Initial ISO's ready for testing FreeNAS 9.10 with Mellanox cards

[Justin Clift]

Ahhhhh.  From memory, the IPoIB ISO is using one of the earlier kernel config's
I knocked up... and ... er... I think I disabled a bunch of the disk device
controllers in that.

Oops. *facepalm* :(

I'll make a point to re-enable things for the next ISO (likely tomorrow).  I've
just been putting time into writing up docs for a different project today &
yesterday, thus the lack of recent update.

+ Justin


On 29 Apr 2016, at 22:09, Jason Bacon <bacon4000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Unfortunately, the installer (ipoib image) is failing on our PowerEdge R730XD.
> 
> Abbreviated output below:
> 
> active set on mfid0
> No handlers could be found for logger "freenaOS.Configuration"
> Traceback
>    freenas-install, line 56
>        if installer.GetPackages() != True
>    Instaler.py, line 857
>        pkgFile = self._conf.FindPackageFile(pkg, handler=get_file_handler)
>    Configuration.py, line 1109
>        intr_ok = True
>    Configuration.py, line 638
>        raise url_exc
> urllib2.URLError: urlopen error errno 8 hostname nor servname provided, or not known
> installation on mfid0 has failed
> 
> This happens about 10 seconds after selecting a boot disk and hitting OK.  It didn't get to network configuration or anything else, so the urlopen error seems odd.
> 
> Note, however, that I was also unable to install FreeBSD with UFS on this system due to the use of the MFI RAID driver.  FreeBSD is on the cusp of moving from MFI to MRSAS, so very new LSI controllers aren't supported by MFI, which is still the default. If I install with ZFS, it manages to limp through the installation, but RAID performance is terrible with the MFI driver.  After switching to MRSAS, performance is very good.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>    Jason
> 
> On 04/25/16 09:46, Justin Clift wrote:
>> Awesome, please do. :)
>> 
>> Noticed your post on the FreeNAS forum about this as well, so I've posted info there too.  The post is in moderation though, so hopefully someone will approve it and others will test it too. :)
>> 
>> As a side note, I've been able to do basic interoperability testing of the Ethernet mode ISO FreeNAS build with a Windows client (also running ConnectX card).  Trying the same thing in IPoIB mode isn't working though.  Seems like driver problems on the Windows side. :(
>> 
>> Currently seeking assistance with that through the Mellanox Community forum (don't laugh... I'm not a Windows guy! :>). It's probably just something simple.  Hopefully. ;)
>> 
>> + Justin
>> 
>> 
>> On 2016-04-25 15:37, Jason Bacon wrote:
>>> Justin,
>>> 
>>> This is *exactly* what I'm interested in doing right now.  In fact, I
>>> had been exploring how to do a FreeNAS build with IB support. Thanks
>>> a million for providing the ISOs.
>>> 
>>> I can test with Infinihost and ConnectX-3.
>>> 
>>>    Jason
>>> 
>>> On 04/25/16 09:03, Justin Clift wrote:
>>>> This is semi-off-topic, but hoping it's closely enough related that I'll
>>>> be forgiven. :)
>>>> 
>>>> If anyone has time/interest to try out FreeNAS 9.10 (based on FreeBSD
>>>> 10.3) - with Mellanox Infiniband card drivers baked in, there are two
>>>> ISO's here for testing:
>>>> 
>>>>   https://github.com/justinclift/freenas-infiniband​
>>>> 
>>>> One ISO is for native Infiniband mode (forcing IPoIB mode for the cards):
>>>> 
>>>> https://github.com/justinclift/freenas-infiniband/releases/tag/FreeNAS-IB-9.10-alpha1
>>>> 
>>>> The other ISO is for native Ethernet mode:
>>>> 
>>>> https://github.com/justinclift/freenas-infiniband/releases/tag/FreeNAS-IB-EN-9.10-alpha1v10
>>>> 
>>>> InfiniHost through to ConnectX-3 cards should all work for the IB mode
>>>> one.  ConnectX through ConnectX-3 should work for the Ethernet mode one.
>>>> 
>>>> And yeah, it would be better to have just one ISO.  There is a weird
>>>> kernel panic bug I'm trying to track down first (triggered when switched
>>>> modes), that needs fixing before that can happen.
>>>> 
>>>> All feedback is hugely encouraged and welcome. :)
>>>> 
>>>> Regards and best wishes,
>>>> 
>>>> Justin Clift
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those
>>>> who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the
>>>> first group; there was less competition there."
>>>> - Indira Gandhi
>>>> 
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> 

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who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the
first group; there was less competition there."
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