SCSI RAID management under FreeBSD 5.x

[D. Goss]

On Jul 27, 2005, at 2:08 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:

>>> What is the Adaptec model for this IBM card?  Most of the  
>>> standard Adaptec cards seem to have SW that works.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> First, apologies, my fingers slipped - the card is a 6i.  I have  
>> been unable to locate the Adapec equivalent and I've even seen  
>> that some cards have been made for them by LSI - the chipset on  
>> the mobo (xSeries 345) is from LSI.  But in fact the box this card  
>> came in has both the IBM and Adaptec logos so this one is indeed  
>> from Adaptec.
>>
>> There is a P/N 13N2190 but I can't match it with Adaptec and think  
>> it's an IBM number.
>>
>
> I assume the card "works", just that you have no management  
> software for it?
>
> If so, what device does it come up under?  What does the dmesg look  
> like?
>
> Chad

Yes, the card works fine - it's only been installed for a short  
while.  IBM has a bootable CD (forgot if it's Linux or Windows) that  
I was able to the original config. from.  This will ultimately be a  
production server that I aim to have up as close to 24/7 as possible  
- and it will be remotely located - so i was searching for something  
other than the CD tools in order to check status, etc. with system up.

Here is the dmesg section pertaining to the card:

ips0: <Adaptec ServeRAID Adapter> mem 0xe8000000-0xebffffff, 
0xe7fff000-0xe7ffffff irq 18 at device 2.0 on pci8
ips0: [GIANT-LOCKED]

-- snip --

ips0: resetting adapter, this may take up to 5 minutes
ips0: adapter type: ServeRAID 6i (sebring)
ips0: logical drives: 2
ips0: Logical Drive 0: RAID0 sectors: 71096320, state OK
ips0: Logical Drive 1: RAID5 sectors: 142192640, state OK
ipsd0: <Logical Drive> on ips0
ipsd0: Logical Drive  (34715MB)
ipsd1: <Logical Drive> on ips0
ipsd1: Logical Drive  (69430MB)

thanks -
d.