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List:       freebsd-scsi
Subject:    RE: related PERC topic - are adaptec PERC 3/Di safe with FreeBSD
From:       Patrick Thomas <root () utility ! clubscholarship ! com>
Date:       2002-05-20 17:14:05
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Thank you - I appreciate your help.  However the one item I am still not
clear on is, will _anything_ go to syslog if I don't have AAC_DEBUG on ?
Or is AAC_DEBUG required for even the most basic of messages (like "hey a
drive just failed")

thanks!

On Mon, 20 May 2002, Long, Scott wrote:

> Patrick,
>
> I thought that I sent you an email on Saturday that answered your
> questions, but maybe you did not receive it.
>
> Recap:
>
> The aac RAID family (of which the PERC3/Di is a member) will send
> text messages to the host driver when something particularly bad
> happens.  This includes drive failure, unexpected bus resets,
> and array failures.  These messages will appear on the FreeBSD
> console, and will be copied to the syslog.
>
> Dell distributes a set of management tools for the card for Linux.
> If you compile the aac driver with AAC_COMPAT_LINUX (see
> /sys/i386/conf/LINT for details), you can use these tools.  They
> will allow you to control and monitor the card and arrays,
> create/delete arrays, etc.  There is also an SNMP agent, but I
> have not tested it yet.  You can also pick up the FreeBSD native
> tools from the Adaptec website if you look for the Adaptec 5400S
> card.  If I have time, I'll see what I can do about making the
> SNMP agent work.
>
> So the answer to your concern is 'yes, you will know when
> something bad happens'.  As for OpenBSD, I really have not paid
> attention to their camp.  The FreeBSD driver is written and
> sponsored by Adaptec, while the OpenBSD driver is not.  Hmmm...
> it seems to be a port of my driver.  Maybe they haven't caught
> up with all of the bug fixes yet.
>
> Scott
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Patrick Thomas [mailto:root@utility.clubscholarship.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 11:43 PM
> > To: Tom Samplonius
> > Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org
> > Subject: related PERC topic - are adaptec PERC 3/Di safe with
> > FreeBSD ?
> >
> >
> >
> > Background:
> >
> > http://cvs.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/wwwgnats.pl/full/2415
> >
> > I realize this is an openBSD bug - but just to be on the safe
> > side (since
> > subsequent list discussion told stories of dead/locked servers)
> >
> > Is PERC 3/Di safe with 4.5-RELEASE ?  Will I encounter any lockups or
> > errors as related to this bug report ?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > pt
> >
> >
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