Adaptec 2120S Errors

Gary Stanley gary at outloud.org
Fri Jul 18 01:04:06 PDT 2003


I've had similar issues with what you are having. I firmware updated the 
drives to the latest (provided by seagate) and smooth sailing from here. 
However, YMMV.




At 06:58 PM 7/14/2003, Ray Taft wrote:
>I have been beating my head on this for a few days, any help would be
>appreciated.
>
>HARDWARE:
>
>Dual XEON 2.4Ghz - Hyperthreading = Off
>3GB RAM - ECC Registered
>3 X 15,000 RPM SEAGATE HARD DRIVES - Half Height
>Adaptec 2120S Controller - Flashed to latest version
>RAID 5 Configured - The system has completed the verify / build array
>process (100%) weeks ago.
>
>All of the hardware is brand new (less than a month old), and we have sprung
>for more expensive shielded SCSI cables.
>
>Here is the boot output on the controller initialization. Please note - this
>2120s does NOT have an optional battery (which the system says it does) and
>has a 64MB cache where the system reports only 48MB.
>
>Jun 25 01:44:27 lease042 /kernel: aac0: <Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S> mem
>0xf8000000-0xfbffffff irq 16 at device 1.0 on pci3
>Jun 25 01:44:27 lease042 /kernel: aac0: i960RX 100MHz, 48MB cache memory,
>optional battery present
>Jun 25 01:44:27 lease042 /kernel: aac0: Kernel 4.0-0, Build 6003, S/N b7d58a
>Jun 25 01:44:27 lease042 /kernel: aac0: Supported
>Options=1f7e<CLUSTERS,WCACHE,DATA64,HOSTTIME,RAID50,WINDOW4GB,SOFTERR,NORECO
>ND,SGMAP64,ALARM,NONDASD>
>
>System Setup: 4.8-STABLE FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE compiled for SMP.
>
>PERFORMANCE:
>
>This system is consistently under relatively heavy IO and network
>utilization.
>
>This is typical network IO for this server:
>
>netstat 1
>             input        (Total)           output
>    packets  errs      bytes    packets  errs      bytes colls
>       4506     0     350136       7466     0    9496788     0
>       4859     0     332024       7933     0   10829943     0
>       4654     0     347940       7724     0    9614383     0
>       4638     0     321165       7701     0   10412423     0
>       4791     0     369314       7940     0    9823169     0
>
>Typical disk IO for this server:
>
>iostat 1
>       tty           aacd0             acd0              fd0             cpu
>  tin tout  KB/t tps  MB/s   KB/t tps  MB/s   KB/t tps  MB/s  us ni sy in id
>    0   22  0.00   0  0.00   0.00   0  0.00   0.00   0  0.00   6  0 13  4 77
>    0   38 46.42 107  4.85   0.00   0  0.00   0.00   0  0.00  13  0 25  5 57
>    0   38 51.18  86  4.31   0.00   0  0.00   0.00   0  0.00   9  0 19  6 66
>    0   38 57.02  81  4.52   0.00   0  0.00   0.00   0  0.00   5  0 15  7 74
>    0   38 47.86 115  5.37   0.00   0  0.00   0.00   0  0.00  10  0 22  7 61
>    0   38 48.80  88  4.20   0.00   0  0.00   0.00   0  0.00   7  0 19  1 73
>
>ATTMEPTED REMIDYS:
>
>We have swapped out the cable twice with different brands with different
>shielding. No effect. We do not use a converter to change pins. Strait U320
>to U320 rated hardware and cables.
>
>Rebuilt 4.8 kernel from scratch  - twice. No effect.
>
>Moved SCSI card to #1 PCI-X slot on motherboard.
>
>Researched 2120s history with FreeBSD as well as U320.
>
>Rebuilt and reverified RAID 5 array. Per a past support post, we tried
>turning on and off write cache. For the errors below, write cache is  turned
>ON.
>
>Waited to install OS until the build / verify process completed for the RAID
>5 array off controller.
>
>ERRORS:
>
>We are seeing the following messages in /var/log - dmesg on a daily basis. I
>understood this hardware had some buggy embedded code, but was supposed to
>be fixed with the flash (six months ago). Also saw posts regarding this card
>and its inability to operate under 4.7 and 4.8-RELEASE and was the reason we
>put the box up on 4.8-STABLE.
>
>Here are the errors:
>
>This continues for the length of the log file. It is consistant regardless
>of the cable. HEAVY REPITITION.
>
>ul 12 14:00:53 lease042 /kernel: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer: device:
>#aacd/0x20001, blkno: 43352, size: 8192
>Jul 12 14:00:55 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:0:0 online on
>container 0:
>Jul 12 14:00:56 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:2:0 online on
>container 0:
>Jul 12 14:00:57 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:3:0 online on
>container 0:
>Jul 12 17:53:07 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** ID(0:03:0) Abort
>Time-out. Resetting bus.
>Jul 12 17:53:10 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** SCSI bus reset issued on
>channel 0
