.O1053@ganymede.hub.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ciss(4) driver in FreeBSD 6.x ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 12:21:19 -0000 On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 03:37:23AM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > Hi .. > > Having read the man page, there is alot in there that makes me wonder > whether going with a HP Smart Array P600 is a wise idea ... > > "The Compaq ciss adapters require faked responses to get reasonable > behavior out of them. In addition, the ciss command set is by no means > adequate to support the functionality of a RAID controller, and thus the > supported Compaq adapters utilize portions of the control protocol from > earlier" > > I'm specifically looking at the Proliant DL360, which has this card ... > can you provide any comments, or insight, concerning what the man page > states? Should I shy away from this controller? :( I have so far not experienced any problems with ciss-controllers on Proliant G2, G3, G4, especially not with DL360 and DL360 (or MPxxx either) ciss0: port 0x2800-0x28ff mem 0xf5df0000-0xf5df3fff,0xf5f80000-0xf5fbffff irq 31 at device 4.0 on pci0 ciss0: [GIANT-LOCKED] ciss0@pci0:4:0: class=0x010400 card=0x40800e11 chip=0xb1780e11 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Compaq Computer Corp (Now owned by Hewlett-Packard)' device = 'CISSB SMART2 Array Controller' class = mass storage subclass = RAID --- ciss0: port 0x3000-0x30ff mem 0xf7f80000-0xf7fbffff,0xf7ff0000-0xf7ff1fff irq 24 at device 2.0 on pci2 ciss0: [GIANT-LOCKED] ciss0@pci2:2:0: class=0x010400 card=0x409a0e11 chip=0x00460e11 rev=0x01 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Compaq Computer Corp (Now owned by Hewlett-Packard)' device = 'Smart Array 64xx Controller' class = mass storage subclass = RAID I especially like that rebuilding of raid 1 and 5 is done automatically. You'll get entries via syslog about failing drives, and just removing that drive, inserting a spare one, will start rebuilding which is also syslogged. Very nice. No Problems so far, and no system failure. Regular backkups still recommended, though ;-) Regards, Holger Kipp