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diff --git a/Documentation/blockdev/README.DAC960 b/Documentation/blockdev/README.DAC960 deleted file mode 100644 index bd85fb9dc6e5..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/blockdev/README.DAC960 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,756 +0,0 @@ - Linux Driver for Mylex DAC960/AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID PCI RAID Controllers - - Version 2.2.11 for Linux 2.2.19 - Version 2.4.11 for Linux 2.4.12 - - PRODUCTION RELEASE - - 11 October 2001 - - Leonard N. Zubkoff - Dandelion Digital - lnz@dandelion.com - - Copyright 1998-2001 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com> - - - INTRODUCTION - -Mylex, Inc. designs and manufactures a variety of high performance PCI RAID -controllers. Mylex Corporation is located at 34551 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont, -California 94555, USA and can be reached at 510.796.6100 or on the World Wide -Web at http://www.mylex.com. Mylex Technical Support can be reached by -electronic mail at mylexsup@us.ibm.com, by voice at 510.608.2400, or by FAX at -510.745.7715. Contact information for offices in Europe and Japan is available -on their Web site. - -The latest information on Linux support for DAC960 PCI RAID Controllers, as -well as the most recent release of this driver, will always be available from -my Linux Home Page at URL "http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/". The Linux DAC960 -driver supports all current Mylex PCI RAID controllers including the new -eXtremeRAID 2000/3000 and AcceleRAID 352/170/160 models which have an entirely -new firmware interface from the older eXtremeRAID 1100, AcceleRAID 150/200/250, -and DAC960PJ/PG/PU/PD/PL. See below for a complete controller list as well as -minimum firmware version requirements. For simplicity, in most places this -documentation refers to DAC960 generically rather than explicitly listing all -the supported models. - -Driver bug reports should be sent via electronic mail to "lnz@dandelion.com". -Please include with the bug report the complete configuration messages reported -by the driver at startup, along with any subsequent system messages relevant to -the controller's operation, and a detailed description of your system's -hardware configuration. Driver bugs are actually quite rare; if you encounter -problems with disks being marked offline, for example, please contact Mylex -Technical Support as the problem is related to the hardware configuration -rather than the Linux driver. - -Please consult the RAID controller documentation for detailed information -regarding installation and configuration of the controllers. This document -primarily provides information specific to the Linux support. - - - DRIVER FEATURES - -The DAC960 RAID controllers are supported solely as high performance RAID -controllers, not as interfaces to arbitrary SCSI devices. The Linux DAC960 -driver operates at the block device level, the same level as the SCSI and IDE -drivers. Unlike other RAID controllers currently supported on Linux, the -DAC960 driver is not dependent on the SCSI subsystem, and hence avoids all the -complexity and unnecessary code that would be associated with an implementation -as a SCSI driver. The DAC960 driver is designed for as high a performance as -possible with no compromises or extra code for compatibility with lower -performance devices. The DAC960 driver includes extensive error logging and -online configuration management capabilities. Except for initial configuration -of the controller and adding new disk drives, most everything can be handled -from Linux while the system is operational. - -The DAC960 driver is architected to support up to 8 controllers per system. -Each DAC960 parallel SCSI controller can support up to 15 disk drives per -channel, for a maximum of 60 drives on a four channel controller; the fibre -channel eXtremeRAID 3000 controller supports up to 125 disk drives per loop for -a total of 250 drives. The drives installed on a controller are divided into -one or more "Drive Groups", and then each Drive Group is subdivided further -into 1 to 32 "Logical Drives". Each Logical Drive has a specific RAID Level -and caching policy associated with it, and it appears to Linux as a single -block device. Logical Drives are further subdivided into up to 7 partitions -through the normal Linux and PC disk partitioning