I'm trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a machine with a LSI SAS 1068E controller. I've googled all over the place and found a few different drivers for RHEL5 for it.. and tried a few of them.. Some will load, some complain that this isn't the correct version.. non of them work when it comes to showing Hard Drivers in the partition manager. The machine is a Supermicro SYS-6015V-M3 server. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Billy
On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 17:35 -0500, Billy Huddleston wrote:
I'm trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a machine with a LSI SAS 1068E controller. I've googled all over the place and found a few different drivers for RHEL5 for it.. and tried a few of them.. Some will load, some complain that this isn't the correct version.. non of them work when it comes to showing Hard Drivers in the partition manager. The machine is a Supermicro SYS-6015V-M3 server. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Billy
Have you setup any RAID volumes the controller BIOS/utility?
Yes, their is a RAID 10 volume setup in the controller BIOS.
Tait Clarridge wrote:
On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 17:35 -0500, Billy Huddleston wrote:
I'm trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a machine with a LSI SAS 1068E controller. I've googled all over the place and found a few different drivers for RHEL5 for it.. and tried a few of them.. Some will load, some complain that this isn't the correct version.. non of them work when it comes to showing Hard Drivers in the partition manager. The machine is a Supermicro SYS-6015V-M3 server. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Billy
Have you setup any RAID volumes the controller BIOS/utility?
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On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 18:11 -0500, Billy Huddleston wrote:
Yes, their is a RAID 10 volume setup in the controller BIOS.
A previous response suggested using JBOD mode. But maybe someone has installed CentOS with the 1068E controller using a RAID mode.
If I understand the problem correctly, the CentOS installer is unable to see your RAID volume?
That's correct. I've not tried it JBOD as of yet.
Tait Clarridge wrote:
On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 18:11 -0500, Billy Huddleston wrote:
Yes, their is a RAID 10 volume setup in the controller BIOS.
A previous response suggested using JBOD mode. But maybe someone has installed CentOS with the 1068E controller using a RAID mode.
If I understand the problem correctly, the CentOS installer is unable to see your RAID volume?
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Billy Huddleston wrote:
I'm trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a machine with a LSI SAS 1068E controller. I've googled all over the place and found a few different drivers for RHEL5 for it.. and tried a few of them.. Some will load, some complain that this isn't the correct version.. non of them work when it comes to showing Hard Drivers in the partition manager. The machine is a Supermicro SYS-6015V-M3 server. Any help would be appreciated.
I'm not familiar with that exact LSI chip, but most every LSI Logic Fusion-MPT controller I've seen yet has worked just fine with the default RHEL drivers.
have you configured the drives in the BIOS of the SAS ?I believe you have to set them to be JBOD for everything to be happy, the raid modes on those LSI chips is generaly fake-raid with some hardware assist.
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, John R Pierce wrote:
I'm not familiar with that exact LSI chip, but most every LSI Logic Fusion-MPT controller I've seen yet has worked just fine with the default RHEL drivers.
I have a bunch of machines with the LSI 1068E chip, and they _do_ work fine with the default drivers, for both 5.3 and 5.4.
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Great, which driver did you use and where can I get it... and was this for a 32bit or 64bit CentOS install?
Thanks, Billy
Steve Thompson wrote:
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, John R Pierce wrote:
I'm not familiar with that exact LSI chip, but most every LSI Logic Fusion-MPT controller I've seen yet has worked just fine with the default RHEL drivers.
I have a bunch of machines with the LSI 1068E chip, and they _do_ work fine with the default drivers, for both 5.3 and 5.4.
Steve
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On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Billy Huddleston wrote:
Great, which driver did you use and where can I get it... and was this for a 32bit or 64bit CentOS install?
It was 64-bit; I just used the regular CentOS installation CD's; no special drivers at all.
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On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 18:57 -0500, Steve Thompson wrote:
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Billy Huddleston wrote:
Great, which driver did you use and where can I get it... and was this for a 32bit or 64bit CentOS install?
It was 64-bit; I just used the regular CentOS installation CD's; no special drivers at all.
Steve
Steve, did you configure RAID in the BIOS or use JBOD and create a SW raid in CentOS? I noticed from a previous post that you said it was working, the info may help Billy.
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Tait Clarridge wrote:
Steve, did you configure RAID in the BIOS or use JBOD and create a SW raid in CentOS? I noticed from a previous post that you said it was working, the info may help Billy.
I've done it both ways (RAID-5, RAID-6 and JBOD). BTW, the LSI 1068E in my case were in Dell Perc 6/i controllers.
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Hmm.. I can't do RAID 5 because that would require the iButton68 (per http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/6015/SYS-6015V-M3.cfm)
However, this has me completely stumped. I'll try JBOD and see what that does.
Thanks, Billy
Steve Thompson wrote:
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Tait Clarridge wrote:
Steve, did you configure RAID in the BIOS or use JBOD and create a SW raid in CentOS? I noticed from a previous post that you said it was working, the info may help Billy.
I've done it both ways (RAID-5, RAID-6 and JBOD). BTW, the LSI 1068E in my case were in Dell Perc 6/i controllers.
