Hi Kent:
So, in using the lsiutil utility, what do I find, but the following
option: (this was under the hidden option 15)
12. Change (enable/disable) persistence
I have not had a chance to try it, but it says the default is
Enabled. Let me know if you try it.
Paul
Kent Watsen wrote:
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> Paul Jochum wrote:
>> What the lsiutil does for me is clear the persistent mapping for
>> all of the drives on a card.
> Since James confirms that I'm doomed to ad hoc methods tracking
> device-ids to bays, I'm interested in knowing if somehow your ability
> to clear the persistent mapping for *all* of the drives on the card
> somehow gets you to a stable-state? Seems to me that, if the tool is
> run from the BIOS, like the LSI Configuration Utility, then it kind
> defeats the uptime that I'm trying to achieve by having a RAID system
> in the first place... Is it, by chance, a user land program?
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>> I don't know of a way to disable the mapping completely (but that
>> does sound like a nice option). Since SUN is reselling this card now
>> (that is how I got my cards), I wonder if they can put in a request
>> to LSI to provide this enhancement?
> Yes, please! - can someone from SUN please request LSI to add a
> feature to selectively disable their card's persistent drive mapping
> feature?
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> Thanks,
> Kent
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