Dell PowerEdge 1950: MPT0 doesn't recogniz hard drive > 2TB

[O. Hartmann]

On 06/29/11 15:57, Joshua Boyd wrote:
> 2011/6/29 O. Hartmann <ohartman at zedat.fu-berlin.de
> <mailto:ohartman at zedat.fu-berlin.de>>
>
>     Questions:
>     a) Is this an issue of FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE or is it a firmware/BIOS
>     issue which can be solved?
>
>
> Hi Oliver,
>
> Neither, unfortunately. The 1068E based cards do not support drives over
> 2TB. See here:
>
> http://kb.lsi.com/KnowledgebaseArticle16399.aspx
>
> --
> Joshua Boyd
>
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Hello Joshua.
Thanks for the fast response.
Yes, you're right. I revealed by several postings in the net that the 
controller in question is not capable of handling disks > 2TB. It's a pitty.

Oliver