schemes. Logical Drives are -also known as "System Drives", and Drive Groups are also called "Packs". Both -terms are in use in the Mylex documentation; I have chosen to standardize on -the more generic "Logical Drive" and "Drive Group". - -DAC960 RAID disk devices are named in the style of the obsolete Device File -System (DEVFS). The device corresponding to Logical Drive D on Controller C -is referred to as /dev/rd/cCdD, and the partitions are called /dev/rd/cCdDp1 -through /dev/rd/cCdDp7. For example, partition 3 of Logical Drive 5 on -Controller 2 is referred to as /dev/rd/c2d5p3. Note that unlike with SCSI -disks the device names will not change in the event of a disk drive failure. -The DAC960 driver is assigned major numbers 48 - 55 with one major number per -controller. The 8 bits of minor number are divided into 5 bits for the Logical -Drive and 3 bits for the partition. - - - SUPPORTED DAC960/AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID PCI RAID CONTROLLERS - -The following list comprises the supported DAC960, AcceleRAID, and eXtremeRAID -PCI RAID Controllers as of the date of this document. It is recommended that -anyone purchasing a Mylex PCI RAID Controller not in the following table -contact the author beforehand to verify that it is or will be supported. - -eXtremeRAID 3000 - 1 Wide Ultra-2/LVD SCSI channel - 2 External Fibre FC-AL channels - 233MHz StrongARM SA 110 Processor - 64 Bit 33MHz PCI (backward compatible with 32 Bit PCI slots) - 32MB/64MB ECC SDRAM Memory - -eXtremeRAID 2000 - 4 Wide Ultra-160 LVD SCSI channels - 233MHz StrongARM SA 110 Processor - 64 Bit 33MHz PCI (backward compatible with 32 Bit PCI slots) - 32MB/64MB ECC SDRAM Memory - -AcceleRAID 352 - 2 Wide Ultra-160 LVD SCSI channels - 100MHz Intel i960RN RISC Processor - 64 Bit 33MHz PCI (backward compatible with 32 Bit PCI slots) - 32MB/64MB ECC SDRAM Memory - -AcceleRAID 170 - 1 Wide Ultra-160 LVD SCSI channel - 100MHz Intel i960RM RISC Processor - 16MB/32MB/64MB ECC SDRAM Memory - -AcceleRAID 160 (AcceleRAID 170LP) - 1 Wide Ultra-160 LVD SCSI channel - 100MHz Intel i960RS RISC Processor - Built in 16M ECC SDRAM Memory - PCI Low Profile Form Factor - fit for 2U height - -eXtremeRAID 1100 (DAC1164P) - 3 Wide Ultra-2/LVD SCSI channels - 233MHz StrongARM SA 110 Processor - 64 Bit 33MHz PCI (backward compatible with 32 Bit PCI slots) - 16MB/32MB/64MB Parity SDRAM Memory with Battery Backup - -AcceleRAID 250 (DAC960PTL1) - Uses onboard Symbios SCSI chips on certain motherboards - Also includes one onboard Wide Ultra-2/LVD SCSI Channel - 66MHz Intel i960RD RISC Processor - 4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB/64MB/128MB ECC EDO Memory - -AcceleRAID 200 (DAC960PTL0) - Uses onboard Symbios SCSI chips on certain motherboards - Includes no onboard SCSI Channels - 66MHz Intel i960RD RISC Processor - 4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB/64MB/128MB ECC EDO Memory - -AcceleRAID 150 (DAC960PRL) - Uses onboard Symbios SCSI chips on certain motherboards - Also includes one onboard Wide Ultra-2/LVD SCSI Channel - 33MHz Intel i960RP RISC Processor - 4MB Parity EDO Memory - -DAC960PJ 1/2/3 Wide Ultra SCSI-3 Channels - 66MHz Intel i960RD RISC Processor - 4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB/64MB/128MB ECC EDO Memory - -DAC960PG 1/2/3 Wide Ultra SCSI-3 Channels - 33MHz Intel i960RP RISC Processor - 4MB/8MB ECC EDO Memory - -DAC960PU 1/2/3 Wide Ultra SCSI-3 Channels - Intel i960CF RISC Processor - 4MB/8MB EDRAM or 2MB/4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB DRAM Memory - -DAC960PD 1/2/3 Wide Fast SCSI-2 Channels - Intel i960CF RISC Processor - 4MB/8MB EDRAM or 2MB/4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB DRAM Memory - -DAC960PL 1/2/3 Wide Fast SCSI-2 Channels - Intel i960 RISC Processor - 2MB/4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB DRAM Memory - -DAC960P 1/2/3 Wide Fast SCSI-2 Channels - Intel i960 RISC Processor - 2MB/4MB/8MB/16MB/32MB DRAM Memory - -For the eXtremeRAID 2000/3000 and AcceleRAID 352/170/160, firmware version -6.00-01 or above is required. - -For the eXtremeRAID 1100, firmware version 5.06-0-52 or above is required. - -For the AcceleRAID 250, 200, and 150, firmware version 4.06-0-57 or above is -required. - -For the DAC960PJ and DAC960PG, firmware version 4.06-0-00 or above is required. - -For the DAC960PU, DAC960PD, DAC960PL, and DAC960P, either firmware version -3.51-0-04 or