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Supermicro X9DRD-iF
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Ireneusz Pluta
2012-11-19 16:09:30 UTC
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Hello,

will this motherboard http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/xeon/c600/x9drd-if.cfm with
MegaRAID 9240-4i run smoothly with current FreeBSD release?
I was given this proposal for a server hardware from my local reseller.

Thanks
Irek.
Michael Fuckner
2012-11-19 16:19:32 UTC
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Hi all,

haven't seen this board, but should work.
The LSI Card is crappy. You should pick a real HBA (9211-4i, mps-driver) or a
real Raid Card (9260/9261- single core or 9265/9266 dual core mfi). Not
something in between...

Regards,
Michael!
Post by Ireneusz Pluta
Hello,
will this motherboard
http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/xeon/c600/x9drd-if.cfm with
MegaRAID 9240-4i run smoothly with current FreeBSD release?
I was given this proposal for a server hardware from my local reseller.
Thanks
Irek.
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Ireneusz Pluta
2012-12-21 11:55:44 UTC
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OK. I got the configuration as advised. The raid controller is MegaRAID SAS 9266-4i.

But 9.0-RELEASE does not seem to boot. It stops with messages like (rewritten manually):

mpt0: <LSILogic SAS/SATA adapter> ... on pci131
mpt0: soft/hard reset failed: device not running
mpt0: mpt_reset: failed hard reset (0:0)
mpt0: mpt_reset: failed hard reset (0:1)

why the mpt device shows up - is it mfi misrecognized?

9.1-RCx (image which is available today) seems to start and reporting:

mfi0: <ThunderBolt> ... on pci131

Why 9.0 has a problem? I initially suspected that mpt was some onboard device of the motherboard,
but the same pci location in both cases indicates that it is just the 9266-4i.

Is there a way to get 9.0 running? I would like to get the hardware into production and I am OK with
9.0 for now, while 9.1 is still RC.

Thanks
Irek.
Post by Michael Fuckner
Hi all,
haven't seen this board, but should work.
The LSI Card is crappy. You should pick a real HBA (9211-4i, mps-driver) or a
real Raid Card (9260/9261- single core or 9265/9266 dual core mfi). Not
something in between...
Regards,
Michael!
Post by Ireneusz Pluta
Hello,
will this motherboard
http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/xeon/c600/x9drd-if.cfm with
MegaRAID 9240-4i run smoothly with current FreeBSD release?
I was given this proposal for a server hardware from my local reseller.
Thanks
Irek.
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Josh Paetzel
2012-12-21 15:02:51 UTC
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Post by Ireneusz Pluta
OK. I got the configuration as advised. The raid controller is MegaRAID SAS 9266-4i.
mpt0: <LSILogic SAS/SATA adapter> ... on pci131
mpt0: soft/hard reset failed: device not running
mpt0: mpt_reset: failed hard reset (0:0)
mpt0: mpt_reset: failed hard reset (0:1)
why the mpt device shows up - is it mfi misrecognized?
mfi0: <ThunderBolt> ... on pci131
Why 9.0 has a problem? I initially suspected that mpt was some onboard
device of the motherboard, but the same pci location in both cases
indicates that it is just the 9266-4i.
Is there a way to get 9.0 running? I would like to get the hardware into
production and I am OK with 9.0 for now, while 9.1 is still RC.
Thanks
Irek.
The mpt driver in 9.0 ignores a bit in the PCI ID and decides it should
attach to the megaraid when it shouldn't. This was fixed in 9.1.

You can make 9.0 work by compiling a kernel that doesn't have the mpt
driver in it.

Thanks,

Josh Paetzel

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