Dell 1850/PERC 4e/Si (Megaraid) with "too many retries" error

sthaug at nethelp.no sthaug at nethelp.no
Fri Aug 6 17:41:10 UTC 2010


> The original post was a year ago, to the day, from when I suddenly 
> started seeing the msgs -- what a coincidence!  The machine has been 
> running fine for years, there have been no changes to hardware or OS, 
> and these just started showing up in the log.  I'm assuming it's a 
> hardware problem...

I get the same error message occasionally, with no apparent ill effects.
Haven't seen any resolution to this yet.

See for instance

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-scsi/2009-August/003941.html
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hardware/2009-April/005838.html
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hardware/2009-April/005838.html

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no


> 
> Thanks!
> 
> vinifera mikel 0# pciconf -lv | more
> hostb0 at pci0:0:0:0:      class=0x060000 card=0x016d1028 chip=0x35908086 
> rev=0x09 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = 'E7520 Server Memory Controller Hub'
>     class      = bridge
>     subclass   = HOST-PCI
> pcib1 at pci0:0:2:0:       class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x35958086 
> rev=0x09 hdr=0x01
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = 'E752x Memory Controller Hub PCIe Port A0'
>     class      = bridge
>     subclass   = PCI-PCI
> pcib4 at pci0:0:4:0:       class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x35978086 
> rev=0x09 hdr=0x01
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = 'E752x Memory Controller Hub PCIe Port B0'
>     class      = bridge
>     subclass   = PCI-PCI
> pcib5 at pci0:0:5:0:       class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x35988086 
> rev=0x09 hdr=0x01
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = 'E752x Memory Controller Hub PCIe Port B1'
>     class      = bridge
>     subclass   = PCI-PCI
> pcib8 at pci0:0:6:0:       class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x35998086 
> rev=0x09 hdr=0x01
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = 'E752x Memory Controller Hub PCIe Port C0'
>     class      = bridge
>     subclass   = PCI-PCI
> pcib11 at pci0:0:30:0:     class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x244e8086 
> rev=0xc2 hdr=0x01
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = '82801 Family (ICH2/3/4/4/5/5/6/7/8/9,63xxESB) Hub 
> Interface to PCI Bridge'
>     class      = bridge
>     subclass   = PCI-PCI
> isab0 at pci0:0:31:0:      class=0x060100 card=0x00000000 chip=0x24d08086 
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = '82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge'
>     class      = bridge
>     subclass   = PCI-ISA
> atapci0 at pci0:0:31:1:    class=0x01018a card=0x016d1028 chip=0x24db8086 
> rev=0x02 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = '82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) EIDE Controller'
>     class      = mass storage
>     subclass   = ATA
> pcib2 at pci0:1:0:0:       class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x03308086 
> rev=0x06 hdr=0x01
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = '80332 [Dobson] I/O processor A-segment Bridge'
>     class      = bridge
>     subclass   = PCI-PCI
> pcib3 at pci0:1:0:2:       class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x03328086 
> rev=0x06 hdr=0x01
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = '80332 [Dobson] I/O processor B-segment Bridge'
>     class      = bridge
>     subclass   = PCI-PCI
> amr0 at pci0:2:14:0:       class=0x010400 card=0x016d1028 chip=0x00131028 
> rev=0x06 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Dell Computer Corporation'
>     device     = 'PERC 4e/Si and PERC 4e/Di Expandable RAID Controller'
>     class      = mass storage
>     subclass   = RAID
> pcib6 at pci0:5:0:0:       class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x03298086 
> rev=0x09 hdr=0x01
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = '6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Express Bridge A'
>     class      = bridge
>     subclass   = PCI-PCI
> pcib7 at pci0:5:0:2:       class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x032a8086 
> rev=0x09 hdr=0x01
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = '6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Express Bridge B'
>     class      = bridge
>     subclass   = PCI-PCI
> em0 at pci0:6:7:0: class=0x020000 card=0x016d1028 chip=0x10768086 rev=0x05 
> hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = '82541EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller'
>     class      = network
>     subclass   = ethernet
> pcib9 at pci0:8:0:0:       class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x03298086 
> rev=0x09 hdr=0x01
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = '6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Express Bridge A'
>     class      = bridge
>     subclass   = PCI-PCI
> pcib10 at pci0:8:0:2:      class=0x060400 card=0x00000000 chip=0x032a8086 
> rev=0x09 hdr=0x01
>     vendor     = 'Intel Corporation'
>     device     = '6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Express Bridge B'
>     class      = bridge
>     subclass   = PCI-PCI
> vgapci0 at pci0:11:13:0:   class=0x030000 card=0x016d1028 chip=0x51591002 
> rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'ATI Technologies Inc'
>     device     = 'RV100 Radeon 7000 / Radeon VE'
>     class      = display
>     subclass   = VGA
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> vinifera mikel 0# uname -a | more
> FreeBSD vinifera.vintners.net 7.1-STABLE FreeBSD 7.1-STABLE #2: Wed Jan 
> 14 15:10:30 PST 2009     
> root at vinifera.vintners.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386
> 
> 
> Sean Bruno wrote:
> > On Thu, 2010-08-05 at 10:46 -0500, Mike Lempriere wrote:
> >   
> >> Did anyone ever answer this?  I just started getting this msg yesterday.
> >>
> >>     
> >
> >
> > No.  I didn't see your original email though.
> >
> > Any chance you can post a bit more information?  e.g. dmesg output,
> > pciconf -lv and uname -a ?
> >
> > Sean
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   
> 
> -- 
> Mike Lempriere- Home: ph: 206-780-2146  email: mike at vintners.net
> cell ph/txt: 206-200-5902;  cell email: cell at vintners.net
> 
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