Supermicro server issue...

[eboshart]

Problem with a drive failure light indication on drive positions 7 & 8 on a Supermicro server mo# SYS-5027R-WRF, using a SAS adapter AOC-USAS2-L8i, and SAS backplane SAS825TQ. I have tried FreeNAS version 8.3.0 & 8.3.1 and receive the same problem. Upon booting FreeNAS when it hits loading the pci255 driver it fails the 2 drives and will continue to boot successfully. I can then see the drives, format them and configure just fine but the drives continue to indicate a failure (brand new 3.0T WD Sata NASWare disk drives). When reading about v8.3.1 it says a bit about running firmware version 13 on an LSI chip adapter. My SAS adapter does have and LSI chip and is running firmware version 14. Do you think this could be my problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!! Eric

 

[eboshart]

Is there a FreeNAS 9 beta out there I could try?

 

[warri]

You could try the newest nightly build which is labeled 9.1.0-ALPHA from here.

 

[eboshart]

Hi guys.. is there a developer that could comment on this snip from the download area please? I'm very hesitant to downgrade any controller firmware. My LSI controller is running FW v14. Thanks!

snip============================snip
The mps driver for 6gbps LSI SAS HBAs is version 13, which requires
phase 13 firmware on the controller. This is a hard requirement,
running older firmware can cause many woes, including the failure to
probe all of the attached disks, which can lead to degraded or
unavailable arrays.
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[jgreco]

On the M1015's, the version people typically flash is 15. The mps driver warning is against using firmware releases older than 13.

When attaching SATA drives through SAS expanders, I've noticed that the SAS expanders can be a bit tetchy about the finer points of SATA. Things like lights and security locks tend to be troublesome with some brands or models. Don't forget to see if a firmware upgrade for the drive might be available.

 

[eboshart]

Where can I find the old archived versions of FreeNAS?

 

[ProtoSD]

Same place as the new ones ;)

http://sourceforge.net/projects/freenas/files/

 

[eboshart]

Yea yea yea.. always a wise guy eh! ;) Appreciate the info!

I found out that my L8i card is not compatible with my other hardware for FreeNAS and am hoping that the Supermicro guys can write me a new driver, but it's not looking good. They have a device driver for FreeBSD v8.2.0, anyone think this will work? Eric

 

[cyberjock]

I give it roughly 0% chance of working. Give or take 5%.

 

[eboshart]

Found a typo in here: http://www.freenas.org/download-releases.html .... guess what it is! Now I'm the wise guy eh! ;) It's in the GUI upgrade x64 choice.

I don't know if you all have tried this ISO: FreeNAS-8.3.1-RELEASE-p2-x64.iso , but when I install it, the Web interface GUI does not load as it's supposed to. FYI. I have to install a lower FreeNAS version then perform the upgrade. Kinda crazy eh? Maybe I'm crazy! ha

 

[titan_rw]

Just looked at this url: http://www.freenas.org/download-releases.html

The filename it claims it's going to download is the correct 8.3.1-release-p2 version. But the actual link to the file (upon clicking the blue download button), gives you 8.3.1-release instead.

Is this intentional? I usually go straight to the sourceforge page to download releases, so I haven't noticed this before.

 

[warri]

I'm sure the download link pointed to the -P2 some days ago - because that's where I got my upgrade from. Now it indeed seems to link to the RELEASE version..

 

[eboshart]

Yes I'm a noob to FreeNAS... so why doesn't the enter key work in Shell from the web GUI interface? What am I missing here?

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So if I do hold the CTRL key down type the Enter key it works... why the control key? Like a lil kid eh!