Bug#516082: supermicro blade server B7DC3, failed to detect raidset on LSI 1068E SAS/SATA
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CDROM iso image, thru the blade server KVM
Image version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/release/5.0.0/multi-arch/iso-cd/debian-500-amd64-i386-powerpc-netinst.iso
Date: 19.02.2009 0820
Machine: Supermicro B7DC3 blade server, using default firmware
http://www.supermicro.com/products/SuperBlade/module/SBI-7425C-S3.cfm
Processor: 1x xeon quad E5405 2.0Ghz
Memory: 4GB
Partitions: none, does not detect disks.
Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn):
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset Memory
Controller Hub [8086:65c0] (rev 90)
00:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset PCI Express x8
Port 2-3 [8086:65f7] (rev 90)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset PCI Express x8
Port 4-5 [8086:65f8] (rev 90)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:06.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset PCI Express x8
Port 6-7 [8086:65f9] (rev 90)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:08.0 System peripheral [0880]: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset DMA
Engine [8086:65ff] (rev 90)
00:10.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset FSB Registers
[8086:65f0] (rev 90)
00:10.1 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset FSB Registers
[8086:65f0] (rev 90)
00:10.2 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset FSB Registers
[8086:65f0] (rev 90)
00:11.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset Reserved
Registers [8086:65f1] (rev 90)
00:13.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset Reserved
Registers [8086:65f3] (rev 90)
00:15.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset DDR Channel 0
Registers [8086:65f5] (rev 90)
00:16.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset DDR Channel 1
Registers [8086:65f6] (rev 90)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI
Express Port 1 [8086:2940] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family)
USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2934] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family)
USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2935] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family)
USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2936] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
Kernel modules: uhci-hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family)
USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:293a] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
Kernel modules: ehci-hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge
[8086:244e] (rev 92)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801IR (ICH9R) LPC
Interface Controller [8086:2916] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus
Controller [8086:2930] (rev 02)
03:00.0 SCSI storage controller [0100]: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic
MegaRAID SAS 8208ELP/8208ELP [1000:0059] (rev 08)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82575EB Gigabit
Backplane Connection [8086:10a9] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: igb
Kernel modules: igb
04:00.1 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82575EB Gigabit
Backplane Connection [8086:10a9] (rev 02)
Kernel driver in use: igb
Kernel modules: igb
05:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc ES1000
[1002:515e] (rev 02)
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [E]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
User/password setup: [ ]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Overall install: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
configured a simple 2 disks in raid1 in the lsi megaraid setup. and
booted the netinstaller using install64, regular install with dhcp
network until it failed to detect any harddisks. Tried loading dmraid
and megaraid* kernel modules but nothing seems to detect any devices.
fjp suggested. http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/SataRaid
I retied the installer using dmraid=true as a boot argumnet. But it
still failed to detect any devices.
Windows server 2k3 works using the provided drivers on floppies.
there is a megasr driver for redhat ES
The machine can be reflashed into a different firmware set. and a jumper
changed on the motherboard. then the onboard raid is removed and the
disks shows up as individual drives. this works ok. But is a lot of
extra work.
googeling shows that there are many with a problem with this controller
the LSI 1068E SAS/SATA
kind regards
Ronny Aasen
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