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MD1000 enclosure and HBA card not showing disk address.
Hello, One of our server is using a LSI HBA 9205-8e to access two Dell MD1000 disk enclosures. The server is running a Debian squeeze (6.0.7) amd64
and the controller firmware is flashed with the latest IT version. We are using the sas2ircu tool to access information on elements on the controller bus
(enclosure, disk). We tested with both the Debian standard kernel (3.2.0-0.bpo.4-amd64) and a special kernel we builded (3.8.3-2). Unfortunatly, the LSI HBA cannot access the disk address information. When querying the card information, we can access to all the information
(disk array, disk serial, ...) but the sas2ircu tool does not provide the correct disk address on the bus. The command only show enclosure:0, slot:0 for each disk. We installed a Solaris (Illumos) kernel on the hardware and queried the controller card with the Solaris version of the sas2ircu tool. All the information were
available except for the disk addresses. It show enclosure:0, slot:0 for each disk. Are your aware of any incompatibilities between an LSI HBA 9205-8e (IT firmware) and disk enclosure Dell MD1000 ?
Regards.
Linux 3.2.35 # modinfo mpt2sas filename: /lib/modules/3.2.0-0.bpo.4-amd64/kernel/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas.ko version: 10.100.00.00 license: GPL description: LSI MPT Fusion SAS 2.0 Device Driver author: LSI Corporation srcversion: 38EC1D70DB63A5A3F361922 # uname 3.2.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.35-2~bpo60+1 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Linux 3.8.3
# modinfo mpt2sas
filename:
/lib/modules/3.8.3-2/kernel/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas.ko
version: 14.100.00.00
license: GPL
description: LSI MPT Fusion SAS 2.0 Device Driver
author: LSI Corporation
srcversion: 0CDAC54AA3FB6BD11682E57
# uname -a
3.8.3-2 #2 SMP Mon Mar 18 15:28:37 UTC 2013 x86_64 GNU/Linux
See the output of sas2ircu 0 DISPLAY :
[ ... snip ...]
Device is a Hard disk
Enclosure # : 0
Slot # : 0
SAS Address : XXXXXX-3-5561-XXXX
State : Ready (RDY)
Size (in MB)/(in sectors) : 1907729/3907029167
Manufacturer : WD
Model Number : WD2000FYYG
Firmware Revision : D1B3
Serial No : XXXXXX
GUID : XXXXXX
Protocol : SAS
Drive Type : SAS_HDD
Device is a Hard disk
Enclosure # : 0
Slot # : 0
SAS Address : XXXXXX-3-5562-XXXX
State : Ready (RDY)
Size (in MB)/(in sectors) : 1907729/3907029167
Manufacturer : WD
Model Number : WD2000FYYG
Firmware Revision : D1B3
Serial No : XXXXXX
GUID : XXXXXX
Protocol : SAS
Drive Type : SAS_HDD
[ ... snip ...]
Device is a Enclosure services device
Enclosure # : 2
Slot # : 0
SAS Address : 50024e8-2-XXXX-XXXX
State : Standby (SBY)
Manufacturer : DELL
Model Number : MD1000
Firmware Revision : A.04
Serial No : XXXXXX
GUID : N/A
Protocol : SAS
Device Type : Enclosure services device
Device is a Enclosure services device
Enclosure # : 3
Slot # : 0
SAS Address : 50024e8-2-XXXX-XXXX
State : Standby (SBY)
Manufacturer : DELL
Model Number : MD1000
Firmware Revision : A.04
Serial No : XXXXXX
GUID : N/A
Protocol : SAS
Device Type : Enclosure services device
aegiap
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April 2nd, 2013 08:00
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Hello,
One of our server is using a LSI HBA 9205-8e to access two Dell MD1000 disk enclosures.
The server is running a Debian squeeze (6.0.7) amd64 and the controller firmware is
flashed with the latest IT version. We are using the sas2ircu tool to access information on
elements on the controller bus (enclosure, disk). We tested with both the Debian standard
kernel (3.2.0-0.bpo.4-amd64) and a special kernel we builded (3.8.3-2).
Unfortunatly, the LSI HBA cannot access the disk address information. When querying the
card information, we can access to all the information (disk array, disk serial, ...) but the
sas2ircu tool does not provide the correct disk address on the bus. The command only show enclosure:0, slot:0 for each disk.
We installed a Solaris (Illumos) kernel on the hardware and queried the controller card
with the Solaris version of the sas2ircu tool. All the information were available except for
the disk addresses. It show enclosure:0, slot:0 for each disk.
Are your aware of any incompatibilities between an LSI HBA 9205-8e (IT firmware) and
disk enclosure Dell MD1000 ?
DELL-Kenny K
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April 2nd, 2013 08:00
Aegiap,
What it sounds like is a configuration issue as the MD1000 has to be connected to a RAID controller. This array needs to be running with either a PERC 5/E or PERC 6/E controller. Below is the link for the support matrix that shows all of the supported configurations.
ftp.dell.com/.../powervault-md1000_Service%20Manual_en-us.pdf
Please let me know if you have any other questions and I would be happy to assist.
aegiap
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April 5th, 2013 06:00
Hello Kenny K. and thank you for your reply.
AFAIK Perc {5,6}/e card does not allow the user to use the disks in the enclosure as JBOD. As JBOD is mandatory in our setup, these SAS card will not help.