Dell PowerEdge 1950: MPT0 doesn't recogniz hard drive > 2TB
O. Hartmann
SATA 6GB harddrive doesn't get recognized as 3 TB disk, it is reported
as 2TB disk only.
The box is running FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE (see below the dmesg excerpt). The
drive is configured as ZFS pool on top of a GPT partition.
I tried the 3 TB harddrive on a FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT box with Intel
ICH10R SATA chipset and it worked fine, was reported as 2.7TB drive as
expected.
I found some postings concerning mptutil not dealing with HD > 2TB, but
this issue seems not to be a tool-issue.
Questions:
a) Is this an issue of FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE or is it a firmware/BIOS issue
which can be solved?
b) regarding to a), how can I update the BIOS/MPT firmware of the Dell
PowerEdge 1950? Is there an option to do this via USB? As I said, the
firmware is quite old, it's from 2007.
Thanks in advance,
Oliver
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FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #266 r223622: Tue Jun 28 09:38:38 CEST 2011
ro...@thusnelda.geoinf.fu-berlin.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/THUSNELDA amd64
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5420 @ 2.50GHz (2493.76-MHz
K8-class CPU)
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Stepping = 6
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AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
TSC: P-state invariant
real memory = 17179869184 (16384 MB)
avail memory = 16522498048 (15757 MB)
ACPI APIC Table: <DELL PE_SC3 >
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 8 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 2 package(s) x 4 core(s)
cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0
cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1
cpu2 (AP): APIC ID: 2
cpu3 (AP): APIC ID: 3
cpu4 (AP): APIC ID: 4
cpu5 (AP): APIC ID: 5
cpu6 (AP): APIC ID: 6
cpu7 (AP): APIC ID: 7
ioapic0: Changing APIC ID to 8
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
kbd1 at kbdmux0
cryptosoft0: <software crypto> on motherboard
aesni0: No AESNI support.
acpi0: <DELL PE_SC3> on motherboard
acpi0: [ITHREAD]
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
ipmi0: KCS mode found at io 0xca8 on acpi
ipmi0: KCS error: ff
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acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0
[...]
mpt0: <LSILogic SAS/SATA Adapter> port 0xec00-0xecff mem
0xfc4fc000-0xfc4fffff,0xfc4e0000-0xfc4effff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
mpt0: [ITHREAD]
mpt0: MPI Version=1.5.14.0
mpt0: Capabilities: ( RAID-0 RAID-1E RAID-1 )
mpt0: 0 Active Volumes (2 Max)
mpt0: 0 Hidden Drive Members (14 Max)
[...]
ipmi0: IPMI device rev. 0, firmware rev. 2.10, version 2.0
ipmi0: Number of channels 4
ipmi0: Attached watchdog
da0 at mpt0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <ATA Hitachi HUA72107 A74A> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-5 device
da0: 300.000MB/s transfers
da0: Command Queueing enabled
da0: 715404MB (1465149168 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 91201C)
da1 at mpt0 bus 0 scbus0 target 1 lun 0
da1: <ATA WDC WD30EZRX-00M 0A80> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-5 device
da1: 300.000MB/s transfers
da1: Command Queueing enabled
da1: 2097151MB (4294967295 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 267349C)
ses0 at mpt0 bus 0 scbus0 target 8 lun 0
ses0: <DP BACKPLANE 1.05> Fixed Enclosure Services SCSI-5 device
ses0: 300.000MB/s transfers
ses0: SCSI-3 SES Device
cd0 at ata0 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 0SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched!
cd0:
<TEAC DVD-ROM DV28EV D.AE> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device
cd0: 33.300MB/s transfers (UDMA2, ATAPI 12bytes, PIO 65534bytes)
cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
- tray closed
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #7 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #4 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #6 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #5 Launched!
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Damien Fleuriot
> On a Dell PowerEdge 1950, BIOS from 2007, a freshly installed WD 3 TB
> SATA 6GB harddrive doesn't get recognized as 3 TB disk, it is reported
> as 2TB disk only.
>
I almost stopped reading at "BIOS from 2007".
You should definitely upgrade the BIOS before barging in and saying
you've got a problem ;)
> The box is running FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE (see below the dmesg excerpt). The
> drive is configured as ZFS pool on top of a GPT partition.
>
> I tried the 3 TB harddrive on a FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT box with Intel
> ICH10R SATA chipset and it worked fine, was reported as 2.7TB drive as
> expected.
>
Was the drive handled by mpt too, or by mps ?
> I found some postings concerning mptutil not dealing with HD > 2TB, but
> this issue seems not to be a tool-issue.
>
> Questions:
> a) Is this an issue of FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE or is it a firmware/BIOS issue
> which can be solved?
>
Let's see you update the firmware and tell us ;)
> b) regarding to a), how can I update the BIOS/MPT firmware of the Dell
> PowerEdge 1950? Is there an option to do this via USB? As I said, the
> firmware is quite old, it's from 2007.
>
Usually, this is done using dell's ISO image.
You can either do that directly in front of the server, or remotely with
dell's DRAC and by using virtual media.
Keep in mind that virtual media might or might not be supported by your
DRAC firmware version.
If you can't use the virtual media, you may also boot dell's ISO via PXE.
Jeremy Chadwick
> On a Dell PowerEdge 1950, BIOS from 2007, a freshly installed WD 3
> TB SATA 6GB harddrive doesn't get recognized as 3 TB disk, it is
> reported as 2TB disk only.
>
> The drive is configured as ZFS pool on top of a GPT partition.
>
> I tried the 3 TB harddrive on a FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT box with Intel
> ICH10R SATA chipset and it worked fine, was reported as 2.7TB drive
> as expected.
>
> but this issue seems not to be a tool-issue.
>
> Questions:
> a) Is this an issue of FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE or is it a firmware/BIOS
> issue which can be solved?
>
> Dell PowerEdge 1950? Is there an option to do this via USB? As I
> said, the firmware is quite old, it's from 2007.
The answer is here:
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/147572
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Joshua Boyd
> 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
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O. Hartmann
> 2011/6/29 O. Hartmann <ohar...@zedat.fu-berlin.de
> <mailto:ohar...@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
>
> http://www.jbip.net
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
Joshua Boyd
> It's a pitty.
>
Indeed, it is. I have 3 1068s for 45 bays, I'm gonna have to buy new cards
:(.
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