FreeBSD on Dell R210 II With PERC H200 Controllers

[Damien Fleuriot]

On 2/17/12 11:02 AM, Traiano Welcome wrote:
> Hi Damien
> 
>  Additional question:
> 
> 
> On 17/02/2012 11:14, "Damien Fleuriot" <ml at my.gd> wrote:
> 
>> Sorry top post, posting from phone.
>>
>> 8.2-stable, 9.0-release, will post a link with a tutorial when I hit my
>> desk
> 
> 
> 
> A lot of these Dell R210 II's ship with the S300 PERC. Does FreeBSD have
> support for this controller as well?
> 

Regarding S300 I'm sorry, I wouldn't be able to tell, all I've been able
to test was H200.


So, now that I'm at work, a more detailed response regarding Dell r210
with Perc H200 raid controllers.

First of all, you're going to need the mps driver which is available in
8-STABLE (8.3-PRERELEASE), 9.0-RELEASE and 9-STABLE.

It is *not* available as per the stock 8.2-RELEASE iso image.



Second, you're going to need to disable the hardware raid so that your
disks actually appear to the OS, then create a software raid on them.

This is done by hitting Ctrl+R when asked to, during the machine's boot
process.


Third, there has been a recent update to mps by Kashyap DESAI as
published by Kenneth D. Merry:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2012-January/031358.html

The update is available on 8-STABLE and 9-STABLE and it might bring
hardware raid support for H200 controllers.



Here are 2 links to help you getting started:

- my quick drafted procedure: http://my.gd/bsd.htm
- which Ollivier Robert greatly improved:
http://www.keltia.net/howtos/freebsd-dedibox