problem with Highpoint Rocketraid 644L (2nd generation)

[Peter Li]

Just bought the RocketRaid 644L (Not Rocket 644L), it doesn't work on my freenas 9.3.stable. :-(

I get this first:

Apr 28 22:32:12 freenas ahci0: AHCI v1.00 with 4 6Gbps ports, Port Multiplier supported with FBS
Apr 28 22:32:12 freenas ahcich0: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci0
Apr 28 22:32:12 freenas ahcich1: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci0
Apr 28 22:32:12 freenas ahcich2: <AHCI channel> at channel 2 on ahci0
Apr 28 22:32:12 freenas ahcich3: <AHCI channel> at channel 3 on ahci0

Then this:

Apr 28 22:32:12 freenas ahcich0: Timeout on slot 0 port 15
Apr 28 22:32:12 freenas ahcich0: is 00000001 cs 00000000 ss 00000000 rs 00000001 tfd 50 serr 00000000 cmd 00710017
Apr 28 22:32:12 freenas (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:15:0): READ_BUFFER/PM. ACB: e4 00 00 00 00 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00
Apr 28 22:32:12 freenas (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:15:0): CAM status: Command timeout
Apr 28 22:32:12 freenas (aprobe0:ahcich0:0:15:0): Error 5, Retry was blocked
Apr 28 22:32:12 freenas ahcich1: Timeout on slot 0 port 15
Apr 28 22:32:12 freenas ahcich1: is 00000001 cs 00000000 ss 00000000 rs 00000001 tfd 50 serr 00000000 cmd 00710017
Apr 28 22:32:12 freenas (aprobe1:ahcich1:0:15:0): READ_BUFFER/PM. ACB: e4 00 00 00 00 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00
Apr 28 22:32:12 freenas (aprobe1:ahcich1:0:15:0): CAM status: Command timeout
Apr 28 22:32:12 freenas (aprobe1:ahcich1:0:15:0): Error 5, Retry was blocked

No disk attached gets recognized.

I then loaded the freebsd kernel driver from highpoint site,
rr64xl-bsd-9.0-1.1.13.529-20130605.tgz, to /boot/kernel,
it reports the card correctly:

ahci0: <HighPoint RocketRAID 644L AHCI SATA controller> port 0xdc00-0xdc07,0xd800-0xd803,0xd400-0xd407,0xd000-0xd003,0xcc00-0xcc1f mem 0xfdfff000-0xfdfff7ff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
ahci0: AHCI v1.00 with 4 6Gbps ports, Port Multiplier supported with FBS

But still the same error:

ahcich0: AHCI reset: device not ready after 31000ms (tfd = 00000080)
ahcich0: Timeout on slot 0 port 15
ahcich0: is 00000001 cs 00000000 ss 00000000 rs 00000001 tfd 50 serr 00000000 cmd 00710017
(aprobe0:ahcich0:0:15:0): READ_BUFFER/PM. ACB: e4 00 00 00 00 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00
(aprobe0:ahcich0:0:15:0): CAM status: Command timeout
(aprobe0:ahcich0:0:15:0): Error 5, Retry was blocked
run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 60 seconds for xpt_config
ahcich0: AHCI reset: device not ready after 31000ms (tfd = 00000080)

Anyone else has better luck ?

Thanks

 

[DJ9]

I don't know why you bought that card, but I believe someone already pointed out in another message that the card won't work.

Hopefully you can get your money back and purchase a card that works. Please take a look at this thread:
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/hardware-recommendations-read-this-first.23069/

 

[cyberjock]

Yeah.. this topic is hiliarous for several reasons:

1. He cross-posted in a thread where I basically said "you are crazy to even consider using Highpoint"
2. I've repeated myself in the hardware recommendations guide.
3. He still posted thinking he's got the answers despite my repeated lambasting of Highpoint and FreeNAS.

Sorry, but I'm done talking about this subject. I've made it *blatantly* obvious what the answer was, in at *least* two places that are *clearly* marked. If that wasn't enough evidence, opening another forum thread isn't going to help. Some people just won't listen...

Good luck!