[OpenIndiana-discuss] Dell R510 SAS2 Backplane with SAS2008 (PERC H200)

Andy Lubel alubel at gmail.com
Fri Nov 18 20:59:27 UTC 2011


IT firmware didn't work, same issue.  I am really leaning towards some sort
of enclosure problem (backplane) - any ideas how to troubleshoot that?

Thanks,

Andy Lubel

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Andy Lubel <alubel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Let me give that a try and ill get back to you.  I will follow the
> instructions from: http://kb.lsi.com/KnowledgebaseArticle16266.aspx
>
> I wouldn't mind at all making this a dumb HBA, I did similar with a 1068 a
> few years ago, but I was so focused on a backplane issue with this one,
> it hadn't occurred to me as a possible fix/workaround.
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Jason J. W. Williams <
> jasonjwwilliams at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Have you tried using the LSI initiator target firmware for the 2008?
>>
>> -J
>>
>> Sent via iPhone
>>
>> Is your email Premiere?
>>
>> On Nov 18, 2011, at 9:41, Andy Lubel <alubel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Dell R510 with 10 2TB SAS drives and 2 146GB 2.5" SAS mirrored via PERC
>> > H200 for OS. The 2.5" drives function fine either when a RAID is
>> created or
>> > not, however the 2TB drives are only usable if a RAID volume is
>> created..
>> > this has proven very tricky for us. I am not sure what to do next, have
>> > tried disabling MPXIO in mpt_sas.conf/mpt.conf and setting the
>> > "logical-block" option in scsi_vhci.conf as well. I am guessing this is
>> > some sort of dual ported backplane that Dell uses, it feels like that is
>> > the problem, but I am unsure of what to try next. here is some
>> (hopefully)
>> > relevant output:
>> >
>> > ------UNAME------
>> > root at openindiana-1:~# uname -a
>> > SunOS openindiana-1 5.11 oi_151a i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris
>> >
>> > Nov 18 05:49:13 openindiana-1 genunix: [ID 353554 kern.warning] WARNING:
>> > Device /scsi_vhci/disk at g5000c50040b5b873 failed to power up.
>> > Nov 18 05:49:13 openindiana-1 genunix: [ID 353554 kern.warning] WARNING:
>> > Device /scsi_vhci/disk at g5000c50040bf1a27 failed to power up.
>> > Nov 18 05:49:13 openindiana-1 genunix: [ID 353554 kern.warning] WARNING:
>> > Device /scsi_vhci/disk at g5000c50040c114d7 failed to power up.
>> > Nov 18 05:49:13 openindiana-1 genunix: [ID 353554 kern.warning] WARNING:
>> > Device /scsi_vhci/disk at g5000c50040bf1da7 failed to power up.
>> > Nov 18 05:49:13 openindiana-1 genunix: [ID 353554 kern.warning] WARNING:
>> > Device /scsi_vhci/disk at g5000c50040bfb41b failed to power up.
>> > Nov 18 05:49:13 openindiana-1 genunix: [ID 353554 kern.warning] WARNING:
>> > Device /scsi_vhci/disk at g5000c50040bfb83b failed to power up.
>> > Nov 18 05:49:13 openindiana-1 genunix: [ID 353554 kern.warning] WARNING:
>> > Device /scsi_vhci/disk at g5000c50040c0d83b failed to power up.
>> > Nov 18 05:49:13 openindiana-1 genunix: [ID 353554 kern.warning] WARNING:
>> > Device /scsi_vhci/disk at g5000c50040c4fc1b failed to power up.
>> > Nov 18 05:49:13 openindiana-1 genunix: [ID 353554 kern.warning] WARNING:
>> > Device /scsi_vhci/disk at g5000c50040c0ee5f failed to power up.
>> > Nov 18 05:49:13 openindiana-1 genunix: [ID 353554 kern.warning] WARNING:
>> > Device /scsi_vhci/disk at g5000c50040bfd51f failed to power up.
>> >
>> > -------SCANPCI-----
>> > pci bus 0x0002 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x1000 device 0x0072
>> > LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS2008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 [Falcon]
>> > CardVendor 0x1028 card 0x1f1e (Dell, PERC H200 Integrated)
>> > STATUS 0x0010 COMMAND 0x0146
>> > CLASS 0x01 0x07 0x00 REVISION 0x03
>> > BIST 0x00 HEADER 0x00 LATENCY 0x00 CACHE 0x10
>> > BASE0 0x0000fc00 SIZE 256 I/O
>> > BASE1 0xdf2b0000 SIZE 65536 MEM
>> > BASE3 0xdf2c0000 SIZE 262144 MEM
>> > BASEROM 0x00000000 addr 0x00000000
>> > MAX_LAT 0x00 MIN_GNT 0x00 INT_PIN 0x01 INT_LINE 0x0f
>> >
>> >
>> > TIA,
>> >
>> > Andy Lubel
>> > <openindiana-sas-issue-r510.txt>
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