The hardware: SuperMicro 847A chassis (3 drive bays in 4U) -- A means there are 9 SFF-8087 ports on the backplanes, each controlling 4 drives; no expanders here. SuperMicro X8DTH-6F motherboard with integrated LSI 2008 SAS chipset, flashed to IT firmware, connected to one backplane port. Four LSI 9211-8i SAS controllers, flashed to IT firmware, each connected to two backplane ports
The OS: OpenSolaris b134, installed off a USB stick created using the instructions at <http://blogs.sun.com/clayb/entry/creating_opensolaris_usb_sticks_is> The problem: While trying to add drives one at a time so I can identify them for later use, I noticed two interesting things: the controller information is unlike any I've seen before, and out of nine disks added after the boot drive all nine are attached to c12 -- and no single controller has more than eight ports. The output of format: locadmin@bigdawg2:~# format Searching for disks...done AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS: 0. c10t2d0 <DEFAULT cyl 9965 alt 2 hd 224 sec 56> /pci@0,0/pci8086,340a@3/pci1000,72@0/iport@4/disk@p2,0 1. c12t5000CCA222DDD7BAd0 <DEFAULT cyl 60798 alt 2 hd 255 sec 252> /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000cca222ddd7ba 2. c12t5000CCA222DEAFE6d0 <DEFAULT cyl 60798 alt 2 hd 255 sec 252> /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000cca222deafe6 3. c12t5000CCA222DF3CECd0 <DEFAULT cyl 60798 alt 2 hd 255 sec 252> /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000cca222df3cec 4. c12t5000CCA222DF8FBEd0 <DEFAULT cyl 60798 alt 2 hd 255 sec 252> /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000cca222df8fbe 5. c12t5000CCA222DF92A0d0 <DEFAULT cyl 60798 alt 2 hd 255 sec 252> /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000cca222df92a0 6. c12t5000CCA222E0A3DEd0 <DEFAULT cyl 60798 alt 2 hd 255 sec 252> /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000cca222e0a3de 7. c12t5000CCA222E006B6d0 <DEFAULT cyl 60798 alt 2 hd 255 sec 252> /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000cca222e006b6 8. c12t5000CCA222E046B7d0 <DEFAULT cyl 60798 alt 2 hd 255 sec 252> /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000cca222e046b7 9. c12t5000CCA222E0533Fd0 <DEFAULT cyl 60798 alt 2 hd 255 sec 252> /scsi_vhci/disk@g5000cca222e0533f Specify disk (enter its number): ^C Any suggestions? -- Dave Pooser, ACSA Manager of Information Services Alford Media http://www.alfordmedia.com _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
