> From: "Tamouh H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:34:55 -0400 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Kevin Oberman > > Sent: April 16, 2008 6:03 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: ICH7R RAID1 support? > > > > Can anyone confirm whether support for RAID1 on the ICH7R is > > in FreeBSD? > > -- > > R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer > > Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) > > Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 > > Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 > > > > Kevin, we tried out a Supermicro server which had ICH7R motherboard and RAID > was recognized fine. FreeBSD recognized all the drives as stand alone plus > the "ar0" onboard controller. > > We're able to monitor it using atacontrol status ar0: > > atacontrol status ar0 > ar0: ATA RAID1 status: READY > subdisks: > 0 ad4 ONLINE > 1 ad6 ONLINE > > Controller info: > > atapci0: <Intel ICH7 UDMA100 controller> port > 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6,0x170-0x177,0x376,0x30a0-0x30af at device 31.1 on pci0 > atapci1: <Intel ICH7 SATA300 controller> port > 0x30e8-0x30ef,0x30dc-0x30df,0x30e0-0x30e7,0x30d8-0x30db,0x30b0-0x30bf mem > 0xe0000400-0xe00007ff irq 19 at device 31.2 on pci0 >
Thanks! This is what I had suspected, but it's good to have confirmation. Since the RAID is really software and not hardware, it might work as well to just use gmirror and not worry about the on-board RAID. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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