3ware 9550SX-8LP RAID help

[Huy Ton That]

After a lot of digging around and modifying the kernel a bit it's working
now.  I also had to add twa_load to the loader.conf file set to 'yes'.
Thank you for your response sir; I appreciate your time.

On 3/27/06, Erik Trulsson <ertr1013 at student.uu.se> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2006 at 04:35:18PM -0500, Huy Ton That wrote:
> > Hello I just purchased a new server and was installing FBSD.  It
> currently
> > has 2 internal harddrives which are working and mountable.  Additionally
> > there are 3 hotswappable hdds which are connected to a 3ware 9550sx-8LP
> raid
> > 5/0 controller card.  Everything has been configured properly within the
> > controller's bios.  However, the controller is not detected during boot
> > time.
> >
> > I found out that the 'twa' drivers should take care of this, and after
> > consulting the online manpages I saw...  however it said FreeBSD 7.0below
> > at the bottom of the online manpage...
> >
> > *HARDWARE* <
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=twa&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+7.0-current#end
> >
>
> As can be seen in the link, that is the manpage for 7-CURRENT.
>
> >      The *twa* driver supports the following SATA RAID controllers:
> >
> >      *·*       AMCC's 3ware 9500S-4LP
> >      *·*       AMCC's 3ware 9500S-8
> >      *·*       AMCC's 3ware 9500S-8MI
> >      *·*       AMCC's 3ware 9500S-12
> >      *·*       AMCC's 3ware 9500S-12MI
> >      *·*       AMCC's 3ware 9500SX-4LP
> >      *·*       AMCC's 3ware 9500SX-8LP
> >      *·*       AMCC's 3ware 9500SX-12
> >      *·*       AMCC's 3ware 9500SX-12MI
> >      *·*       AMCC's 3ware 9500SX-16ML
> >      *·*       AMCC's 3ware 9550SX-4LP
> >      *·*       AMCC's 3ware 9550SX-8LP
> >      *·*       AMCC's 3ware 9550SX-12
> >      *·*       AMCC's 3ware 9550SX-12MI
> >      *·*       AMCC's 3ware 9550SX-16ML
> >
> > The odd thing is that when I do man twa locally on the machine, this is
> all
> > I have on my list:
> >
> >      o   AMCC's 3ware 9500S-4LP
> >      o   AMCC's 3ware 9500S-8
> >      o   AMCC's 3ware 9500S-8MI
> >      o   AMCC's 3ware 9500S-12
> >      o   AMCC's 3ware 9500S-12MI
> >
> > Is this just what is supported for FreeBSD 6.0?
>
> Yes, that is all the devices that twa supported when 6.0 was made.
> Support for the 95x0SX cards have been added since.
> The upcoming 6.1 should support all the devices that 7-CURRENT supports.
>
> >
> > I don't know what else to do, does anyone know how to get this
> recognized?
> > I've spent all morning trying to get this figured out :/.
>
> Try one of the 6.1 betas.  It ought to work.
>
>
> --
> <Insert your favourite quote here.>
> Erik Trulsson
> ertr1013 at student.uu.se
>