Re: Sun Oracle Netra T5220: installation on RAID 1

I found a workaround: I used the Solaris 11.3 installer (the last 
Solaris to support UltraSPARC T2) to assemble a RAID 1 volume that next 
the OpenBSD installer was able to use.  The volume works fine.

On 9/10/24 22:12, Irek Szcześniak wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a Sun Oracle Netra T5220.  It has the Symbios Logic SAS1068E
> RAID controller.
> 
> I would like to install OpenBSD on a RAID 1 drive (a mirror).  I
> put two identical drives but I cannot assemble a mirror drive with the 
> installer.  In the installer shell, dmesg reports:
> 
> mpi0 at pci8 dev 0 function 0 "Symbios Logic SAS1068E" rev 0x04: ivec 0x16
> mpi0: UNUSED, firmware 1.27.2.0
> 
> So I try:
> 
> # bioctl -ivh mpi0
> 
> But no output can be seen.  These are the drives I tried:
> 
> * 2 x SAS Seagate HDD 146 GB,
> 
> * 2 x SAS DELL SSD 400 GB,
> 
> * 2 x SATA Patriot 256 GB.
> 
> The bioctl can see none of them.  I know the physical drives are OK.
> 
> I would appreciate it if someone could let me know what to do.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Irek