Steve
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JBOD a bust. It doesn't see any hard drives that way either. Anyone have any other ideas?
Billy Huddleston wrote:
Hmm.. I can't do RAID 5 because that would require the iButton68 (per http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/6015/SYS-6015V-M3.cfm)
However, this has me completely stumped. I'll try JBOD and see what that does.
Thanks, Billy
Steve Thompson wrote:
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Tait Clarridge wrote:
Steve, did you configure RAID in the BIOS or use JBOD and create a SW raid in CentOS? I noticed from a previous post that you said it was working, the info may help Billy.
I've done it both ways (RAID-5, RAID-6 and JBOD). BTW, the LSI 1068E in my case were in Dell Perc 6/i controllers.
Steve
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On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 21:18 -0500, Billy Huddleston wrote:
JBOD a bust. It doesn't see any hard drives that way either. Anyone have any other ideas?
Ask Supermicro for the IT mode of your firmware if it exists. They are usually really good at answering support questions if you email them, I've normally heard back from them within 24 hours.
You can also ask supermicro for a driver disk (if you did not get one) to use during the install if you pass "linux dd" to the command line while booting the CD/DVD.
I just read the user manual on it.. It says the following...
IT Mode (Initiator and Target Mode) This is a Non-RAID mode. To use this mode, be sure to fl ash an IT mode firmware to the EEPROM and to install an IT Mode driver to the system OS.
So, I'm confused, what point is a RAID controller that doesn't support RAID ?
Thanks, Billy
Tait Clarridge wrote:
On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 21:18 -0500, Billy Huddleston wrote:
JBOD a bust. It doesn't see any hard drives that way either. Anyone have any other ideas?
Ask Supermicro for the IT mode of your firmware if it exists. They are usually really good at answering support questions if you email them, I've normally heard back from them within 24 hours.
You can also ask supermicro for a driver disk (if you did not get one) to use during the install if you pass "linux dd" to the command line while booting the CD/DVD.
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On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 22:10 -0500, Billy Huddleston wrote:
I just read the user manual on it.. It says the following...
IT Mode (Initiator and Target Mode) This is a Non-RAID mode. To use this mode, be sure to fl ash an IT mode firmware to the EEPROM and to install an IT Mode driver to the system OS.
So, I'm confused, what point is a RAID controller that doesn't support RAID ?
Thanks, Billy
Probably for compliance, might as well give it a try if you can...
The Perc 4i/5i stuff that Steve was talking about is definitely supported as I have a server that uses this. They may be exposed and use different drivers than the straight LSI SAS 1068E.
Steve: What module does your Dell Perc use? I don't have access to my server to check.
nate wrote:
Tait Clarridge wrote:
Steve: What module does your Dell Perc use? I don't have access to my server to check.
megaraid_sas is what my PERC 5i and 6i use
I'm pretty sure the PERC 5i/6i are more than just the 1068E SAS chip, although they very well could include that.
On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 21:17 -0800, John R Pierce wrote:
nate wrote:
Tait Clarridge wrote:
Steve: What module does your Dell Perc use? I don't have access to my server to check.
megaraid_sas is what my PERC 5i and 6i use
I'm pretty sure the PERC 5i/6i are more than just the 1068E SAS chip, although they very well could include that.
I agree.
Billy, did you email Supermicro? I think they might be able to send you a driver disk to use during install if you didn't get one initially.
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Tait Clarridge wrote:
Steve: What module does your Dell Perc use? I don't have access to my server to check.
From one of my Dell R410 systems:
% lspci | grep LSI 03:00.0 RAID bus controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 1078 (rev 04)
and from /etc/modprobe.conf:
alias scsi_hostadapter megaraid_sas
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Steve Thompson wrote:
I have a bunch of machines with the LSI 1068E chip, and they _do_ work fine with the default drivers, for both 5.3 and 5.4
I'm curious... that chip [1] claims RAID 0/1/10/10e support and implies its hardware raid. Is the integrated RAID support in fact true raid, such that they present a single SCSI unit per logical volume, or is it some form of fake raid which requires driver intervention to make it play? If it is hardware raid, does the chip/hardware transparently handle rebuilds? hot sparing? or does it rely on BIOS and drivers to implement these features?
I'd certainly be concerned about the lack of raid cache memory with a battery back option, and would tend to want to use them as JBOD and use the operating system native mdraid instead ...
[1] http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/standard_product_ics/sas_ics/l...
On Nov 27, 2009, at 6:19 PM, John R Pierce pierce@hogranch.com wrote:
Steve Thompson wrote:
I have a bunch of machines with the LSI 1068E chip, and they _do_ work fine with the default drivers, for both 5.3 and 5.4
I'm curious... that chip [1] claims RAID 0/1/10/10e support and implies its hardware raid. Is the integrated RAID support in fact true raid, such that they present a single SCSI unit per logical volume, or is it some form of fake raid which requires driver intervention to make it play? If it is hardware raid, does the chip/hardware transparently handle rebuilds? hot sparing? or does it rely on BIOS and drivers to implement these features?
Most LSI cards are true RAID.
I'd certainly be concerned about the lack of raid cache memory with a battery back option, and would tend to want to use them as JBOD and use the operating system native mdraid instead ...
