Pete Wright wrote on 04/16/2020 20:23:> > > On 4/16/20 11:12 AM, Miroslav Lachman wrote: >> Kurt Jaeger wrote on 04/16/2020 20:07:> I would try booting via UEFI if you can.? I just installed a laptop > yesterday which has a nvme root device, it was detected by the 12-STABLE > snapshot I used to boot from.? no other modifications were necessary on > my end.I changed BIOS settings to use UEFI boot method, booted 12.1 installer ISO but without luck. Still no NVME disks :( You can see it on printscreen from iDRAC https://ibb.co/tPnymL7 Anything more I can test? Kind regards Miroslav Lachman
On 4/16/20 12:30 PM, Miroslav Lachman wrote:> Pete Wright wrote on 04/16/2020 20:23: >> >> >> On 4/16/20 11:12 AM, Miroslav Lachman wrote: >>> Kurt Jaeger wrote on 04/16/2020 20:07: > >> I would try booting via UEFI if you can.? I just installed a laptop >> yesterday which has a nvme root device, it was detected by the >> 12-STABLE snapshot I used to boot from.? no other modifications were >> necessary on my end. > > I changed BIOS settings to use UEFI boot method, booted 12.1 installer > ISO but without luck. Still no NVME disks :( > > You can see it on printscreen from iDRAC https://ibb.co/tPnymL7 > > Anything more I can test?Does the nvme controller show up in pciconf -l? # pciconf -l | grep nvme Regards, Navdeep
On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 12:30 PM Miroslav Lachman <000.fbsd at quip.cz> wrote:> > Pete Wright wrote on 04/16/2020 20:23: > > > > > > On 4/16/20 11:12 AM, Miroslav Lachman wrote: > >> Kurt Jaeger wrote on 04/16/2020 20:07: > > > I would try booting via UEFI if you can. I just installed a laptop > > yesterday which has a nvme root device, it was detected by the 12-STABLE > > snapshot I used to boot from. no other modifications were necessary on > > my end. > > I changed BIOS settings to use UEFI boot method, booted 12.1 installer > ISO but without luck. Still no NVME disks :( > > You can see it on printscreen from iDRAC https://ibb.co/tPnymL7 > > Anything more I can test?Fair warning, I don't deal much with Dell, but it's curious that iDrac lists the device protocol as MI> Device Protocol: NVMe-MI1.0MI or the Management Interface is defined by NVMe, but it isn't the same as a block interface. MI typically uses SMBUS and not PCIe to communicate with the device. So it's possible that the device is visible to iDrac via SMBUS but may not be on the PCIe bus for $reasons. Does iDrac have any tools to interact with the device via MI? --chuck
On 2020-04-16 12:30, Miroslav Lachman wrote:> Pete Wright wrote on 04/16/2020 20:23: >> >> >> On 4/16/20 11:12 AM, Miroslav Lachman wrote: >>> Kurt Jaeger wrote on 04/16/2020 20:07: > >> I would try booting via UEFI if you can.? I just installed a laptop >> yesterday which has a nvme root device, it was detected by the >> 12-STABLE snapshot I used to boot from.? no other modifications were >> necessary on my end. > > I changed BIOS settings to use UEFI boot method, booted 12.1 installer > ISO but without luck. Still no NVME disks :( > > You can see it on printscreen from iDRAC https://ibb.co/tPnymL7 > > Anything more I can test?Looking at server specs, the R6515's NVME support is only through the PERC S150 RAID controller. If that's the case, I'm pretty sure you're out of luck. The PERC S-series controllers are software-based RAID that require Dell's Windows or Linux drivers. You'd need a PERC H-series card to get support in FreeBSD. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong?