HP Smart array P440 support

[Priyadarshana Chandrasena]

I have HP DL20 Gen 9 server. But I can not install FreeBSD 10.2 in it. I
have a HP smart array P440 in my server. I can not find out anywhere if ciss
driver support include HP Gen 9 storage controllers. Could you please
update the ciss driver in 10.3?



Regrads,

P Chandrasena

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[Rainer Duffner]

> Am 02.09.2017 um 15:48 schrieb Priyadarshana Chandrasena <v...@ulka.com.au>:
>
> I have HP DL20 Gen 9 server. But I can not install FreeBSD 10.2 in it. I
> have a HP smart array P440 in my server. I can not find out anywhere if ciss
> driver support include HP Gen 9 storage controllers. Could you please
> update the ciss driver in 10.3?
>

Try 10.3

I know the release-notes say nothing about it, but I believe it is supported.

If not that, 11.0 surely does (even though the release-notes don’t mention it, either)

[sth...@nethelp.no]

> > I have HP DL20 Gen 9 server. But I can not install FreeBSD 10.2 in it. I
> > have a HP smart array P440 in my server. I can not find out anywhere if ciss
> > driver support include HP Gen 9 storage controllers. Could you please
> > update the ciss driver in 10.3?
>
> Try 10.3
>
> I know the release-notes say nothing about it, but I believe it is supported.
>

> If not that, 11.0 surely does (even though the release-notes don�1ryt mention it, either)

I can confirm that 10.3 supports the P440 controller. From a DL360 Gen9
server running 10.3 here:

ciss0: <HP Smart Array P440ar> port 0x2000-0x20ff mem 0x92c00000-0x92cfffff,0x92d00000-0x92d003ff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci3
ciss0: PERFORMANT Transport
...
da0 at ciss0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <HP RAID 1(1+0) OK> Fixed Direct Access SPC-3 SCSI device
da0: Serial Number PDNLH0BRH8S3RF
da0: 135.168MB/s transfers
da0: Command Queueing enabled
da0: 139979MB (286677120 512 byte sectors)

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no

[Mark Saad]

All
Also don't forget to is install cciss_vol_status to monitor the array .

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[Priyadarshana Chandrasena]

I will try to install 10.3 and thanks for your comments and help.
Regards,
Chandrasena

[Priyadarshana Chandrasena]

I have tried to install FreeBSD 10.3 in a HP DL20 Gen 9 server with P440
smart array. My installation media is in a USB drive.

In BIOS I set the Boot mode to Legacy boot mode.
Created my P440 array and a logical drive with RAID 1.
Disabled B140i controller.

The installation process went on and I saw the following messages :

>ciss0: <HP Smart Array P440ar> port 0x2000-0x20ff mem
> 0x92c00000-0x92cfffff,0x92d00000-0x92d003ff irq 16 at device 0.0 on
> pci3
> ciss0: PERFORMANT Transport
> ...
> da0 at ciss0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
> da0: <HP RAID 1(1+0) OK> Fixed Direct Access SPC-3 SCSI device
> da0: Serial Number PDNLH0BRH8S3RF
> da0: 135.168MB/s transfers
> da0: Command Queueing enabled
> da0: 139979MB (286677120 512 byte sectors)

Similar to yours but not exactly the same. But I have ciss0 on P440 and da0
on ciss0. I think my P440 is properly probed and instantiated. After this
stage my installation process hangs with the following error:

Mounting from ufs:/dev/ufs/FreeBSD_Install failed with error 19.

Then my usb keyboard is frozen and I can not enter anything to let the
installation process continue.

I can not figure what the problem is. Could you please give me some
solution? Could it be an installation media download issue?. Installation
media creation problem ? ( I used
dd if=FreeBSD-10.3-RELEASE-i386-mini-memstick.img of=/dev/da1 bs=1M
conv=sync command to create the boot usb)

Regards,
Chandrasena

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Saad [mailto:none...@longcount.org]
Sent: Sunday, 3 September 2017 3:56 AM
To: sth...@nethelp.no
Cc: v...@ulka.com.au; rai...@ultra-secure.de; FreeBSD...@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: HP Smart array P440 support

[Rainer Duffner]

> Am 03.09.2017 um 14:53 schrieb Priyadarshana Chandrasena <v...@ulka.com.au>:
>
> I have tried to install FreeBSD 10.3 in a HP DL20 Gen 9 server with P440
> smart array. My installation media is in a USB drive.
>
> In BIOS I set the Boot mode to Legacy boot mode.

Why?

It should work in UEFI.



That said, we only have DL360 and DL380 here.

Never saw a DL20 besides on slides from HP ;-)

[Priyadarshana Chandrasena]

In UEFI mode the boot process does not read the installation media usb.
Never booted from the usb in UEFI mode!

