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

Magnus Bergman magnus at trisec.net
Wed Apr 18 20:47:19 UTC 2012


Sergei wrote:
> Firmware modifications made by Dell to WD and may be Seagate drives is what
> makes opensolaris not being able to power up those disks.
>
> Easiest way to make it work is to modify /kernel/drv/sd.conf and add an entry
> for your specific drive similar to this
>
> sd-config-list= "WD      WD2000FYYG","power-condition:false",
>                  "SEAGATE ST2000NM0001","power-condition:false",
>                  "SEAGATE ST32000644NS","power-condition:false",
>                  "SEAGATE ST91000640SS","power-condition:false";
>
> It is also possible to make it work without reboot using mdb commands

Do you have any details on the mdb method?

I just received a replacement disk of a different type than the broken 
one that I don't have specified in sd.conf so it won't power up and I'd 
prefer not to reboot.

//Magnus




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