>Jul 12 17:53:12 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:0:0 online on
>container 0:
>Jul 12 17:53:12 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:2:0 online on
>container 0:
>Jul 12 17:53:13 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:3:0 online on
>container 0:
>Jul 12 18:07:07 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** ID(0:03:0) Abort
>Time-out. Resetting bus.
>Jul 12 18:07:10 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** SCSI bus reset issued on
>channel 0
>Jul 12 18:07:11 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:0:0 online on
>container 0:
>Jul 12 18:07:11 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:2:0 online on
>container 0:
>Jul 12 18:07:12 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:3:0 online on
>container 0:
>Jul 12 19:08:33 lease042 /kernel: pid 37161 (httpd), uid 65534: exited on
>signal 11
>Jul 12 19:56:46 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** ID(0:03:0) Abort
>Time-out. Resetting bus.
>Jul 12 19:56:49 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** SCSI bus reset issued on
>channel 0
>Jul 12 19:56:52 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:0:0 online on
>container 0:
>Jul 12 19:56:52 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:2:0 online on
>container 0:
>Jul 12 19:56:53 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:3:0 online on
>container 0:
>Jul 12 22:56:00 lease042 /kernel: pid 41100 (httpd), uid 65534: exited on
>signal 10
>Jul 12 22:56:18 lease042 /kernel: pid 36891 (httpd), uid 65534: exited on
>signal 10
>Jul 13 02:00:12 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** ID(0:03:0) Abort
>Time-out. Resetting bus.
>Jul 13 02:00:16 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** SCSI bus reset issued on
>channel 0
>Jul 13 02:00:17 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:0:0 online on
>container 0:
>Jul 13 02:00:17 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:2:0 online on
>container 0:
>Jul 13 02:00:18 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:3:0 online on
>container 0:
>Jul 13 02:11:30 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** ID(0:03:0) Abort
>Time-out. Resetting bus.
>Jul 13 02:11:33 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** SCSI bus reset issued on
>channel 0
>Jul 13 02:11:35 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:0:0 online on
>container 0:
>Jul 13 02:11:36 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:2:0 online on
>container 0:
>Jul 13 02:11:37 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:3:0 online on
>container 0:
>Jul 13 03:33:04 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** ID(0:03:0) Abort
>Time-out. Resetting bus.
>Jul 13 03:33:07 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** SCSI bus reset issued on
>channel 0
>Jul 13 03:33:11 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:0:0 online on
>container 0:
>Jul 13 03:33:11 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:2:0 online on
>container 0:
>Jul 13 03:33:12 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Drive 0:3:0 online on
>container 0:
>
>
>Jul 13 12:54:17 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** ID(0:03:0) Abort
>Time-out. Resetting bus.
>Jul 13 12:54:17 lease042 /kernel: aac0: **Monitor** SCSI bus reset issued on
>channel 0
>Jul 13 12:54:17 lease042 /kernel: aac0: COMMAND 0xcb2aff8c TIMEOUT AFTER 44
>SECONDS
>Jul 13 12:54:17 lease042 /kernel: aac0: COMMAND 0xcb2b0504 TIMEOUT AFTER 44
>SECONDS
>Jul 13 12:54:17 lease042 /kernel: aac0: COMMAND 0xcb2af6cc TIMEOUT AFTER 44
>SECONDS
>Jul 13 12:54:18 lease042 /kernel: aac0: COMMAND 0xcb2af694 TIMEOUT AFTER 44
>SECONDS
>Jul 13 12:54:18 lease042 /kernel: aac0: COMMAND 0xcb2b029c TIMEOUT AFTER 44
>SECONDS
>Jul 13 12:54:18 lease042 /kernel: aac0: COMMAND 0xcb2b006c TIMEOUT AFTER 44
>SECONDS
>Jul 13 21:34:37 lease042 /kernel: aac0: COMMAND 0xcb2b02d4 TIMEOUT AFTER 31
>SECONDS
>Jul 13 21:34:37 lease042 /kernel: aac0: COMMAND 0xcb2b0884 TIMEOUT AFTER 31
>SECONDS
>Jul 13 21:34:37 lease042 /kernel: aac0: COMMAND 0xcb2b0b94 TIMEOUT AFTER 31
>SECONDS
>Jul 13 21:34:37 lease042 /kernel: aac0: COMMAND 0xcb2aff54 TIMEOUT AFTER 31
>SECONDS
>Jul 13 21:34:37 lease042 /kernel: aac0: COMMAND 0xcb2af694 TIMEOUT AFTER 31
>SECONDS
>Jul 13 21:34:37 lease042 /kernel: aac0: COMMAND 0xcb2af18c TIMEOUT AFTER 31
>SECONDS
>Jul 13 21:34:37 lease042 /kernel: aac0: COMMAND 0xcb2b05ac TIMEOUT AFTER 31
>SECONDS
>Jul 13 21:34:37 lease042 /kernel: aac0: COMMAND 0xcb2af50c TIMEOUT AFTER 31
>SECONDS
>
>
>
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