If there is no write-back cache then there is no problem and RAID10 is the best when there is no write-back cache.
It may be that the array wasn't defined properly or was offlined.
-Rosa
Billy Huddleston wrote on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:35:43 -0500:
I'm trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a machine with a LSI SAS 1068E controller.
It should work out of the box. I have several Dell and HP machines that have cards based on this LSI chip and they worked straight out of the box. You configure the RAID in the BIOS and CentOS then just sees one disk. Using only RAID 1, though. If that doesn't work for you, you should definitely talk to the vendor.
Kai
Billy Huddleston wrote:
I'm trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a machine with a LSI SAS 1068E controller. I've googled all over the place and found a few different drivers for RHEL5 for it.. and tried a few of them.. Some will load, some complain that this isn't the correct version.. non of them work when it comes to showing Hard Drivers in the partition manager. The machine is a Supermicro SYS-6015V-M3 server. Any help would be appreciated.
found a thread [1] on a ubuntu forum talking about a similar SuperMicro board with a 1068E, if you weed through the thread, says there's a jumper JPA2 on the board, if the jumper is in one position, the board uses the Fusion_MPT driver and appears as JBOD, in the other position its Megaraid_SAS but didn't work with ubuntu without much fussing aorund including flashing an updated LSI 1068E firmware onto the board (which is NOT the regular BIOS, furhter, they had to contact SM to get this updated firmware as its specific to the exact board revision you have)
[1] http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-973912.html http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-973912.html
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Billy Huddleston billy@ivdc.com wrote:
I'm trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a machine with a LSI SAS 1068E controller. I've googled all over the place and found a few different drivers for RHEL5 for it.. and tried a few of them.. Some will load, some complain that this isn't the correct version.. non of them work when it comes to showing Hard Drivers in the partition manager. The machine is a Supermicro SYS-6015V-M3 server. Any help would be appreciated.
run lspci on the system from the rescue mode of the installer disk. It will probably say something like Megaraid.
We have a newer motherbaord from Super Micro and we had the same problem. The motherboard data info says LSI 1068E but depending on the jumper setting of the board it could be 1078E instead and that is not supported by Linux until a much later kernel (2.6.32).
Jumper for IT mode and get the IT firmware and things will work correctly.
It's listed as a MegaRAID controller. I've tried the following drivers suggested by Supermicro with no success.
megasr-13.10.0708.2009-1-rhel50-ga-all.img megasr-13.10.0708.2009-1-rhel50-u1-all.img megasr-13.10.0708.2009-1-rhel50-u2-all.img megasr-13.10.0708.2009-1-rhel50-u3-all.img
From what I can tell from reading, it is a software RAID and putting it in IT mode makes it work as a JBOD. I'm not understanding how to do RAID 10 with it in IT mode.
Thanks, Billy
Larry Brigman wrote:
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Billy Huddleston billy@ivdc.com wrote:
I'm trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a machine with a LSI SAS 1068E controller. I've googled all over the place and found a few different drivers for RHEL5 for it.. and tried a few of them.. Some will load, some complain that this isn't the correct version.. non of them work when it comes to showing Hard Drivers in the partition manager. The machine is a Supermicro SYS-6015V-M3 server. Any help would be appreciated.
run lspci on the system from the rescue mode of the installer disk. It will probably say something like Megaraid.
We have a newer motherbaord from Super Micro and we had the same problem. The motherboard data info says LSI 1068E but depending on the jumper setting of the board it could be 1078E instead and that is not supported by Linux until a much later kernel (2.6.32).
Jumper for IT mode and get the IT firmware and things will work correctly. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Billy Huddleston wrote:
It's listed as a MegaRAID controller. I've tried the following drivers suggested by Supermicro with no success.
megasr-13.10.0708.2009-1-rhel50-ga-all.img megasr-13.10.0708.2009-1-rhel50-u1-all.img megasr-13.10.0708.2009-1-rhel50-u2-all.img megasr-13.10.0708.2009-1-rhel50-u3-all.img
From what I can tell from reading, it is a software RAID and putting
it in IT mode makes it work as a JBOD. I'm not understanding how to do RAID 10 with it in IT mode.
If it is JBOD then correct me if I'm wrong but it is "just a bunch of disks" and needs software raid
Thanks, Billy
Larry Brigman wrote:
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Billy Huddleston billy@ivdc.com wrote:
I'm trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a machine with a LSI SAS 1068E controller. I've googled all over the place and found a few different drivers for RHEL5 for it.. and tried a few of them.. Some will load, some complain that this isn't the correct version.. non of them work when it comes to showing Hard Drivers in the partition manager. The machine is a Supermicro SYS-6015V-M3 server. Any help would be appreciated.
run lspci on the system from the rescue mode of the installer disk. It will probably say something like Megaraid.
We have a newer motherbaord from Super Micro and we had the same problem. The motherboard data info says LSI 1068E but depending on the jumper setting of the board it could be 1078E instead and that is not supported by Linux until a much later kernel (2.6.32).
Jumper for IT mode and get the IT firmware and things will work correctly. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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