above is required (for dual Flash ROM controllers), or firmware -version 2.73-0-00 or above is required (for single Flash ROM controllers) - -Please note that not all SCSI disk drives are suitable for use with DAC960 -controllers, and only particular firmware versions of any given model may -actually function correctly. Similarly, not all motherboards have a BIOS that -properly initializes the AcceleRAID 250, AcceleRAID 200, AcceleRAID 150, -DAC960PJ, and DAC960PG because the Intel i960RD/RP is a multi-function device. -If in doubt, contact Mylex RAID Technical Support (mylexsup@us.ibm.com) to -verify compatibility. Mylex makes available a hard disk compatibility list at -http://www.mylex.com/support/hdcomp/hd-lists.html. - - - DRIVER INSTALLATION - -This distribution was prepared for Linux kernel version 2.2.19 or 2.4.12. - -To install the DAC960 RAID driver, you may use the following commands, -replacing "/usr/src" with wherever you keep your Linux kernel source tree: - - cd /usr/src - tar -xvzf DAC960-2.2.11.tar.gz (or DAC960-2.4.11.tar.gz) - mv README.DAC960 linux/Documentation - mv DAC960.[ch] linux/drivers/block - patch -p0 < DAC960.patch (if DAC960.patch is included) - cd linux - make config - make bzImage (or zImage) - -Then install "arch/x86/boot/bzImage" or "arch/x86/boot/zImage" as your -standard kernel, run lilo if appropriate, and reboot. - -To create the necessary devices in /dev, the "make_rd" script included in -"DAC960-Utilities.tar.gz" from http://www.dandelion.com/Linux/ may be used. -LILO 21 and FDISK v2.9 include DAC960 support; also included in this archive -are patches to LILO 20 and FDISK v2.8 that add DAC960 support, along with -statically linked executables of LILO and FDISK. This modified version of LILO -will allow booting from a DAC960 controller and/or mounting the root file -system from a DAC960. - -Red Hat Linux 6.0 and SuSE Linux 6.1 include support for Mylex PCI RAID -controllers. Installing directly onto a DAC960 may be problematic from other -Linux distributions until their installation utilities are updated. - - - INSTALLATION NOTES - -Before installing Linux or adding DAC960 logical drives to an existing Linux -system, the controller must first be configured to provide one or more logical -drives using the BIOS Configuration Utility or DACCF. Please note that since -there are only at most 6 usable partitions on each logical drive, systems -requiring more partitions should subdivide a drive group into multiple logical -drives, each of which can have up to 6 usable partitions. Also, note that with -large disk arrays it is advisable to enable the 8GB BIOS Geometry (255/63) -rather than accepting the default 2GB BIOS Geometry (128/32); failing to so do -will cause the logical drive geometry to have more than 65535 cylinders which -will make it impossible for FDISK to be used properly. The 8GB BIOS Geometry -can be enabled by configuring the DAC960 BIOS, which is accessible via Alt-M -during the BIOS initialization sequence. - -For maximum performance and the most efficient E2FSCK performance, it is -recommended that EXT2 file systems be built with a 4KB block size and 16 block -stride to match the DAC960 controller's 64KB default stripe size. The command -"mke2fs -b 4096 -R stride=16 <device>" is appropriate. Unless there will be a -large number of small files on the file systems, it is also beneficial to add -the "-i 16384" option to increase the bytes per inode parameter thereby -reducing the file system metadata. Finally, on systems that will only be run -with Linux 2.2 or later kernels it is beneficial to enable sparse superblocks -with the "-s 1" option. - - - DAC960 ANNOUNCEMENTS MAILING LIST - -The DAC960 Announcements Mailing List provides a forum for informing Linux -users of new driver releases and other announcements regarding Linux support -for DAC960 PCI RAID Controllers. To join the mailing list, send a message to -"dac960-announce-request@dandelion.com" with the line "subscribe" in the -message body. - - - CONTROLLER CONFIGURATION AND STATUS MONITORING - -The DAC960 RAID controllers running firmware 4.06 or above include a Background -Initialization facility so that system downtime is minimized both for initial -installation and subsequent configuration of additional storage. The BIOS -Configuration Utility (accessible via Alt-R during the BIOS initialization -sequence) is used to quickly configure the controller, and then