HP Smart array P440 support

Maciej Suszko
Thu, 07 Sep 2017 12:03:51 -0000

On Sun, 3 Sep 2017 21:19:08 +0200
Maciej Suszko <maciej at suszko.eu> wrote:

> "Priyadarshana Chandrasena" <vpc at ulka.com.au> wrote:
> > I have HP DL20 Gen 9 server. But I can not install FreeBSD 10.2 in
> > it. I have a HP smart array P440 in my server. I can not find out
> > anywhere if ciss driver support include HP Gen 9 storage
> > controllers.  Could you please update the ciss driver in 10.3?
>
> Hi,
>
> Got two DL20 with P440, UEFI booted 11.0 to logical disk (raid array).
> In a few days I plan to boot it in HBA mode, we'll see if it's
working.

Just tested, HBA mode... Machine BIOS U22 v1.80, one-time booted in
Legacy mode with mfsBSD iso in Virtual CD drive (through iLO), recreated
system zpool to mirror of 2 drives, booted in UEFI mode - it does work.

#v+
root at storage-04:~ # camcontrol inquiry da2
pass2: <HP EG0300JFCKA HPD4> Fixed Direct Access SPC-4 SCSI device
pass2: Serial Number S4226CNT0000M70507YN
pass2: 135.168MB/s transfers, Command Queueing Enabled

root at storage-04:~ # camcontrol inquiry da3
pass3: <HP EG0300JFCKA HPD4> Fixed Direct Access SPC-4 SCSI device
pass3: Serial Number S4226CHH0000M70540VJ
pass3: 135.168MB/s transfers, Command Queueing Enabled

root at storage-04:~ # zpool status rpool
  pool: rpool
 state: ONLINE
  scan: scrub repaired 0 in 0h2m with 0 errors on Thu Sep  7 11:56:31 2017
config:

        NAME        STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
        rpool       ONLINE       0     0     0
          mirror-0  ONLINE       0     0     0
            da2p3   ONLINE       0     0     0
            da3p3   ONLINE       0     0     0

errors: No known data errors
#v-

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--
regards, Maciej Suszko.
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