9650SE-2LP raid card locks system

[Mike Tancsa]

On 1/3/2011 9:14 PM, Troy Beisigl wrote:
> Hi Mike,
> 
> We are running the latest firmware. We upgraded to it in case this was the issue. As you can see from the log entry below, it shows the file system was not shut down cleanly because it was locked and had to be powered off. We are using Intel motherboards, so maybe something with FreeBSD and this card with the Intel motherboard? I know that this card works just fine with this board on CentOS, so...
> 

When it locks up, are you sure its the disk that locks up ?  From the
console, if you do a CTRL+T, what does it show its blocking on ? Are you
able to build a debug kernel to see where things are stuck ?

	---Mike

> Dec 29 17:36:12 web01 kernel: twa0: <3ware 9000 series Storage Controller> port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem 0xd0000000-0xd1ffffff,0xd2020000-0xd2020fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
> Dec 29 17:36:12 web01 kernel: twa0: [ITHREAD]
> Dec 29 17:36:12 web01 kernel: twa0: WARNING: (0x04: 0x0008): Unclean shutdown detected: unit=0
> Dec 29 17:36:12 web01 kernel: twa0: INFO: (0x15: 0x1300): Controller details:: Model 9650SE-2LP, 2 ports, Firmware FE9X 4.10.00.007, BIOS BE9X 4.08.00.002
> 
> Troy Beisigl
> 
> 
>> ---- Original Message ----
>> From: Mike Tancsa <mike at sentex.net>
>> To: "Troy Beisigl" <troy at i2bnetworks.com>
>> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>> Sent: Mon, Jan 3, 2011, 13:32 PM
>> Subject: Re: 9650SE-2LP raid card locks system
>>
>> I have a number of these cards and they work very well for us.  What
>> version of the firmware are you using on the card ?
>>
>> I have this on a busy db server. But its RELENG8.
>>
>> twa0: <3ware 9000 series Storage Controller> port 0x1000-0x10ff mem
>> 0xb0000000-0xb1ffffff,0xb4000000-0xb4000fff irq 19 at device 0.0 on pci12
>> twa0: [ITHREAD]
>> twa0: INFO: (0x15: 0x1300): Controller details:: Model 9650SE-2LP, 2
>> ports, Firmware FE9X 3.08.00.016, BIOS BE9X 3.08.00.004
>>
>> I have had good luck with Areca cards as well, but they start in 4 port
>> models.  But really, all should work just fine with this 3ware/LSI card
>>
>> 	---Mike
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/3/2011 3:58 PM, Troy Beisigl wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> We have been seeing a problem with FreeBSD 7.3 and up where the system
>>> will just hang when using a 9650SE-2LP raid card and 2 500G drives
>>> mirrored. The system will run for about a week and then the filesystem
>>> just hangs, causing the system to hang. We've looked through the logs
>>> and found nothing at all. We have changed the card and then the
>>> motherboard but the problem still exists. We have run this card with
>>> CentOS without fail in the same system configuration.
>>>
>>> If the card is not supported, can anyone recommend one that does work?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Troy Beisigl
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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