the logical -drives that have been created are available for immediate use even while they -are still being initialized by the controller. The primary need for online -configuration and status monitoring is then to avoid system downtime when disk -drives fail and must be replaced. Mylex's online monitoring and configuration -utilities are being ported to Linux and will become available at some point in -the future. Note that with a SAF-TE (SCSI Accessed Fault-Tolerant Enclosure) -enclosure, the controller is able to rebuild failed drives automatically as -soon as a drive replacement is made available. - -The primary interfaces for controller configuration and status monitoring are -special files created in the /proc/rd/... hierarchy along with the normal -system console logging mechanism. Whenever the system is operating, the DAC960 -driver queries each controller for status information every 10 seconds, and -checks for additional conditions every 60 seconds. The initial status of each -controller is always available for controller N in /proc/rd/cN/initial_status, -and the current status as of the last status monitoring query is available in -/proc/rd/cN/current_status. In addition, status changes are also logged by the -driver to the system console and will appear in the log files maintained by -syslog. The progress of asynchronous rebuild or consistency check operations -is also available in /proc/rd/cN/current_status, and progress messages are -logged to the system console at most every 60 seconds. - -Starting with the 2.2.3/2.0.3 versions of the driver, the status information -available in /proc/rd/cN/initial_status and /proc/rd/cN/current_status has been -augmented to include the vendor, model, revision, and serial number (if -available) for each physical device found connected to the controller: - -***** DAC960 RAID Driver Version 2.2.3 of 19 August 1999 ***** -Copyright 1998-1999 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com> -Configuring Mylex DAC960PRL PCI RAID Controller - Firmware Version: 4.07-0-07, Channels: 1, Memory Size: 16MB - PCI Bus: 1, Device: 4, Function: 1, I/O Address: Unassigned - PCI Address: 0xFE300000 mapped at 0xA0800000, IRQ Channel: 21 - Controller Queue Depth: 128, Maximum Blocks per Command: 128 - Driver Queue Depth: 127, Maximum Scatter/Gather Segments: 33 - Stripe Size: 64KB, Segment Size: 8KB, BIOS Geometry: 255/63 - SAF-TE Enclosure Management Enabled - Physical Devices: - 0:0 Vendor: IBM Model: DRVS09D Revision: 0270 - Serial Number: 68016775HA - Disk Status: Online, 17928192 blocks - 0:1 Vendor: IBM Model: DRVS09D Revision: 0270 - Serial Number: 68004E53HA - Disk Status: Online, 17928192 blocks - 0:2 Vendor: IBM Model: DRVS09D Revision: 0270 - Serial Number: 13013935HA - Disk Status: Online, 17928192 blocks - 0:3 Vendor: IBM Model: DRVS09D Revision: 0270 - Serial Number: 13016897HA - Disk Status: Online, 17928192 blocks - 0:4 Vendor: IBM Model: DRVS09D Revision: 0270 - Serial Number: 68019905HA - Disk Status: Online, 17928192 blocks - 0:5 Vendor: IBM Model: DRVS09D Revision: 0270 - Serial Number: 68012753HA - Disk Status: Online, 17928192 blocks - 0:6 Vendor: ESG-SHV Model: SCA HSBP M6 Revision: 0.61 - Logical Drives: - /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 89640960 blocks, Write Thru - No Rebuild or Consistency Check in Progress - -To simplify the monitoring process for custom software, the special file -/proc/rd/status returns "OK" when all DAC960 controllers in the system are -operating normally and no failures have occurred, or "ALERT" if any logical -drives are offline or critical or any non-standby physical drives are dead. - -Configuration commands for controller N are available via the special file -/proc/rd/cN/user_command. A human readable command can be written to this -special file to initiate a configuration operation, and the results of the -operation can then be read back from the special file in addition to being -logged to the system console. The shell command sequence - - echo "<configuration-command>" > /proc/rd/c0/user_command - cat /proc/rd/c0/user_command - -is typically used to execute configuration commands. The configuration -commands are: - - flush-cache - - The "flush-cache" command flushes the controller's cache. The system - automatically flushes the cache at shutdown or if the driver module is - unloaded, so this command is only needed to be certain a write back cache - is flushed