[OmniOS-discuss] How to use LSI's storcli?

[Stephan Budach]

Hi guys,

I am struggling to get storcli to work - well, not actually to work, but
to show me any of my 2907 HBAs, as storcli reports a number of 0
installed HBAs:

***@nfsvmpool02:/opt/MegaRAID/CLI# ./storcli show
Status Code = 0
Status = Success
Description = None

Number of Controllers = 0
Host Name = nfsvmpool02
Operating System = SunOS5.11

So, how do I make use of it?

Thanks,
budy

[Johan Kragsterman]

Hi!


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Hi guys,

I am struggling to get storcli to work - well, not actually to work, but
to show me any of my 2907 HBAs, as storcli reports a number of 0
installed HBAs:

***@nfsvmpool02:/opt/MegaRAID/CLI# ./storcli show
Status Code = 0
Status = Success
Description = None

Number of Controllers = 0
Host Name = nfsvmpool02
Operating System  = SunOS5.11

So, how do I make use of it?






Isn't the StorCLI a tool for megaraid controllers?

If your controller is an HBA, it is not a megaraid controller. By the way, did you mean 9207-8i, when you wrote 2907-8i? LSISAS9207-8i is an HBA, and it is NOT a MegaRaid controller, so I guess it shouldn't show up in the StorCLI.


Why would you need the StorCLI?


Rgrds Johan







Thanks,
budy

[Stephan Budach]

Hi Johan,

Am 21.01.15 um 08:33 schrieb Johan Kragsterman:
> Hi!
>
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>
> Hi guys,
>
> I am struggling to get storcli to work - well, not actually to work, but
> to show me any of my 2907 HBAs, as storcli reports a number of 0
> installed HBAs:
>
> ***@nfsvmpool02:/opt/MegaRAID/CLI# ./storcli show
> Status Code = 0
> Status = Success
> Description = None
>
> Number of Controllers = 0
> Host Name = nfsvmpool02
> Operating System = SunOS5.11
>
> So, how do I make use of it?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Isn't the StorCLI a tool for megaraid controllers?
Well, I thought that the MRM supported both the plain HBAs and the RAID
ones. Interestingly, on my Linux boxe both, the storcli and the MegaCLI
seem to be the same binary. Plus, when installing the MRM package with
all it's bells and whistles, my *actually* 9207-8i do show up in the UI
and can be managed. I just checked the readme from the MRM software
package and it specifically notes support for the LSI SAS 9207-8i.


>
> If your controller is an HBA, it is not a megaraid controller. By the way, did you mean 9207-8i, when you wrote 2907-8i? LSISAS9207-8i is an HBA, and it is NOT a MegaRaid controller, so I guess it shouldn't show up in the StorCLI.
>
>
> Why would you need the StorCLI?
I wanted to check and probably update the FW on the 9207 from 15 to 18,
as I seem to encounter an issue with a specific bug in the FW of those
models.

Thanks,
budy

[Johan Kragsterman]

Hi again!



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Ärende: Re: Ang: [OmniOS-discuss] How to use LSI's storcli?

Hi Johan,

Am 21.01.15 um 08:33 schrieb Johan Kragsterman:
Hi!


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Ärende: [OmniOS-discuss] How to use LSI's storcli?

Hi guys,

I am struggling to get storcli to work - well, not actually to work, but
to show me any of my 2907 HBAs, as storcli reports a number of 0
installed HBAs:

***@nfsvmpool02:/opt/MegaRAID/CLI# ./storcli show
Status Code = 0
Status = Success
Description = None

Number of Controllers = 0
Host Name = nfsvmpool02
Operating System  = SunOS5.11

So, how do I make use of it?



Isn't the StorCLI a tool for megaraid controllers?

Well, I thought that the MRM supported both the plain HBAs and the RAID ones. Interestingly, on my Linux boxe both, the storcli and the MegaCLI seem to be the same binary. Plus, when installing the MRM package with all it's bells and whistles, my *actually* 9207-8i do show up in the UI and can be managed. I just checked the readme from the MRM software package and it specifically notes support for the LSI SAS 9207-8i.









Well, then I supposer I was wrong!

I was reading online that the StorCLI was meant for managing MegaRaid adpters, and for sure LSISAS9207-8i is not a MegaRaid adapter, it has not the MegaRaid bios on it, as well as no MegaRaid firmware.
But if the readme says it is supported, then I guess it is!

And I was wondering why you would need to "manage" an HBA, since it is not much to manage...a Raid adapter is something to manage, but an HBA...? But of coarse, you can consider that firmware is something to manage, though I NEVER flash firmware online, since too much can happen...so I wouldn't use StorCLI for that purpose, I would do it offline with a dos utility. By the way, I've been using firmware P19 without any trouble so far, though not tested under heavy load.



Rgrds Johan










If your controller is an HBA, it is not a megaraid controller. By the way, did you mean 9207-8i, when you wrote 2907-8i? LSISAS9207-8i is an HBA, and it is NOT a MegaRaid controller, so I guess it shouldn't show up in the StorCLI.


Why would you need the StorCLI?

I wanted to check and probably update the FW on the 9207 from 15 to 18, as I seem to encounter an issue with a specific bug in the FW of those models.

Thanks,
budy

[Stephan Budach]

Hi,

so… I settled for the simpler sas2flash option… this works under OmniOS
and basically provides what I need: checking/updating the FW of the HBA(s).
Although the 9207-8i is listed in the readme of the MRM software - and
it actually works, if you fire up that big clunky Java app, it is
obviously unsupported by storcli or MegaCLI.

