Trying FreeNAS so we don't have to spend millions

[Don Intellys]

Quick info. I work at a small business in Texas. We have VMWare and currently run Windows 2012 R2 Storage Spaces to iSCSI targets. It works okay, but I would like to setup some Fiber Channel HBAs into a host to test the feasibility of going to more of a SAN layout. I am running things on commodity hardware and need to keep our costs down while increasing performance. I have a SuperMicro X9DRD-7LN4F system with dual Xeon E5-2620 CPUs and 128 GB of RAM. I have 30 Samsung 850EVO 1 TB drives in it. I have a QLogic BR-815 HBA connected to an 24-port Fiber Channel switch. The first host I have connected via all this is a SuperMicro X9DAX with dual E5-2670 CPUs, 256 GB RAM and another QLogic BR-815 HBA into the same Fiber Channel switch. The problem I am having is getting the appropriate drivers for the QLogic BR-815 HBA on FreeNAS.

 

[m0nkey_]

FreeNAS does not support FC out of the box. You're required to set some system tuneables in order for it to work.

Here is an old forum post for FreeNAS 9.3. I can confirm this works as I did set-up a iSCSI target using a QLogic fiber channel card. You may need to tweak it to work in your environment: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/freenas-9-3-fc-fibre-channel-target-mode-das-san.27653/

 

[Don Intellys]

I have the tunables in place, I just need to know how to get the driver for the HBA card.

 

[m0nkey_]

I have the tunables in place, I just need to know how to get the driver for the HBA card.

I've just replied to your other post: https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/need-drivers-for-qlogic-br-815-on-freenas.51192/