to disk before the system is powered off by a command to a UPS. - Note that the flush-cache command also stops an asynchronous rebuild or - consistency check, so it should not be used except when the system is being - halted. - - kill <channel>:<target-id> - - The "kill" command marks the physical drive <channel>:<target-id> as DEAD. - This command is provided primarily for testing, and should not be used - during normal system operation. - - make-online <channel>:<target-id> - - The "make-online" command changes the physical drive <channel>:<target-id> - from status DEAD to status ONLINE. In cases where multiple physical drives - have been killed simultaneously, this command may be used to bring all but - one of them back online, after which a rebuild to the final drive is - necessary. - - Warning: make-online should only be used on a dead physical drive that is - an active part of a drive group, never on a standby drive. The command - should never be used on a dead drive that is part of a critical logical - drive; rebuild should be used if only a single drive is dead. - - make-standby <channel>:<target-id> - - The "make-standby" command changes physical drive <channel>:<target-id> - from status DEAD to status STANDBY. It should only be used in cases where - a dead drive was replaced after an automatic rebuild was performed onto a - standby drive. It cannot be used to add a standby drive to the controller - configuration if one was not created initially; the BIOS Configuration - Utility must be used for that currently. - - rebuild <channel>:<target-id> - - The "rebuild" command initiates an asynchronous rebuild onto physical drive - <channel>:<target-id>. It should only be used when a dead drive has been - replaced. - - check-consistency <logical-drive-number> - - The "check-consistency" command initiates an asynchronous consistency check - of <logical-drive-number> with automatic restoration. It can be used - whenever it is desired to verify the consistency of the redundancy - information. - - cancel-rebuild - cancel-consistency-check - - The "cancel-rebuild" and "cancel-consistency-check" commands cancel any - rebuild or consistency check operations previously initiated. - - - EXAMPLE I - DRIVE FAILURE WITHOUT A STANDBY DRIVE - -The following annotated logs demonstrate the controller configuration and and -online status monitoring capabilities of the Linux DAC960 Driver. The test -configuration comprises 6 1GB Quantum Atlas I disk drives on two channels of a -DAC960PJ controller. The physical drives are configured into a single drive -group without a standby drive, and the drive group has been configured into two -logical drives, one RAID-5 and one RAID-6. Note that these logs are from an -earlier version of the driver and the messages have changed somewhat with newer -releases, but the functionality remains similar. First, here is the current -status of the RAID configuration: - -gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status -***** DAC960 RAID Driver Version 2.0.0 of 23 March 1999 ***** -Copyright 1998-1999 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com> -Configuring Mylex DAC960PJ PCI RAID Controller - Firmware Version: 4.06-0-08, Channels: 3, Memory Size: 8MB - PCI Bus: 0, Device: 19, Function: 1, I/O Address: Unassigned - PCI Address: 0xFD4FC000 mapped at 0x8807000, IRQ Channel: 9 - Controller Queue Depth: 128, Maximum Blocks per Command: 128 - Driver Queue Depth: 127, Maximum Scatter/Gather Segments: 33 - Stripe Size: 64KB, Segment Size: 8KB, BIOS Geometry: 255/63 - Physical Devices: - 0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - Logical Drives: - /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 5498880 blocks, Write Thru - /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Online, 3305472 blocks, Write Thru - No Rebuild or Consistency Check in Progress - -gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status -OK - -The above messages indicate that everything is healthy, and /proc/rd/status -returns "OK" indicating that there are no problems with any DAC960 controller -in the system. For demonstration purposes, while I/O is active Physical Drive -1:1 is now disconnected, simulating a drive failure. The failure is noted by -the driver within 10 seconds of the controller's having detected it, and the -driver logs the following console status messages indicating that Logical -Drives 0 and 1 are now CRITICAL as a