Device timeout from mfi(9) while booting 9.2-RELEASE

[Jan Mikkelsen]

On 5 Oct 2013, at 2:32 am, Teske, Devin <Devin.Teske at fisglobal.com> wrote:

> 
> On Oct 4, 2013, at 8:59 AM, Sean Bruno wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 2013-10-04 at 18:27 +1000, Jan Mikkelsen wrote:
>>>> mfi0: 14299 (boot + 4s/0x0020/info) - Firmware version 3.190.05-1669
>>>> mfi0: 14300 (boot + 5s/0x0020/info) - Package version 23.7.0-0029
>>>> mfi0: 14301 (boot + 5s/0x0020/info) - Board Revision 
>> 
>> Does it make sense then, to take a survey and add a recommended minium
>> f/w for cards that we know about to the man page?
>> 
> 
> Sounds like a great idea.
> 
> I can provide the following *good* firmware infos:
> 
> ===
> 
> In order:
> 
> 1. (as root) mfiutil show adapter | grep Name
> 2. grep 'mfi[[:digit:]]\{1,\}:.*\(vers\|Board\)' /var/run/dmesg.boot
> 3. (as root) mfiutil show firmware | grep Pack # only required on older cards
> 
> ===

The mfiutils instructions only work for the first card in the system.

I just went through a few running systems and found these combinations. Some of these are looking a bit old and should be upgraded. All are running fine.

    Product Name: LSI MegaRAID SAS 9261-8i
mfi0: 21552 (boot + 3s/0x0020/info) - Firmware version 2.130.383-2315
mfi0: 21554 (boot + 9s/0x0020/info) - Package version 12.13.0-0154
mfi0: 21555 (boot + 9s/0x0020/info) - Board Revision 15A

    Product Name: LSI MegaRAID SAS 9240-4i
mfi1: 15228 (boot + 3s/0x0020/info) - Firmware version 2.130.384-2291
mfi1: 15229 (boot + 5s/0x0020/info) - Package version 20.11.1-0137
mfi1: 15230 (boot + 5s/0x0020/info) - Board Revision 03A

    Product Name: LSI MegaRAID SAS 9261-8i
mfi0: 62632 (boot + 4s/0x0020/info) - Firmware version 2.120.243-1482
mfi0: 62634 (boot + 9s/0x0020/info) - Package version 12.12.0-0090
mfi0: 62635 (boot + 9s/0x0020/info) - Board Revision 15A

    Product Name: LSI MegaRAID SAS 9240-8i
mfi0: 6559 (boot + 3s/0x0020/info) - Firmware version 2.130.374-2023
mfi0: 6560 (boot + 5s/0x0020/info) - Package version 20.10.1-0126
mfi0: 6561 (boot + 5s/0x0020/info) - Board Revision 04A

    Product Name: LSI MegaRAID SAS 9261-8i
mfi0: 74819 (boot + 4s/0x0020/info) - Firmware version 2.120.183-1415
mfi0: 74822 (boot + 9s/0x0020/info) - Package version 12.12.0-0073
mfi0: 74823 (boot + 9s/0x0020/info) - Board Revision 15A

    Product Name: LSI MegaRAID SAS 9261-8i
mfi0: 72049 (boot + 4s/0x0020/info) - Firmware version 2.120.63-1242
mfi0: 72051 (boot + 6s/0x0020/info) - Package version 12.12.0-0048
mfi0: 72052 (boot + 6s/0x0020/info) - Board Revision 15A

    Product Name: LSI MegaRAID SAS 9240-8i
mfi0: 2463 (boot + 3s/0x0020/info) - Firmware version 2.130.354-1664
mfi0: 2464 (boot + 5s/0x0020/info) - Package version 20.10.1-0107
mfi0: 2465 (boot + 5s/0x0020/info) - Board Revision 04A


Regards,

Jan.