mirkywoody
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- Nov 19, 2019
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Hello there awesome people.
I spent 20 hours now trying to troubleshoot something, and i think it's time to ask for help. This is part of my own experiment/learning at an school.
Hardware
Server: HP DL360G7 - dual x5660 - 96gb ram ...
Controller: LSI SAS 3801E (chip: c1068e) ... Flashed to IT mode.
Diskshell: 16bay disk shell with... 2x controller/expander: Promise J630S
Disks: 16x Seagate ST33000650SS A003 ... 3TB disks.
FreeNAS
version: 11.2-U6
installed on hardware raid1, onboard controller. (also had on usb stick before).
Problem: disks and created pool disapears after reboot or shutdown.. and will not appear again before disconnecting and reconnecting sas cable to disk shell. Everything actually works, can make a share, transfer, etc. But gone after reboot/shutdown, and i can get the pool back.
Ofc i don't want to reconnect cable at everytime on start.
Further story...
On fresh install of FreeNAS, with the diskshell connected, the disks do not appear!. However, if i unplug the cable to the diskshell, and connnect it again, the disks will show. (important thing i found out about this, is to wait sufficent time before plugging back in, or it wont work!! disks wont come up, it needs the time).
I then can make my pool, Z3 on all 16 disks, and make my shares, etc. everthing works. ...
But then after reboot, the disks are not seen in "disks" or with command "mptutil show drives" .. also nothing on "sesutil map", or "camcontrol devlist".. but the controller itself can still be seen with forexample "mptutil show adapter".
I then can do the re-connect trick. And everything can be gotten back into order.
I also tried with the FreeNAS nightly dev, just to see, but it was same.
I think i read something about my controller maybe not supporting more than 2tb disks?, but i can see them as.. 2.7gb something(must be after some formatting), everything working, when it works.
...
So whats the problem here guys?.
To me it.... feels like..... some timeout issue? or something not re-initializing?... that is the only thing i can say in generel, not super experienced here.
I spent 20 hours now trying to troubleshoot something, and i think it's time to ask for help. This is part of my own experiment/learning at an school.
Hardware
Server: HP DL360G7 - dual x5660 - 96gb ram ...
Controller: LSI SAS 3801E (chip: c1068e) ... Flashed to IT mode.
Diskshell: 16bay disk shell with... 2x controller/expander: Promise J630S
Disks: 16x Seagate ST33000650SS A003 ... 3TB disks.
FreeNAS
version: 11.2-U6
installed on hardware raid1, onboard controller. (also had on usb stick before).
Problem: disks and created pool disapears after reboot or shutdown.. and will not appear again before disconnecting and reconnecting sas cable to disk shell. Everything actually works, can make a share, transfer, etc. But gone after reboot/shutdown, and i can get the pool back.
Ofc i don't want to reconnect cable at everytime on start.
Further story...
On fresh install of FreeNAS, with the diskshell connected, the disks do not appear!. However, if i unplug the cable to the diskshell, and connnect it again, the disks will show. (important thing i found out about this, is to wait sufficent time before plugging back in, or it wont work!! disks wont come up, it needs the time).
I then can make my pool, Z3 on all 16 disks, and make my shares, etc. everthing works. ...
But then after reboot, the disks are not seen in "disks" or with command "mptutil show drives" .. also nothing on "sesutil map", or "camcontrol devlist".. but the controller itself can still be seen with forexample "mptutil show adapter".
I then can do the re-connect trick. And everything can be gotten back into order.
I also tried with the FreeNAS nightly dev, just to see, but it was same.
I think i read something about my controller maybe not supporting more than 2tb disks?, but i can see them as.. 2.7gb something(must be after some formatting), everything working, when it works.
...
So whats the problem here guys?.
To me it.... feels like..... some timeout issue? or something not re-initializing?... that is the only thing i can say in generel, not super experienced here.