[zfs-discuss] Areca 1160 & ZFS

[James C. McPherson]

On Thu, 07 May 2009 16:59:01 -0400
milosz <mewash at gmail.com> wrote:

> with pass-through disks on areca controllers you have to set the lun id (i
> believe) using the volume command.  when you issue a volume info your disk
> id's should look like this (if you want solaris to see the disks):
> 
> 0/1/0
> 0/2/0
> 0/3/0
> 0/4/0
> etc.
> 
> the middle part there (again, i think that's supposed to be lun id) is what
> you need to set manually for each disk.  it's actually my #1 peeve with
> using areca with solaris.

6784370 enhance arcmsr to support auto-enumeration

solves the "must add luns to sd.conf" problem.

If you're not running at least snv_107, then you will need
to add entries to your /kernel/drv/sd.conf file, regenerate
your boot archive, and then reboot.

The format of the entries is as follows:


name="sd" parent="arcmsr" target=2 lun=0;
name="sd" parent="arcmsr" target=3 lun=0;
name="sd" parent="arcmsr" target=4 lun=0;
name="sd" parent="arcmsr" target=5 lun=0;
 
etc etc. Oh, and do make sure you're using JBOD mode if
that's available.


James



> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Gregory Skelton <
> gskelton at gravity.phys.uwm.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I want to start out by saying ZFS has been a life saver to me, and the
> > scientific collaboration I work for. I can't imagine working with the TB's
> > of data that we do, without the snapshots or the ease of moving the data
> > from one pool to another.
> >
> > Right now I'm trying to setup a whiteboxe with OpenSolaris. It has an Areca
> > 1160 RAID controller(lastest firmware), SuperMicro H8SSL-I mobo, and a
> > SuperMicro IPMI card. I haven't been working with Solaris for all that long,
> > and wanted to create a zpool similar to our x4500's. From the documentation
> > it says to use the format command to locate the disks.
> >
> > OpenSolaris lives on a 2 disk Mirrored raid, and I was hoping I could have
> > the disks pass through, so that zfs could manage the zpool. What am I doing
> > wrong here, that I can't see all the disks? Or do I have to use a RAID 5
> > underneath the zpool?
> >
> > Any and all help is appreciated.
> > Thanks,
> > Gregory
> >
> >
> > root at nfs0009:~# format
> > Searching for disks...done
> >
> >
> > AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
> >        0. c3t0d0 <DEFAULT cyl 48627 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
> >
> > /pci at 0,0/pci1166,36 at 1/pci1166,104 at d/pci8086,335 at 1/pci17d3,1160 at e/sd at 0,0
> >        1. c3t1d0 <DEFAULT cyl 48639 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
> >
> > /pci at 0,0/pci1166,36 at 1/pci1166,104 at d/pci8086,335 at 1/pci17d3,1160 at e/sd at 1,0
> > Specify disk (enter its number):
> >
> >
> > root at nfs0009:~# ./cli64 disk info
> >  # Ch# ModelName                       Capacity  Usage
> >
> > ===============================================================================
> >   1  1  WDC WD4000YS-01MPB1              400.1GB  Raid Set # 00
> >   2  2  WDC WD4000YS-01MPB1              400.1GB  Raid Set # 00
> >   3  3  WDC WD4000YS-01MPB1              400.1GB  Pass Through
> >   4  4  WDC WD4000YS-01MPB1              400.1GB  Pass Through
> >   5  5  WDC WD4000YS-01MPB1              400.1GB  Pass Through
> >   6  6  WDC WD4000YS-01MPB1              400.1GB  Pass Through
> >   7  7  WDC WD4000YS-01MPB1              400.1GB  Pass Through
> >   8  8  WDC WD4000YS-01MPB1              400.1GB  Pass Through
> >   9  9  WDC WD4000YS-01MPB1              400.1GB  Pass Through
> >  10 10  WDC WD4000YS-01MPB1              400.1GB  Pass Through
> >  11 11  WDC WD4000YS-01MPB1              400.1GB  Pass Through
> >  12 12  WDC WD4000YS-01MPB1              400.1GB  Pass Through
> >  13 13  WDC WD4000YS-01MPB1              400.1GB  Pass Through
> >  14 14  WDC WD4000YS-01MPB1              400.1GB  Pass Through
> >  15 15  WDC WD4000YS-01MPB1              400.1GB  Pass Through
> >  16 16  WDC WD4000YS-01MPB1              400.1GB  Pass Through
> >
> > ===============================================================================
> > GuiErrMsg<0x00>: Success.
> > root at nfs0009:~#
> >
> >
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James C. McPherson
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