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From: neitzel@gaertner.de (Martin Neitzel)
Subject: Re: Got this iXsystems server beeping a loud beep
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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 13:36:45 GMT

The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> wrote:
>>> Running FreeBSD 14.1 .
>>>
>>> I saw a red light of the leftmost drive (HW RAID Mirror) .
>>> I pulled the drive and noise did not go away.
>
>Just need to know how to identify the HW controller and 
>the MB to get you more information.

Review /var/run/dmesg.boot and locate the RAID controller there.
It will probably show up as a unit for one of the device drivers
listed by

	% apropos -s 4 raid
	aac(4) - Adaptec AdvancedRAID Controller driver
	aacraid(4) - Adaptec AACRAID Controller driver
	amr(4) - MegaRAID SCSI/ATA/SATA RAID driver
	arcmsr(4) - Areca RAID Controller driver
	hpt27xx(4) - HighPoint RocketRAID 27xx SAS 6Gb/s HBA card driver
	hptiop(4) - HighPoint RocketRAID 3xxx/4xxx device driver
	hptmv(4) - HighPoint RocketRAID 182x device driver
	hptrr, rr232x(4) - HighPoint RocketRAID device driver
	iir(4) - Intel Integrated RAID controller and ICP Vortex driver
	ips(4) - IBM/Adaptec ServeRAID controller driver
	mfi, mfi_linux, mfip(4) - LSI MegaRAID SAS driver
	mlx(4) - Mylex DAC-family RAID driver
	mly(4) - Mylex AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID family driver
	mrsas(4) - LSI MegaRAID 6Gb/s and 12Gb/s SAS+SATA RAID controller driver
	twa(4) - 3ware 9000/9500/9550/9650 series SATA RAID controllers driver
	twe(4) - 3ware 5000/6000/7000/8000 series PATA/SATA RAID adapter driver
	tws(4) - 3ware 9750 SATA+SAS 6Gb/s RAID controller card driver

Review the appropriate driver man page's SEE ALSO section to find a hint
for userland interface for the controller.  For example, mfi(4) will
point you to mfiutil(8), and the latter has a subcommand to turn off the
alarm.

For identifying your motherboard, I recommend dmidecode(8) -- that's
available as a port for FreeBSD.

Lastly, I am a bit suprised that iXsystems would sell you a system with
a HW RAID controller.  I thought they were focussed on ZFS, on top of
HBAs / IT-mode controllers.

							Martin Neitzel