6.1 can't find SAS drives on Dell PE 1955

[Eric Anderson]

On 11/01/06 15:26, Mike Brown wrote:
> Hi Eric, thanks for the reply
>  
> Not sure what controller I'm running.  I don't see it on boot up BIOS 
> messages.
>  From what I gather its a RAID controller, both drives are mirrored via 
> the system.
>  
> I tried 6.2-PRE this morning, it also did not see the drives.
>  
> How do I tell what controller is on the system ?

It should tell you on boot - something like 'PERC 5i' or PERC something 
(maybe 'PowerEdge RAID Controller').


We have a 1950 that works ok under recent 6.2-*

> The drives are 73Gig 10K RPM   SAS micro drives
> 
>  
> On 01/11/06, *Eric Anderson* <anderson at centtech.com 
> <mailto:anderson at centtech.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On 11/01/06 14:39, Mike Brown wrote:
>      > When trying to install FB-6.1 from the ISO's on a Dell PE 1955
>     Blade, it
>      > will not see the SAS drives.
>      >
>      > Any thoughts of wisdom
>      >
>      > Thanks in advance
> 
>     Which controller are you using, and is there a RAID set up or are you
>     passing the drives through to FreeBSD?  Also, you might want to try
>     6.2-PRERELEASE.
> 
>     Eric


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