ciss(4) HP Smart Array P840

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> > > It's interesting that camcontrol devlist shows the drives, but there are no da* or ada* designations for them. I don't know what that means, but I'd speculate it's something driver-related.
> > 
> > Indeed:
> > 
> >     # camcontrol devlist -v
> >     scbus0 on ciss0 bus 0:
> >     scbus1 on ciss0 bus 32:
> >     <ATA ST1000DM003-1ER1 CC46>        at scbus1 target 4 lun 0 (pass0)
> >     <ATA ST1000DM003-1ER1 CC46>        at scbus1 target 5 lun 0 (pass1)
> >     scbus2 on ciss0 bus 33:
> >     ...
> > 
> > But there are no device names listed there, after passX, or in /dev.
> 
> This is somewhat interesting to me since I actually have 10.2-STABLE
> up and running on a HP DL360 Gen9 server with what appears to be the
> same controller:
> 
> # uname -a
> FreeBSD nova.noc.as2116.net 10.2-STABLE FreeBSD 10.2-STABLE #0 r290663M: Tue Nov 10 18:24:51 CET 2015     sthaug at x.y.z:/usr/src/sys/amd64/compile/DNS  amd64
> 
> # pciconf -lv
> ...
> ciss0 at pci0:3:0:0:       class=0x010400 card=0x21c0103c chip=0x3239103c rev=0x01 hdr=0x00
>     vendor     = 'Hewlett-Packard Company'
>     device     = 'Smart Array Gen9 Controllers'
>     class      = mass storage
>     subclass   = RAID

Followup: According to HP specifications, the controllers available for
DL360 Gen9 are: Either H240ar Smart Host Bus Adapter or P440ar Flexible
Smart Array. So this may be a different storage controller, despite
having the same PCI ID.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no