Dear list,
I have one Fujitsu server with LSI SAS 3108 RAID Controller. These LSI
SAS 3108 RAID Controller is supported by the mpr driver
(https://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/support.html).
If I try to install the FreeBSD-stable 10.0 or FreeBSD-current 11.0 on
this server I can make partitions, but I can not write install files
on the disks (better to say RAID5 virtual drive) without errors.
The erorrs are:
mfi0 failed to get command
mfi0: COMMAND ... TIMEOUT AFTER ... SECONDS
By the installations I see my virtual drive as device with mfi0 as identifier.
My questions are:
1) Why I see the virtual drive as device with mfi0 as identifier. I
would expect that my virtual drive has identifier mpr0 or something
like this.
2) Why I can install FreeBSD on one of the disks connected to LSI SAS
3108 RAID Controller, if the disks do not build any virtual drive (no
matter which RAID level). Is that possible because mpr driver supports
the LSI SAS 3108 RAID Controller as SCSI Controller and not as RAID
Controller (see Kernel configuration)?
Thanks in advance, Z. Kanaeva.
--
Dipl.-Inf. Zara Kanaeva
Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften
Forschungsstelle "The role of culture in early expansions of humans"
an der Universit?t T?bingen
Geographisches Institut
Universit?t T?bingen
Ruemelinstr. 19-23
72070 Tuebingen
Tel.: +49-(0)7071-2972132
e-mail: zara.kanaeva at geographie.uni-tuebingen.de
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- Theory is when you know something but it doesn't work.
- Practice is when something works but you don't know why.
- Usually we combine theory and practice:
Nothing works and we don't know why.
Try adding this to /boot/loader.conf:
hw.mfi.mrsas_enable="1"
Regards
Steve
On 02/02/2016 17:06, Zara Kanaeva wrote:> Dear list,
>
> I have one Fujitsu server with LSI SAS 3108 RAID Controller. These LSI
> SAS 3108 RAID Controller is supported by the mpr driver
> (https://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/support.html).
> If I try to install the FreeBSD-stable 10.0 or FreeBSD-current 11.0 on
> this server I can make partitions, but I can not write install files
> on the disks (better to say RAID5 virtual drive) without errors.
> The erorrs are:
> mfi0 failed to get command
> mfi0: COMMAND ... TIMEOUT AFTER ... SECONDS
>
> By the installations I see my virtual drive as device with mfi0 as
> identifier.
>
> My questions are:
> 1) Why I see the virtual drive as device with mfi0 as identifier. I
> would expect that my virtual drive has identifier mpr0 or something
> like this.
> 2) Why I can install FreeBSD on one of the disks connected to LSI SAS
> 3108 RAID Controller, if the disks do not build any virtual drive (no
> matter which RAID level). Is that possible because mpr driver supports
> the LSI SAS 3108 RAID Controller as SCSI Controller and not as RAID
> Controller (see Kernel configuration)?
>
> Thanks in advance, Z. Kanaeva.