The sas2flash utility perfectly fits my needs, so I will go with that.
Now, the only thing to check is, which FW to use. I have already heard
that P20 should be avoided and that most poeple are F18, but F18 is not
available at LSI's site, just F19 and F20.

Thanks,
budy

[Schweiss, Chip]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 2:54 AM, Stephan Budach <***@jvm.de>
wrote:

>
> The sas2flash utility perfectly fits my needs, so I will go with that.
> Now, the only thing to check is, which FW to use. I have already heard that
> P20 should be avoided and that most poeple are F18, but F18 is not
> available at LSI's site, just F19 and F20.


You definitely don't want P20. I haven't heard much about P19, but most
are happy with P17 and P18.

You can still get all the old versions on the LSI website. Use the
download search: http://www.lsi.com/support/pages/download-search.aspx
After selecting your adapter, click on the "Archived" list.

-Chip





>
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> budy
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[Stephan Budach]

Am 21.01.15 um 15:38 schrieb Schweiss, Chip:
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 2:54 AM, Stephan Budach <***@jvm.de
> <mailto:***@jvm.de>> wrote:
>
>
> The sas2flash utility perfectly fits my needs, so I will go with
> that. Now, the only thing to check is, which FW to use. I have
> already heard that P20 should be avoided and that most poeple are
> F18, but F18 is not available at LSI's site, just F19 and F20.
>
>
> You definitely don't want P20. I haven't heard much about P19, but
> most are happy with P17 and P18.
>
> You can still get all the old versions on the LSI website. Use the
> download search: http://www.lsi.com/support/pages/download-search.aspx
> After selecting your adapter, click on the "Archived" list.
>
> -Chip
Ahh
 got it - thanks! I missed that one. Now, I am waiting for LSI to
take a look at why I got thet HBA lock-up



Thanks,
budy

[Phil Harman]

Stephan,

You need to go hunting for the illusive sas2flash utility. While you are searching, track down lsiutil and sas2ircu, which can also be useful with LSI 9207 HBAs.

Phil

> On 21 Jan 2015, at 08:45, Johan Kragsterman <***@capvert.se> wrote:
>
>
> Hi again!
>
>
>
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> Ärende: Re: Ang: [OmniOS-discuss] How to use LSI's storcli?
>
> Hi Johan,
>
> Am 21.01.15 um 08:33 schrieb Johan Kragsterman:
> Hi!
>
>
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> Till: <omnios-***@lists.omniti.com>
> Från: Stephan Budach
> Sänt av: "OmniOS-discuss"
> Datum: 2015-01-20 23:21
> Ärende: [OmniOS-discuss] How to use LSI's storcli?
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I am struggling to get storcli to work - well, not actually to work, but
> to show me any of my 2907 HBAs, as storcli reports a number of 0
> installed HBAs:
>
> ***@nfsvmpool02:/opt/MegaRAID/CLI# ./storcli show
> Status Code = 0
> Status = Success
> Description = None
>
> Number of Controllers = 0
> Host Name = nfsvmpool02
> Operating System = SunOS5.11
>
> So, how do I make use of it?
>
>
>
> Isn't the StorCLI a tool for megaraid controllers?
>
> Well, I thought that the MRM supported both the plain HBAs and the RAID ones. Interestingly, on my Linux boxe both, the storcli and the MegaCLI seem to be the same binary. Plus, when installing the MRM package with all it's bells and whistles, my *actually* 9207-8i do show up in the UI and can be managed. I just checked the readme from the MRM software package and it specifically notes support for the LSI SAS 9207-8i.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Well, then I supposer I was wrong!
>
> I was reading online that the StorCLI was meant for managing MegaRaid adpters, and for sure LSISAS9207-8i is not a MegaRaid adapter, it has not the MegaRaid bios on it, as well as no MegaRaid firmware.
> But if the readme says it is supported, then I guess it is!
>
> And I was wondering why you would need to "manage" an HBA, since it is not much to manage...a Raid adapter is something to manage, but an HBA...? But of coarse, you can consider that firmware is something to manage, though I NEVER flash firmware online, since too much can happen...so I wouldn't use StorCLI for that purpose, I would do it offline with a dos utility. By the way, I've been using firmware P19 without any trouble so far, though not tested under heavy load.
>
>
>
> Rgrds Johan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> If your controller is an HBA, it is not a megaraid controller. By the way, did you mean 9207-8i, when you wrote 2907-8i? LSISAS9207-8i is an HBA, and it is NOT a MegaRaid controller, so I guess it shouldn't show up in the StorCLI.
>
>
> Why would you need the StorCLI?
>
> I wanted to check and probably update the FW on the 9207 from 15 to 18, as I seem to encounter an issue with a specific bug in the FW of those models.
>
> Thanks,
> budy
>
>
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[Stephan Budach]

Hi Phil,

Am 21.01.15 um 09:53 schrieb Phil Harman:
> Stephan,
>
> You need to go hunting for the illusive sas2flash utility. While you are searching, track down lsiutil and sas2ircu, which can also be useful with LSI 9207 HBAs.
>
> Phil
>
yeah - got that by now, plus this whacky lsigetsolaris support script… ;)
Thanks for pointing that out to me.

Cheers,
budy

[Johan Kragsterman]

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