Re: mfi (Dell H700) + hot swapping doesn't appear to work with RC1

2011-12-21 Thread Doug Ambrisko
Andrew Boyer writes: [snip] | Has anyone managed to get the real JBOD mode working on this controller? | It advertises support in the firmware but doesn't seem to do anything. | The documentation only lists JBOD mode as a feature of the lower-end | controllers. [snip] The curren

Re: mfi (Dell H700) + hot swapping doesn't appear to work with RC1

2011-12-18 Thread Jan Mikkelsen
On 15/12/2011, at 2:16 AM, Borja Marcos wrote: > > On Dec 14, 2011, at 2:09 PM, Hugo Silva wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> First of all apologies if this has been fixed in RC3. I set this server >> up with mfsbsd, which is RC1, and didn't get to update the system yet. >> >> This box has 6 hdds, a 2-m

Re: mfi (Dell H700) + hot swapping doesn't appear to work with RC1

2011-12-16 Thread Andrew Boyer
On Dec 16, 2011, at 12:47 AM, Jan Mikkelsen wrote: > On 16/12/2011, at 3:40 AM, Andrew Boyer wrote: >> On Dec 15, 2011, at 4:19 AM, Jan Mikkelsen wrote: >> >>> For the mfi controllers I have been testing recently (MegaRAID 9261-8i), >>> you need to install the sysutils/megacli port, and use that

Re: mfi (Dell H700) + hot swapping doesn't appear to work with RC1

2011-12-15 Thread Jan Mikkelsen
On 16/12/2011, at 3:40 AM, Andrew Boyer wrote: > > On Dec 15, 2011, at 4:19 AM, Jan Mikkelsen wrote: > >> For the mfi controllers I have been testing recently (MegaRAID 9261-8i), you >> need to install the sysutils/megacli port, and use that to clear the >> "foreignness" of the disk you just

Re: mfi (Dell H700) + hot swapping doesn't appear to work with RC1

2011-12-15 Thread Jan Mikkelsen
On 16/12/2011, at 1:56 AM, John Baldwin wrote: > On Thursday, December 15, 2011 4:19:58 am Jan Mikkelsen wrote: >> For the mfi controllers I have been testing recently (MegaRAID 9261-8i), you > need to install the sysutils/megacli port, and use that to clear the > "foreignness" of the disk you

Re: mfi (Dell H700) + hot swapping doesn't appear to work with RC1

2011-12-15 Thread Andrew Boyer
On Dec 15, 2011, at 1:10 PM, Hugo Silva wrote: > On 12/15/11 16:40, Andrew Boyer wrote: >> I'm not sure it would even be possible to come up with a worse interface. >> It boggles the mind. >> >> I recommend you always run with this configuration: >> >> # MegaCli -AdpSetProp AutoEnhancedImport

Re: mfi (Dell H700) + hot swapping doesn't appear to work with RC1

2011-12-15 Thread Hugo Silva
On 12/15/11 16:40, Andrew Boyer wrote: > I'm not sure it would even be possible to come up with a worse interface. It > boggles the mind. > > I recommend you always run with this configuration: > > # MegaCli -AdpSetProp AutoEnhancedImportEnbl -aALL > # MegaCli -AdpSetProp MaintainPdFailHistoryE

Re: mfi (Dell H700) + hot swapping doesn't appear to work with RC1

2011-12-15 Thread Andrew Boyer
On Dec 15, 2011, at 4:19 AM, Jan Mikkelsen wrote: > For the mfi controllers I have been testing recently (MegaRAID 9261-8i), you > need to install the sysutils/megacli port, and use that to clear the > "foreignness" of the disk you just added. Something like: > > MegaCli -CfgForeign -Clear -

Re: mfi (Dell H700) + hot swapping doesn't appear to work with RC1

2011-12-15 Thread Hugo Silva
On 12/15/11 15:28, Hugo Silva wrote: > As Borja said, part of the difficulty is the H700 abstracting a single > disk as a RAID-0, I guess. So far I've been unable to find a way to > bring the drive back, except by rebooting and recreating. Turns out no interaction is needed after reboot. It was so

Re: mfi (Dell H700) + hot swapping doesn't appear to work with RC1

2011-12-15 Thread Hugo Silva
On 12/15/11 09:19, Jan Mikkelsen wrote: > > Hugo: You missed a step. Borja: No reboot required. > > For the mfi controllers I have been testing recently (MegaRAID 9261-8i), you > need to install the sysutils/megacli port, and use that to clear the > "foreignness" of the disk you just added. So

Re: mfi (Dell H700) + hot swapping doesn't appear to work with RC1

2011-12-15 Thread John Baldwin
On Thursday, December 15, 2011 4:19:58 am Jan Mikkelsen wrote: > On 15/12/2011, at 2:16 AM, Borja Marcos wrote: > > > > > On Dec 14, 2011, at 2:09 PM, Hugo Silva wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> First of all apologies if this has been fixed in RC3. I set this server > >> up with mfsbsd, which i

Re: mfi (Dell H700) + hot swapping doesn't appear to work with RC1

2011-12-15 Thread Jan Mikkelsen
On 15/12/2011, at 2:16 AM, Borja Marcos wrote: > > On Dec 14, 2011, at 2:09 PM, Hugo Silva wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> First of all apologies if this has been fixed in RC3. I set this server >> up with mfsbsd, which is RC1, and didn't get to update the system yet. >> >> This box has 6 hdds, a 2-m

Re: mfi (Dell H700) + hot swapping doesn't appear to work with RC1

2011-12-14 Thread Borja Marcos
On Dec 14, 2011, at 2:09 PM, Hugo Silva wrote: > Hello, > > First of all apologies if this has been fixed in RC3. I set this server > up with mfsbsd, which is RC1, and didn't get to update the system yet. > > This box has 6 hdds, a 2-mirror zpool was set up as the root pool, with > 2 spares. >

mfi (Dell H700) + hot swapping doesn't appear to work with RC1

2011-12-14 Thread Hugo Silva
Hello, First of all apologies if this has been fixed in RC3. I set this server up with mfsbsd, which is RC1, and didn't get to update the system yet. This box has 6 hdds, a 2-mirror zpool was set up as the root pool, with 2 spares. While testing hot swapping I noticed that while the controller d