Questions tagged [lsi]
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Avago/LSI flash tool does not detect SAS card
I'm trying to reflash my LSI 9300-4i (M1210) RAID card but hitting a wall. First of all, my BIOS detects the card as shown here:
And then I've tried booting DOS, Windows 10, and EFI shell. When I ...
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LSI IT vs IT_ACM firmware
I purchased an older LSI 9300-4i card and before I put it into production I want to flash the latest firmware. In addition to IT vs IR flavours of available firmware, there's also an IT vs IT_ACM ...
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How can I speed up a zfs resilver on a 24x 16TB drive draid2 array: "117T total... 47 days 02:31:23 to go"
(My apologies for the multiple edits to clarify formatting)
As above. The drives show no SMART errors.
Is there a way to check for HBA <--> drive communication errors?
This is running under ...
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Avago 3108: rebuild degraded hardware RAID5?
Supermicro TwinPro chassis with dual SYS-1029TP-DC1R server modules, each with Supermicro X11DPT-PS motherboard and Avago 3108 RAID card.
OS: VMware ESXi 6.7.
Problem: can't figure out how rebuild an ...
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LSI MegaRAID SAS 3108: Restoring the online state from Foreign Bad (Frn-Bad) state
We have a Virtual Disk in RAID 5 using only 5 disks, one disk probably is broken because it was in an alert before. Another disk was accidentally pulled out and then it was marked as Frn-Bad when it ...
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Enlarging RAID1 virtual drive online on LSI MegaRAID SAS 9240-8i without downtime?
I recently went out to a customer location and replaced + rebuilt a RAID1 drive group on their Lenovo TS440 server, going from 2 TB drives to 4 TB drives.
Question is - what's the best way to enlarge ...
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perccli: How to check the pdcache status for a virtual drive?
The perccli utility (doc page) has an option to set the "pdcache" option, where pdcache means physical drive cache (although I can't find where that's actually defined). From the docs, the ...
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Storcli64 not rebuilding replaced disk
One of the drives in our LSI-based RAID failed (Avago 3108 MegaRaid). We pulled the drive and replaced it with a similar disk (cap/speed). Autorebuild is enabled, however the status of the disk (128:7)...
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Can Windows Server 2022 read passed through SAS drives in a JBOD configuration?
I recently bought a simple RAID controller card (LSI-9210-8i), and flashed it to IT mode. I also bought a single SAS drive of 3TB. I formatted the drive in the LSI Card's BIOS, and have checked the ...
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LSI MegaRaid not rebulding RAID5
I have a LSI megaraid Controller witha RAID5 array of 4 disks.
This has been running for several years.
Yesterday The controller degraded the array and I cannot access the data on it because it thinks ...
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LSI Storage Authority (Windows) losing registered ESXI after reboot
I have an issue with the RAID Monitoring Software LSA for Windows (LSI Storage Authority).
I can add an ESXI manually and manage/monitor the RAID controller fine, but as soon as im rebooting the ...
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How to blink or identify NVMe drives connected to an LSI 9500 tri-mode controller
we have the following setup in Supermicro server:
LSI 9400 -> expander -> 10 x HDD
LSI 9500 -> expander -> 2 x NVMe
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ESXi does not show drives for second RAID controller with NVMe drives
I got a second RAID controller (AVAGO 9440-8i) to put in my Dell T440 server (first RAID controller is a H740P). I got the Broadcom U.2 enabler cable and two WD Gold 2TB drives.
I've updated ESXi, the ...
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What's the safest way to swap an SSD (RAID 10)?
I have machines (4x 2 TB SSDs, Hardware RAID 10 via LSI 9265-8i cards) and occasionally need to swap an SSD - for example if it fails.
I'm curious to hear what people consider to be the safest ...
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So...an LSI SAS9211-8I, ARECA AR-1882IX-12 and some 12TB Hitachis walk into a bar
By the title of this I hope it's obvious that I'm trying to console myself with humor after the idiotic mistake I made last night.
And I'm hoping that someone out might be able to verify a few things ...
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How to ensure SAS-3 wide port configuration is enabled?
I have:
A commodity Linux server, in this I have installed:
1x HBA storage adapter Broadcom (LSI) 9500-8e having 2x mini-SAS-HD connector, connected to:
1x Storage enclosure with dual input mini-SAS-...