result of Physical Drive 1:1 being DEAD: - -DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 02 -DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:3 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 02 -DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 killed because of timeout on SCSI command -DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 is now DEAD -DAC960#0: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) is now CRITICAL -DAC960#0: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) is now CRITICAL - -The Sense Keys logged here are just Check Condition / Unit Attention conditions -arising from a SCSI bus reset that is forced by the controller during its error -recovery procedures. Concurrently with the above, the driver status available -from /proc/rd also reflects the drive failure. The status message in -/proc/rd/status has changed from "OK" to "ALERT": - -gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status -ALERT - -and /proc/rd/c0/current_status has been updated: - -gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status - ... - Physical Devices: - 0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:1 - Disk: Dead, 2201600 blocks - 1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - Logical Drives: - /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Critical, 5498880 blocks, Write Thru - /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Critical, 3305472 blocks, Write Thru - No Rebuild or Consistency Check in Progress - -Since there are no standby drives configured, the system can continue to access -the logical drives in a performance degraded mode until the failed drive is -replaced and a rebuild operation completed to restore the redundancy of the -logical drives. Once Physical Drive 1:1 is replaced with a properly -functioning drive, or if the physical drive was killed without having failed -(e.g., due to electrical problems on the SCSI bus), the user can instruct the -controller to initiate a rebuild operation onto the newly replaced drive: - -gwynedd:/u/lnz# echo "rebuild 1:1" > /proc/rd/c0/user_command -gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/user_command -Rebuild of Physical Drive 1:1 Initiated - -The echo command instructs the controller to initiate an asynchronous rebuild -operation onto Physical Drive 1:1, and the status message that results from the -operation is then available for reading from /proc/rd/c0/user_command, as well -as being logged to the console by the driver. - -Within 10 seconds of this command the driver logs the initiation of the -asynchronous rebuild operation: - -DAC960#0: Rebuild of Physical Drive 1:1 Initiated -DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 01 -DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 is now WRITE-ONLY -DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 1% completed - -and /proc/rd/c0/current_status is updated: - -gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status - ... - Physical Devices: - 0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:1 - Disk: Write-Only, 2201600 blocks - 1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - Logical Drives: - /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Critical, 5498880 blocks, Write Thru - /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Critical, 3305472 blocks, Write Thru - Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 6% completed - -As the rebuild progresses, the current status in /proc/rd/c0/current_status is -updated every 10 seconds: - -gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status - ... - Physical Devices: - 0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:1 - Disk: Write-Only, 2201600 blocks - 1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - Logical Drives: - /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Critical, 5498880 blocks, Write Thru - /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Critical, 3305472 blocks, Write Thru - Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 15% completed - -and every minute a progress message is logged to the console by the driver: - -DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 32% completed -DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 63% completed -DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 94% completed -DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) 94% completed - -Finally, the rebuild completes