>
On 2/2/2016 12:06 PM, Zara Kanaeva wrote:> Dear list, > > I have one Fujitsu server with LSI SAS 3108 RAID Controller. These LSI > SAS 3108 RAID Controller is supported by the mpr driverTry and attach the mrsas driver to the card. I had a similar problem with an onboard variant. Either compile the kernel without the mfi driver, or force the kernel to assign the mrsas driver to it instead of the mfi driver. hw.mfi.mrsas_enable=1 in /boot/loader.conf # pciconf -lv mrsas0 mrsas0 at pci0:1:0:0: class=0x010400 card=0x080915d9 chip=0x005d1000 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'LSI Logic / Symbios Logic' device = 'MegaRAID SAS-3 3108 [Invader]' class = mass storage subclass = RAID ---Mike -- ------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike at sentex.net Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/
Thank you for all responds. set hw.mfi.mrsas_enable=1 in Loader prompt did the work. The useful information for this problem can be found here: http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2014-July/128703.html Regards, Z.K. Zitat von Zara Kanaeva <zara.kanaeva at ggi.uni-tuebingen.de>:> Dear list, > > I have one Fujitsu server with LSI SAS 3108 RAID Controller. These > LSI SAS 3108 RAID Controller is supported by the mpr driver > (https://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/support.html). > If I try to install the FreeBSD-stable 10.0 or FreeBSD-current 11.0 > on this server I can make partitions, but I can not write install > files on the disks (better to say RAID5 virtual drive) without errors. > The erorrs are: > mfi0 failed to get command > mfi0: COMMAND ... TIMEOUT AFTER ... SECONDS > > By the installations I see my virtual drive as device with mfi0 as > identifier. > > My questions are: > 1) Why I see the virtual drive as device with mfi0 as identifier. I > would expect that my virtual drive has identifier mpr0 or something > like this. > 2) Why I can install FreeBSD on one of the disks connected to LSI > SAS 3108 RAID Controller, if the disks do not build any virtual > drive (no matter which RAID level). Is that possible because mpr > driver supports the LSI SAS 3108 RAID Controller as SCSI Controller > and not as RAID Controller (see Kernel configuration)? > > Thanks in advance, Z. Kanaeva. > > -- > Dipl.-Inf. Zara Kanaeva > Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften > Forschungsstelle "The role of culture in early expansions of humans" > an der Universit?t T?bingen > Geographisches Institut > Universit?t T?bingen > Ruemelinstr. 19-23 > 72070 Tuebingen > > Tel.: +49-(0)7071-2972132 > e-mail: zara.kanaeva at geographie.uni-tuebingen.de > ------- > - Theory is when you know something but it doesn't work. > - Practice is when something works but you don't know why. > - Usually we combine theory and practice: > Nothing works and we don't know why.-- Dipl.-Inf. Zara Kanaeva Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften Forschungsstelle "The role of culture in early expansions of humans" an der Universit?t T?bingen Geographisches Institut Universit?t T?bingen Ruemelinstr. 19-23 72070 Tuebingen Tel.: +49-(0)7071-2972132 e-mail: zara.kanaeva at geographie.uni-tuebingen.de ------- - Theory is when you know something but it doesn't work. - Practice is when something works but you don't know why. - Usually we combine theory and practice: Nothing works and we don't know why.
Just a sanity check 1st. Are you going to be using zfs or ufs? If zfs you probably want the reflash the card the the relevant HBA firmware rather the the raid firmware. This will expose the disks nativly which is best for zfs. Sorry if this isn't appropriate for you but I would thought I would check as it might save you a whole load of pain going in a direction you don't need to. On 2 February 2016 at 17:06, Zara Kanaeva <zara.kanaeva at ggi.uni-tuebingen.de> wrote:> Dear list, > > I have one Fujitsu server with LSI SAS 3108 RAID Controller. These LSI SAS > 3108 RAID Controller is supported by the mpr driver ( > https://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/hardware/support.html). > If I try to install the FreeBSD-stable 10.0 or FreeBSD-current 11.0 on > this server I can make partitions, but I can not write install files on the > disks (better to say RAID5 virtual drive) without errors. > The erorrs are: > mfi0 failed to get command > mfi0: COMMAND ... TIMEOUT AFTER ... SECONDS > > By the installations I see my virtual drive as device with mfi0 as > identifier. > > My questions are: > 1) Why I see the virtual drive as device with mfi0 as identifier. I would > expect that my virtual drive has identifier mpr0 or something like this. > 2) Why I can install FreeBSD on one of the disks connected to LSI SAS 3108 > RAID Controller, if the disks do not build any virtual drive (no matter > which RAID level). Is that possible because mpr driver supports the LSI SAS > 3108 RAID Controller as SCSI Controller and not as RAID Controller (see > Kernel configuration)? > > Thanks in advance, Z. Kanaeva. > > -- > Dipl.-Inf. Zara Kanaeva > Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften > Forschungsstelle "The role of culture in early expansions of humans" > an der Universit?t T?bingen > Geographisches Institut > Universit?t T?bingen > Ruemelinstr. 19-23 > 72070 Tuebingen > > Tel.: +49-(0)7071-2972132 > e-mail: zara.kanaeva at geographie.uni-tuebingen.de > ------- > - Theory is when you know something but it doesn't work. > - Practice is when something works but you don't know why. > - Usually we combine theory and practice: > Nothing works and we don't know why. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable at freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"