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LSI CacheCade Pro 2.0 with four SSD cache?
I'm trying to configure CacheCode Pro 2.0 on a LSI 9260CV-8i SAS RAID controller with four SATA SSDs. I've been running CacheCade with two SATA 400GB SSDs with no problems for a while. The CacheCade ...
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SAS HBA card not working
I have a NAS server with three SAS HBA cards. Two are SAS3 and work just fine, they connect to three 48 drive JBOD cabinets. The third is SAS2, connecting to a tape robot with 5 drives, and does not ...
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MegaCLI not seeing RAID card (LSI 9271-4i)
I have a server with LSI 9271-4i card and 4 HDDs. One day the server started malfunctioning and it wouldn't list any drive information. I rebooted the server and it never came up, so I have been using ...
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How do I expand my VD on LSI 9361-16i?
I've got a 9361-16I installed in a supermicro sc847. I have the 2 expanders running in a cascaded configuration with both of them chaining off port 0-4 of the card. They are being exposed as enclosure ...
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MegaRAID: performance difference between volumes
I have a MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i with 2x 240GB SATA 6Gbps SSD in RAID1, 4x 10TB SAS 12Gbps HDD in RAID6 and 4x 480GB SATA 6 Gbps SSD in RAID5:
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PERC 6/i Integrated RAID-0 from degraded and unconfigured RAID-10
A 4-drive RAID10 setup was made on a PERC 6/i Integrated card. One disk failed. While waiting for a disk replacement, the controller card died.
Card was replaced, but unfortunately the foreign ...
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With an LSI SAS 12G controller in JBOD personality, what exactly is behavior mode (JBOD vs. None)?
I am currently trying to configure an LSI SAS 12G HBA with the 3108 chip (it is a 9361-8i, but I am nearly sure that my question relates to similar HBAs as well).
I have understood the differences ...
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Is it possible to show empty slots using StorCli?
I have been searching for a while but I couldn't find any way to show "empty/available/free" drive-slots connected to a LSI card using storcli.
I don't even know if the hardware supports it.
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mdadm RAID5 array recovery stops without SCSI errors
I have an md-based RAID5 array which has been working without issue for about 2 years. Yesterday I've had spontaneous disk and/or PHY resets on one disk (but not actual read errors). md marked the ...
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What does media error count mean LSI MegaRaid?
So I got this server and if has a visual alert on one of the drive.
After further investigating with storcli I notice that is has a few media error counts.
I did some investigating about this and ...
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How to replace Raid1 hard drives with large ones using Storcli tool
I have raid1 with 2 physical drives (SATA 3.637 TB).
I want to extend it's size with large ones without losing data.
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how to set automatic tests with smartd for Broadcom / LSI SAS2008 controller
I have a server that I want to set up automatic tests with smartd for hdd.
From what I see this is my controller
81:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Broadcom / LSI SAS2008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT ...
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how to get disks on a PERC H310 visible again
My setup : small home server with Asrock H67M-ITX, CPU : i3-2120T, PERC H310 RAID with 7 disks all passthrough (I use MDADM for the raid functionality). The system (Ubuntu 20.04) is on a SSD connected ...
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LSI RAID confusion
I've got a Cisco UCS server with a LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 2008 [Falcon] (rev 03). This has 2 disks configured as RAID1. controller. One of the disks was reporting a very high failure ...
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Lsi MegaRaid sas 9271-8i raid-0 crash
I have 8 hhd , all of it have RAID-0. Yesterday one disk change status to configurate good, it's disk with OS. And now I can't start my server , import foreign configuration not work, and I can not ...
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Where to get storcli64 for Linux from LSI MegaRAID now that Broadcom has taken over?
I need the Linux shell interface, storcli64 for the Dell PERC H700 (aka LSI MegaRAID) as explained here and here, but the download links all appear to be defunct.
How can I get the appropriate files ...
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Is the limitation of SATA attached drives on an LSI based SAS expander an ongoing issue?
In my research on developing a low-cost external drive bay for my server, I was presented with a critical issue in attaching commodity SATA drives through any SAS expander based on the LSI controller ...
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LSI HostRAID 2008 - Can't Create RAID 10 With More Than 10 Drives
I've got a Quanta Stratos server with an LSI HostRaid 2008 controller. I've got 24 SAS drives in it. No matter what I do I cannot get configure RAID 10 across all 24 drives. I've no experience with ...
