mfi (Dell H700) + hot swapping doesn't appear to work with RC1

[Hugo Silva]

On 12/15/11 09:19, Jan Mikkelsen wrote:

> 
> Hugo: You missed a step. Borja: No reboot required.
> 
> For the mfi controllers I have been testing recently (MegaRAID 9261-8i), you need to install the sysutils/megacli port, and use that to clear the "foreignness" of the disk you just added. Something like:
> 
>    MegaCli -CfgForeign -Clear -a0
> 
> You should be able to then recreate it as a JBOD device, and progress through whatever higher level recovery you need to do.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jan Mikkelsen
> 
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Hello,

I tried that and got: There is no foreign configuration on controller 0.

Exit Code: 0x00


Presently one drive is failed, following a mfiutil fail 2.

Trying to bring it back with 'mfiutil good 2' results in:

mfiutil: Command failed: Wrong firmware or drive state
mfiutil: Failed to set drive 2 to UNCONFIGURED GOOD: Input/output error


mfi0 Volumes:
  Id     Size    Level   Stripe  State   Cache   Name
 mfid0 (  558G) RAID-0      64k OPTIMAL Disabled
 mfid1 (  558G) RAID-0      64k OPTIMAL Disabled
 mfid2 (  558G) RAID-0      64k OPTIMAL Disabled
 mfid3 (  558G) RAID-0      64k OPTIMAL Disabled
 mfid4 (  558G) RAID-0      64k OFFLINE Disabled
 mfid5 (  558G) RAID-0      64k OPTIMAL Disabled



As Borja said, part of the difficulty is the H700 abstracting a single
disk as a RAID-0, I guess. So far I've been unable to find a way to
bring the drive back, except by rebooting and recreating.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,

Hugo