successfully. The driver logs the status of the -logical and physical drives and the rebuild completion: - -DAC960#0: Rebuild Completed Successfully -DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 is now ONLINE -DAC960#0: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) is now ONLINE -DAC960#0: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) is now ONLINE - -/proc/rd/c0/current_status is updated: - -gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status - ... - Physical Devices: - 0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - Logical Drives: - /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 5498880 blocks, Write Thru - /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Online, 3305472 blocks, Write Thru - Rebuild Completed Successfully - -and /proc/rd/status indicates that everything is healthy once again: - -gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status -OK - - - EXAMPLE II - DRIVE FAILURE WITH A STANDBY DRIVE - -The following annotated logs demonstrate the controller configuration and and -online status monitoring capabilities of the Linux DAC960 Driver. The test -configuration comprises 6 1GB Quantum Atlas I disk drives on two channels of a -DAC960PJ controller. The physical drives are configured into a single drive -group with a standby drive, and the drive group has been configured into two -logical drives, one RAID-5 and one RAID-6. Note that these logs are from an -earlier version of the driver and the messages have changed somewhat with newer -releases, but the functionality remains similar. First, here is the current -status of the RAID configuration: - -gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status -***** DAC960 RAID Driver Version 2.0.0 of 23 March 1999 ***** -Copyright 1998-1999 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com> -Configuring Mylex DAC960PJ PCI RAID Controller - Firmware Version: 4.06-0-08, Channels: 3, Memory Size: 8MB - PCI Bus: 0, Device: 19, Function: 1, I/O Address: Unassigned - PCI Address: 0xFD4FC000 mapped at 0x8807000, IRQ Channel: 9 - Controller Queue Depth: 128, Maximum Blocks per Command: 128 - Driver Queue Depth: 127, Maximum Scatter/Gather Segments: 33 - Stripe Size: 64KB, Segment Size: 8KB, BIOS Geometry: 255/63 - Physical Devices: - 0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:3 - Disk: Standby, 2201600 blocks - Logical Drives: - /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 4399104 blocks, Write Thru - /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Online, 2754560 blocks, Write Thru - No Rebuild or Consistency Check in Progress - -gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status -OK - -The above messages indicate that everything is healthy, and /proc/rd/status -returns "OK" indicating that there are no problems with any DAC960 controller -in the system. For demonstration purposes, while I/O is active Physical Drive -1:2 is now disconnected, simulating a drive failure. The failure is noted by -the driver within 10 seconds of the controller's having detected it, and the -driver logs the following console status messages: - -DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:1 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 02 -DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:3 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 02 -DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 killed because of timeout on SCSI command -DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 is now DEAD -DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 killed because it was removed -DAC960#0: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) is now CRITICAL -DAC960#0: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) is now CRITICAL - -Since a standby drive is configured, the controller automatically begins -rebuilding onto the standby drive: - -DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:3 is now WRITE-ONLY -DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 4% completed - -Concurrently with the above, the driver status available from /proc/rd also -reflects the drive failure and automatic rebuild. The status message in -/proc/rd/status has changed from "OK" to "ALERT": - -gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status -ALERT - -and /proc/rd/c0/current_status has been updated: - -gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status - ... - Physical