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LSI 9211-4i; with CentOS but no drives showing up to linux
So I am trying to move an appliance from freeNAS to CentOS, but after installing the OS it just can't find the drives! Much like: Just installed LSI 9211; no drives showing up to Linux (even their ZFS ...
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What does "SSC WriteBack" mean
When I dump LSI RAID 9260-8i configuration by:
/storcli /c0 show all
the Supported VD Operations section looks like:
Read Policy = Yes
Write Policy = Yes
IO Policy = Yes
Access Policy = Yes
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Bash hangs when trying to create file or issue ls on raid mount point
I have /dev/sdb1 mounted to /media/zm_recordings. I'm using an LSI 9211-4i RAID controller with two 500GB disks in RAID 1. Megaraid manager shows the disks and volumes as healthy. (Screenshot at ...
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Mixing 3.5 hdd and 2.5 hdd in LSI RAID 1
An existing LSI raid is using 2 3.5 7200rpm drives. I would like to replace one of the drives with a 2.5 5400rpm drives.
Is this ok? If performance is lowered, it is ok for me.
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MegaRaid LSI-9271-8i random drive failure
Anyone have tips on figuring out if I have a bad megaraid card? No matter how I configure with bbu or without. I am using wd red drives and even with brand spanking new drives it marks random drives ...
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6 Samsung 860 EVO SSDs running RAID-10 with an LSI-9260 controller TBW
I am getting ready to implement a RAID-10 config with 6 Samsung 860 EVO 500gb SSDs. They will be attached to an LSI 9260-8i controller. The specs for the SSDs lifespan read 300TBW.
Q1 - Can ...
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LSI RAID6 with 3 disks loss recovery
My hardware RAID6 on an LSI controller experienced a disaster - 3 disks were physically removed from it - they are not faulty. After reboot the 3 drives were showing as "Unconfigured BAD". I used ...
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All disks show as Unconfigured Bad (UBAD) on RAID controller
Before starting, I will say I would appreciate help but really I need to hear from someone that has experienced this issue and how they solved it because the obvious and go to solutions are not ...
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Pause/stop/undo RAID6 migration (disk addition) in storcli
I'm working with a Supermicro SMC2208 raid controller.
To increase the capacity of a large RAID array, I decided to add two additional disks using storcli. storcli /c0/v0 start migrate type=raid6 ...
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new LSI megaraid Sas/sata 9286CV-8e controller won't import foreign (old) disks
Had a previous controller go bad -- new controller is able to see disks, but all as Foreign , unconfigured good. There were 2 VD's, 1 in each container both arranged as RAID 10 -- 2 stripes in each ...
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Possible to use SAS-2 and SAS-3 HBA in the same system?
I'm wondering if it is possible to use a SAS-2 HBA in a "SAS-3" system.
I have a Supermicro X11DPH-T and have attempted to install an LSI 9201-16e. From what I understood (which may be wrong), a ...
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Do I need to initialize a MegaRAID virtual disk after adding it?
I have an AVAGO 3108 MegaRAID controller. I added a virtual disk with the storcli64 command below. Do I also need to run storcli /c0/v0 start initialization?
storcli64 /c0 add vd type=r6 drives=0:0-...
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megaraid sas resetting fusion adapter
I'm running ESXi on a small home server and I'm seeing the following messages in ESXi logs:
lsi_mr3: fusionCompletionBHIntr:3558: Firmware in fault state.
WARNING: lsi_mr3: fusionReset:3918: ...
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How do I remove a failing disk from a LSI MegaRAID disk group?
One of the disks in group 0 (EID:Slot 252:4, DiskID 12) is starting to fail it's smart tests:
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I have a RAID 5 array 3 HDD's in the array + 1 dedicated hot spare....Drive failed and the hot spare is rebuilding
Total of 4 HDD's 3 in the array and 1 as the dedicated hot spare
HDD#1 Failed and the hot spare automatically began Rebuilding
I would like to replace HDD#1 but I am curious about the procedure to get ...
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Changing SATA/SAS and SSD/HDD mix capabilities on a raid controller
We are currently facing the challenge of replacing disks in a raid 1 configuration of a standalone server. The server is quiet old and uses 10k SAS HDD drives together with a Fujitsu D2616 (based on ...
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