-----Original Message-----
From: Rainer Duffner [mailto:rai...@ultra-secure.de]
Sent: Sunday, 3 September 2017 10:27 PM
To: Priyadarshana Chandrasena
Cc: Mark Saad; sth...@nethelp.no; FreeBSD...@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: HP Smart array P440 support

[Rainer Duffner]

> Am 03.09.2017 um 15:04 schrieb Priyadarshana Chandrasena <v...@ulka.com.au>:
>
> In UEFI mode the boot process does not read the installation media usb.
> Never booted from the usb in UEFI mode!

Hm. Interesting.
Can you try 11.1 then?

I think I had that problem around the 9.x days, with G7 hardware.
Or I think it was with booting from the emulated CD via iLO.

[Warner Losh]

On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 8:33 AM, Rainer Duffner <rai...@ultra-secure.de>
wrote:

>
> > Am 03.09.2017 um 15:04 schrieb Priyadarshana Chandrasena <
> v...@ulka.com.au>:
> >
> > In UEFI mode the boot process does not read the installation media usb.
> > Never booted from the usb in UEFI mode!
>
>
> Hm. Interesting.
> Can you try 11.1 then?
>
> I think I had that problem around the 9.x days, with G7 hardware.
> Or I think it was with booting from the emulated CD via iLO.

More recent boot1.efi's have better behavior. I'd be curious to know what
doesn't work.

Warner

[Maciej Suszko]

"Priyadarshana Chandrasena" <v...@ulka.com.au> wrote:
> I have HP DL20 Gen 9 server. But I can not install FreeBSD 10.2 in
> it. I have a HP smart array P440 in my server. I can not find out
> anywhere if ciss driver support include HP Gen 9 storage
> controllers. Could you please update the ciss driver in 10.3?

Hi,

Got two DL20 with P440, UEFI booted 11.0 to logical disk (raid array).
In a few days I plan to boot it in HBA mode, we'll see if it's working.

A few messages:
#v+
root@storage-04:~ # uname -a
FreeBSD storage-04.gr 11.0-RELEASE-p8 FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p8 #0: Wed Feb 22 06:12:04 UTC 2017 ro...@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64

root@storage-04:~ # grep ciss /var/run/dmesg.boot
ciss0: <HP Smart Array P440> port 0x2000-0x20ff mem 0x92c00000-0x92cfffff,0x92d00000-0x92d003ff at device 0.0 numa-domain 0 on pci2
ciss0: PERFORMANT Transport
da2 at ciss0 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 0

root@storage-04:~ # camcontrol inquiry da2
pass2: <HP RAID 1(1+0) OK> Fixed Direct Access SPC-3 SCSI device
pass2: Serial Number PDNMF0ARH401MI
pass2: 135.168MB/s transfers, Command Queueing Enabled
#v-
--
regards, Maciej Suszko.

[Priyadarshana Chandrasena]

I tried to install 11.1 but I still have the same error. UEFI boot mode does
not see my usb bootable media as of type UEFI. So still the Legacy BIOS is
the only option. Do I need to create the usb UEFI when I create the usb boot
disk?.

-----Original Message-----
From: Maciej Suszko [mailto:mac...@suszko.eu]
Sent: Monday, 4 September 2017 4:49 AM
To: Priyadarshana Chandrasena
Cc: FreeBSD...@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: HP Smart array P440 support

[Warner Losh]

Our UEFI stuff is designed so that the defaults will just work... I find it
odd that your computer doesn't work with the defaults. IT's BIOS doesn't
even consider the USB drive a bootable device?

Warner


On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 7:10 PM, Priyadarshana Chandrasena <v...@ulka.com.au>

[Priyadarshana Chandrasena]

It is saying that missing bootable media and what is found is not UEFI.

[Warner Losh]

I maintain that it's wrong.

However, to make progress, what version of the BIOS is it? What
motherboard? What UEFI compliance does it claim?

Warner

On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 7:16 PM, Priyadarshana Chandrasena <v...@ulka.com.au>
wrote:

> It is saying that missing bootable media and what is found is not UEFI.
>
>
>

> *From:* wl...@bsdimp.com [mailto:wl...@bsdimp.com] *On Behalf Of *Warner
> Losh
> *Sent:* Monday, 4 September 2017 10:44 AM
> *To:* Priyadarshana Chandrasena
> *Cc:* Maciej Suszko; FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List
>
> *Subject:* Re: HP Smart array P440 support

[Maciej Suszko]

On Mon, 4 Sep 2017 10:40:11 +0930
"Priyadarshana Chandrasena" <v...@ulka.com.au> wrote:

> I tried to install 11.1 but I still have the same error. UEFI boot mode does
> not see my usb bootable media as of type UEFI. So still the Legacy BIOS is
> the only option. Do I need to create the usb UEFI when I create the usb boot
> disk?.

I don't remember how the OS was installed, but I'm sure I haven't used
USB, probably used PXE or virtual CD using iLO.
--
regards, Maciej Suszko.

