Install 8.0.4p1 x64 on Dell R515

[roc_pong]

Hi,

I just installed 8.0.4p1 x64 on a Dell R515. There are 10 SATA HDDs on the PERC H200 but after booted up, I can only see 6 drives. The last 4 HDDs appeared under both BIOS and boot loader. But once I boot into FreeNAS, they disappeared.

The PERC H200 comes with the lastest Dell IR firmware. I think there are people mentioned if flashed with LSI IT firmware it'll work as JBOD. However, I am trying to avoid flashing firmware on the HBA as the R515 may detect it as non-Dell HW and give me other problems. R515 also has the latest BIOS loaded.

Will installing 8.2.0BETA help? Your help is greatly appreciated. TIA.

 

[roc_pong]

resolved

by loading the LSI 9211-8i driver.

 

[Brad303]

by loading the LSI 9211-8i driver.

We're having the same problem. Did you mean that you loaded the LSI 9211-8i firmware or driver? If the firmware, which version did you use? And you mean the driver, isn't it the regular mps driver?

Thanks.

 

[roc_pong]

We're having the same problem. Did you mean that you loaded the LSI 9211-8i firmware or driver? If the firmware, which version did you use? And you mean the driver, isn't it the regular mps driver?

Thanks.

Driver. I didn't want to mess with Dell's firmware. I had to use mpslsi.ko downloaded from LSI site to get it working. Had to modify loader.conf for the driver as well. Hope this helps.

 

[RichieRich]

roc_pong,

This post was very helpful, solved our problem! We have a Dell R510 with H200 and 12 2TB drives, FreeNas 8.2 all 12 drives show up.

Thank you!

Reference: Got the FreeBSD Driver from here:
http://www.lsi.com/channel/products/storagecomponents/Pages/LSISAS9211-8i.aspx

 

[roc_pong]

roc_pong,

This post was very helpful, solved our problem! We have a Dell R510 with H200 and 12 2TB drives, FreeNas 8.2 all 12 drives show up.

Thank you!

Reference: Got the FreeBSD Driver from here:
http://www.lsi.com/channel/products/storagecomponents/Pages/LSISAS9211-8i.aspx

Glad this saved you some time. I think R510 makes very good entry level NAS with FreeNAS.