Devices: - 0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:2 - Disk: Dead, 2201600 blocks - 1:3 - Disk: Write-Only, 2201600 blocks - Logical Drives: - /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Critical, 4399104 blocks, Write Thru - /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Critical, 2754560 blocks, Write Thru - Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 4% completed - -As the rebuild progresses, the current status in /proc/rd/c0/current_status is -updated every 10 seconds: - -gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status - ... - Physical Devices: - 0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:2 - Disk: Dead, 2201600 blocks - 1:3 - Disk: Write-Only, 2201600 blocks - Logical Drives: - /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Critical, 4399104 blocks, Write Thru - /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Critical, 2754560 blocks, Write Thru - Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 40% completed - -and every minute a progress message is logged on the console by the driver: - -DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 40% completed -DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) 76% completed -DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) 66% completed -DAC960#0: Rebuild in Progress: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) 84% completed - -Finally, the rebuild completes successfully. The driver logs the status of the -logical and physical drives and the rebuild completion: - -DAC960#0: Rebuild Completed Successfully -DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:3 is now ONLINE -DAC960#0: Logical Drive 0 (/dev/rd/c0d0) is now ONLINE -DAC960#0: Logical Drive 1 (/dev/rd/c0d1) is now ONLINE - -/proc/rd/c0/current_status is updated: - -***** DAC960 RAID Driver Version 2.0.0 of 23 March 1999 ***** -Copyright 1998-1999 by Leonard N. Zubkoff <lnz@dandelion.com> -Configuring Mylex DAC960PJ PCI RAID Controller - Firmware Version: 4.06-0-08, Channels: 3, Memory Size: 8MB - PCI Bus: 0, Device: 19, Function: 1, I/O Address: Unassigned - PCI Address: 0xFD4FC000 mapped at 0x8807000, IRQ Channel: 9 - Controller Queue Depth: 128, Maximum Blocks per Command: 128 - Driver Queue Depth: 127, Maximum Scatter/Gather Segments: 33 - Stripe Size: 64KB, Segment Size: 8KB, BIOS Geometry: 255/63 - Physical Devices: - 0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:2 - Disk: Dead, 2201600 blocks - 1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - Logical Drives: - /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 4399104 blocks, Write Thru - /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Online, 2754560 blocks, Write Thru - Rebuild Completed Successfully - -and /proc/rd/status indicates that everything is healthy once again: - -gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/status -OK - -Note that the absence of a viable standby drive does not create an "ALERT" -status. Once dead Physical Drive 1:2 has been replaced, the controller must be -told that this has occurred and that the newly replaced drive should become the -new standby drive: - -gwynedd:/u/lnz# echo "make-standby 1:2" > /proc/rd/c0/user_command -gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/user_command -Make Standby of Physical Drive 1:2 Succeeded - -The echo command instructs the controller to make Physical Drive 1:2 into a -standby drive, and the status message that results from the operation is then -available for reading from /proc/rd/c0/user_command, as well as being logged to -the console by the driver. Within 60 seconds of this command the driver logs: - -DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 Error Log: Sense Key = 6, ASC = 29, ASCQ = 01 -DAC960#0: Physical Drive 1:2 is now STANDBY -DAC960#0: Make Standby of Physical Drive 1:2 Succeeded - -and /proc/rd/c0/current_status is updated: - -gwynedd:/u/lnz# cat /proc/rd/c0/current_status - ... - Physical Devices: - 0:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 0:2 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 0:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:1 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - 1:2 - Disk: Standby, 2201600 blocks - 1:3 - Disk: Online, 2201600 blocks - Logical Drives: - /dev/rd/c0d0: RAID-5, Online, 4399104 blocks, Write Thru - /dev/rd/c0d1: RAID-6, Online, 2754560 blocks, Write Thru - Rebuild Completed Successfully |