9650SE-2LP raid card locks system

[Troy Beisigl]

I will have to check on its next lockup. It happens about every week  
to week and a half.

Troy Beisigl


On Jan 3, 2011, at 8:49 PM, Mike Tancsa wrote:

> On 1/3/2011 9:14 PM, Troy Beisigl wrote:
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>> We are running the latest firmware. We upgraded to it in case this  
>> was the issue. As you can see from the log entry below, it shows  
>> the file system was not shut down cleanly because it was locked and  
>> had to be powered off. We are using Intel motherboards, so maybe  
>> something with FreeBSD and this card with the Intel motherboard? I  
>> know that this card works just fine with this board on CentOS, so...
>>
>
> When it locks up, are you sure its the disk that locks up ?  From the
> console, if you do a CTRL+T, what does it show its blocking on ? Are  
> you
> able to build a debug kernel to see where things are stuck ?
>
> 	---Mike
>
>> Dec 29 17:36:12 web01 kernel: twa0: <3ware 9000 series Storage  
>> Controller> port 0xd000-0xd0ff mem 0xd0000000-0xd1ffffff, 
>> 0xd2020000-0xd2020fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
>> Dec 29 17:36:12 web01 kernel: twa0: [ITHREAD]
>> Dec 29 17:36:12 web01 kernel: twa0: WARNING: (0x04: 0x0008):  
>> Unclean shutdown detected: unit=0
>> Dec 29 17:36:12 web01 kernel: twa0: INFO: (0x15: 0x1300):  
>> Controller details:: Model 9650SE-2LP, 2 ports, Firmware FE9X  
>> 4.10.00.007, BIOS BE9X 4.08.00.002
>>
>> Troy Beisigl
>>
>>
>>> ---- Original Message ----
>>> From: Mike Tancsa <mike at sentex.net>
>>> To: "Troy Beisigl" <troy at i2bnetworks.com>
>>> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>>> Sent: Mon, Jan 3, 2011, 13:32 PM
>>> Subject: Re: 9650SE-2LP raid card locks system
>>>
>>> I have a number of these cards and they work very well for us.  What
>>> version of the firmware are you using on the card ?
>>>
>>> I have this on a busy db server. But its RELENG8.
>>>
>>> twa0: <3ware 9000 series Storage Controller> port 0x1000-0x10ff mem
>>> 0xb0000000-0xb1ffffff,0xb4000000-0xb4000fff irq 19 at device 0.0  
>>> on pci12
>>> twa0: [ITHREAD]
>>> twa0: INFO: (0x15: 0x1300): Controller details:: Model 9650SE-2LP, 2
>>> ports, Firmware FE9X 3.08.00.016, BIOS BE9X 3.08.00.004
>>>
>>> I have had good luck with Areca cards as well, but they start in 4  
>>> port
>>> models.  But really, all should work just fine with this 3ware/LSI  
>>> card
>>>
>>> 	---Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/3/2011 3:58 PM, Troy Beisigl wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> We have been seeing a problem with FreeBSD 7.3 and up where the  
>>>> system
>>>> will just hang when using a 9650SE-2LP raid card and 2 500G drives
>>>> mirrored. The system will run for about a week and then the  
>>>> filesystem
>>>> just hangs, causing the system to hang. We've looked through the  
>>>> logs
>>>> and found nothing at all. We have changed the card and then the
>>>> motherboard but the problem still exists. We have run this card  
>>>> with
>>>> CentOS without fail in the same system configuration.
>>>>
>>>> If the card is not supported, can anyone recommend one that does  
>>>> work?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Troy Beisigl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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