[Priyadarshana Chandrasena]

The BIOS version is U22 v2.22 and the motherboard specification can not be found. But the machine is 823562-B21.

When the boot mode is in UEFI the machine does not recognize a bootable disk to boot from and it specifically ask for a UEFI boot disk. When the boot mode is in Legacy mode I can boot from usb and external cd but hangs the booting giving error : Mounting from ufs:/dev/ufs/FreeBSD_Install failed with error 19. In legacy mode I installed Ubuntu 16.4 from a USB. Ubuntu 16.4 does not boot from the usb in UEFI mode.

From: wl...@bsdimp.com [mailto:wl...@bsdimp.com] On Behalf Of Warner Losh

Sent: Monday, 4 September 2017 12:26 PM
To: Priyadarshana Chandrasena

Cc: Maciej Suszko; FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List
Subject: Re: HP Smart array P440 support

I maintain that it's wrong.



However, to make progress, what version of the BIOS is it? What motherboard? What UEFI compliance does it claim?



Warner



On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 7:16 PM, Priyadarshana Chandrasena <v...@ulka.com.au> wrote:

It is saying that missing bootable media and what is found is not UEFI.

From: wl...@bsdimp.com [mailto:wl...@bsdimp.com] On Behalf Of Warner Losh

[Mark Saad]

Hello
Have you tried to update the servers firmware using the hp spp or update tool . In the past with 9.3 and 10.0 I had boot issues until I updated the servers firmware. I only have a ml10 with a p410 so I can't test much ; my job also moved to dell about 2 years ago .


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[Maciej Suszko]

On Sun, 3 Sep 2017 21:19:08 +0200
Maciej Suszko <mac...@suszko.eu> wrote:

> "Priyadarshana Chandrasena" <v...@ulka.com.au> wrote:
> > I have HP DL20 Gen 9 server. But I can not install FreeBSD 10.2 in
> > it. I have a HP smart array P440 in my server. I can not find out
> > anywhere if ciss driver support include HP Gen 9 storage
> > controllers. Could you please update the ciss driver in 10.3?
>
> Hi,
>
> Got two DL20 with P440, UEFI booted 11.0 to logical disk (raid array).
> In a few days I plan to boot it in HBA mode, we'll see if it's working.

Just tested, HBA mode... Machine BIOS U22 v1.80, one-time booted in
Legacy mode with mfsBSD iso in Virtual CD drive (through iLO), recreated
system zpool to mirror of 2 drives, booted in UEFI mode - it does work.

#v+

root@storage-04:~ # camcontrol inquiry da2

pass2: <HP EG0300JFCKA HPD4> Fixed Direct Access SPC-4 SCSI device
pass2: Serial Number S4226CNT0000M70507YN

pass2: 135.168MB/s transfers, Command Queueing Enabled

root@storage-04:~ # camcontrol inquiry da3
pass3: <HP EG0300JFCKA HPD4> Fixed Direct Access SPC-4 SCSI device
pass3: Serial Number S4226CHH0000M70540VJ
pass3: 135.168MB/s transfers, Command Queueing Enabled

root@storage-04:~ # zpool status rpool
pool: rpool
state: ONLINE
scan: scrub repaired 0 in 0h2m with 0 errors on Thu Sep 7 11:56:31 2017
config:

NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
rpool ONLINE 0 0 0
mirror-0 ONLINE 0 0 0
da2p3 ONLINE 0 0 0
da3p3 ONLINE 0 0 0

errors: No known data errors
#v-

[ c u t ]
--
regards, Maciej Suszko.

[Priyadarshana Chandrasena]

I have not installed FreeBSD using iLo and virtual CD method. I will read
about this method and try it out.
Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: Maciej Suszko [mailto:mac...@suszko.eu]
Sent: Thursday, 7 September 2017 9:34 PM
To: Priyadarshana Chandrasena
Cc: FreeBSD...@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: HP Smart array P440 support

[Rainer Duffner]

> Am 07.09.2017 um 23:13 schrieb Priyadarshana Chandrasena <v...@ulka.com.au>:
>
> I have not installed FreeBSD using iLo and virtual CD method. I will read
> about this method and try it out.

You will need an iLO license for that.

Also, enjoy Gen10 servers, where even more features are going to be „pay-for-play“.

[Maciej Suszko]

On Thu, 7 Sep 2017 23:28:38 +0200
Rainer Duffner <rai...@ultra-secure.de> wrote:

> > Am 07.09.2017 um 23:13 schrieb Priyadarshana Chandrasena <v...@ulka.com.au>:
> >
> > I have not installed FreeBSD using iLo and virtual CD method. I will read
> > about this method and try it out.
>
>
>
> You will need an iLO license for that.

I have no CD/DVD drive installed, but you can use external one for sure.

> Also, enjoy Gen10 servers, where even more features are going to be „pay-for-play“.

That sukcs.
--
regards, Maciej Suszko.