Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:04:19 -0500 From: "Huy Ton That" <huyslogic@gmail.com> To: "Huy Ton That" <huyslogic@gmail.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3ware 9550SX-8LP RAID help Message-ID: <1cac28080603271504k56805975w83f4e5da6ac3970c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060327221706.GA18305@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <1cac28080603271335m41c91a9cq55222093f89f8128@mail.gmail.com> <20060327221706.GA18305@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
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After a lot of digging around and modifying the kernel a bit it's working now. I also had to add twa_load to the loader.conf file set to 'yes'. Thank you for your response sir; I appreciate your time. On 3/27/06, Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 04:35:18PM -0500, Huy Ton That wrote: > > Hello I just purchased a new server and was installing FBSD. It > currently > > has 2 internal harddrives which are working and mountable. Additionall= y > > there are 3 hotswappable hdds which are connected to a 3ware 9550sx-8LP > raid > > 5/0 controller card. Everything has been configured properly within th= e > > controller's bios. However, the controller is not detected during boot > > time. > > > > I found out that the 'twa' drivers should take care of this, and after > > consulting the online manpages I saw... however it said FreeBSD 7.0bel= ow > > at the bottom of the online manpage... > > > > *HARDWARE* < > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dtwa&sektion=3D4&manpath=3DFree= BSD+7.0-current#end > > > > As can be seen in the link, that is the manpage for 7-CURRENT. > > > The *twa* driver supports the following SATA RAID controllers: > > > > *=B7* AMCC's 3ware 9500S-4LP > > *=B7* AMCC's 3ware 9500S-8 > > *=B7* AMCC's 3ware 9500S-8MI > > *=B7* AMCC's 3ware 9500S-12 > > *=B7* AMCC's 3ware 9500S-12MI > > *=B7* AMCC's 3ware 9500SX-4LP > > *=B7* AMCC's 3ware 9500SX-8LP > > *=B7* AMCC's 3ware 9500SX-12 > > *=B7* AMCC's 3ware 9500SX-12MI > > *=B7* AMCC's 3ware 9500SX-16ML > > *=B7* AMCC's 3ware 9550SX-4LP > > *=B7* AMCC's 3ware 9550SX-8LP > > *=B7* AMCC's 3ware 9550SX-12 > > *=B7* AMCC's 3ware 9550SX-12MI > > *=B7* AMCC's 3ware 9550SX-16ML > > > > The odd thing is that when I do man twa locally on the machine, this is > all > > I have on my list: > > > > o AMCC's 3ware 9500S-4LP > > o AMCC's 3ware 9500S-8 > > o AMCC's 3ware 9500S-8MI > > o AMCC's 3ware 9500S-12 > > o AMCC's 3ware 9500S-12MI > > > > Is this just what is supported for FreeBSD 6.0? > > Yes, that is all the devices that twa supported when 6.0 was made. > Support for the 95x0SX cards have been added since. > The upcoming 6.1 should support all the devices that 7-CURRENT supports. > > > > > I don't know what else to do, does anyone know how to get this > recognized? > > I've spent all morning trying to get this figured out :/. > > Try one of the 6.1 betas. It ought to work. > > > -- > <Insert your favourite quote here.> > Erik Trulsson > ertr1013@student.uu.se >
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