[OpenIndiana-discuss] Marvell 88SE91xx installation issues...

[John Doe]

From: Marcel Telka <marcel at telka.sk>

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> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Marvell 88SE91xx installation issues...
> 
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 08:48:16AM -0700, John Doe wrote:
>>  From: Marcel Telka <marcel at telka.sk>
>>  > On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 07:44:49AM -0700, John Doe wrote:
>>  >> I am trying to instal OI 151a8 (text) on a SuperMicro 0627tr-dtrf 
> with an
>>  >> extra SYBA SD-PEX40044 controller (Marvell 88SE91xx).  IN RAID1, 
> the
>>  > logical
>>  >> drive is detected by the BIOS but not by OI installer (neither the 
> physical
>>  >> drives).  In no RAID mode, the 2 drives are detected by the BIOS 
> but OI
>>  >> installer only detects one (c3t1d0).  A quick google told me there 
> might be
>>  >> support problems for this chipset... is that the case?
>>  >
>>  > Does "no RAID" means "AHCI"? If so, then (at 
> least) Marvell
>>  > 88SE9128 should be
>>  > supported in 151a8.
>>  >
>>  > https://www.illumos.org/issues/3815
>>  >
>>  > What exactly is your Marvell controller?
>>  > What happens when you run 'cfgadm -lv'?
>>  > What is in /var/adm/messages?
>> 
>>  Yes, AHCI
>>  http://www.sybausa.com/productInfo.php?iid=1134
>>  It says: Marvell 88SE9128
>> 
>>  The drives in question are 2 PLEXTORS for the rpool.
>>  Aside, there are 6 seagates (detected first) for data...
> 
> I see: MARVELL VIRTUALL. I'd say your 2nd disk is connected to that port.
> Unfortunatelly, I had no disk connected there during my tests on 88SE9128 few
> months back so I didn't do any testing beyond the detection of MARVELL 
> VIRTUALL
> on the port. To be honest, I've no idea what exactly MARVELL VIRTUALL is and
> what needs to be done to make your 2nd disk working. It is possible that some
> custom driver needs to be written for MARVELL VIRTUALL...

Ok, thank you for the info.
In the (very limited) controller BIOS, I see the disks with respective slots 0,1 and IDs 0,8.
FYI, I tried linux (CentOS) and it detects the 2 disks.
And, since as usual this server needs to be up yesterday, we'll have to go with linux (bye bye zfs)... 

Thx for your help,
JD