You need to use the SCSI to to enable it.

On Jan 15, 2010, at 18:08, Andrea Parazzini <a.parazzini@sirtisistemi.net 
 > wrote:

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> Hi Marco,
> I just updated controller and disks firmware to the latest version
> available.
> The controller Dell SAS6IR does not have cache.
>
> I tried the latest snapshot and this is the outcome:
> # uname -a
> OpenBSD test.my.domain 4.6 GENERIC.MP#385 i386
> # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rsd0d bs=1m count=100
> 100+0 records in
> 100+0 records out
> 104857600 bytes transferred in 10.451 secs (10033167 bytes/sec)
>
> FreeBSD 8 is more or less twice faster.
>
> Regarding the other two issues.
> The Intel PRO/1000 QP still does not work.
> I can install the amd64 version but then it freezes at boot just after
> "softraid0 at root".
>
> Bye
> Andrea
>
>
> On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:10:11 -0600, Marco Peereboom <slash@peereboom.us 
> >
> wrote:
>> I use tons of them without issues.  Did you update all BIOS and
>> firmwares on those things?
>>
>> You also really want to enable write cache on those disks hanging of
>> mpi. dlg was working on a diff to enable that by default.
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:46:18PM +0100, Andrea Parazzini wrote:
>>> We have some Dell R610 and they do not work very well with OpenBSD:
>>> - very bad disk performance, perhaps the mpi(4) driver.
>>> - the optional Intel PRO/1000 QP does not work well (see my previous
>> post).
>>> - amd64 version does not work.
>>>
>>> I have not tried the latest snapshots.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Andrea
>
>
> OpenBSD 4.6-current (GENERIC.MP) #385: Mon Jan 11 23:33:41 MST 2010
>    deraadt@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP
> cpu0: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5502 @ 1.87GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686- 
> class) 1.87
> GHz
> cpu0:
> FPU, 
> V86, 
> DE, 
> PSE, 
> TSC, 
> MSR, 
> PAE, 
> MCE, 
> CX8, 
> APIC, 
> SEP, 
> MTRR, 
> PGE, 
> MCA, 
> CMOV, 
> PAT, 
> PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS- 
> CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,CX16,xTPR
> real mem  = 3479375872 (3318MB)
> avail mem = 3383427072 (3226MB)
> mainbus0 at root
> bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 07/17/09, BIOS32 rev. 0 @  
> 0xfa1c0,
> SMBIOS rev. 2.6 @ 0xcf79c000 (83 entries)
> bios0: vendor Dell Inc. version "1.2.6" date 07/17/2009
> bios0: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R610
> acpi0 at bios0: rev 2
> acpi0: tables DSDT FACP APIC SPCR HPET DM__ MCFG WD__ SLIC ERST HEST  
> BERT
> EINJ SRAT TCPA SSDT
> acpi0: wakeup devices PCI0(S5)
> acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
> acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat
> cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 16 (boot processor)
> cpu0: unknown i686 model 0x1a, can't get bus clock (0x0)
> cpu0: apic clock running at 132MHz
> cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 20 (application processor)
> cpu1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5502 @ 1.87GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686- 
> class) 1.87
> GHz
> cpu1:
> FPU, 
> V86, 
> DE, 
> PSE, 
> TSC, 
> MSR, 
> PAE, 
> MCE, 
> CX8, 
> APIC, 
> SEP, 
> MTRR, 
> PGE, 
> MCA, 
> CMOV, 
> PAT, 
> PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS- 
> CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,CX16,xTPR
> ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 0 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins
> ioapic1 at mainbus0: apid 1 pa 0xfec80000, version 20, 24 pins
> ioapic1: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apid 1
> acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz
> acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
> acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 1 (PEX1)
> acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 2 (PEX3)
> acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX4)
> acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX5)
> acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEX6)
> acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus 4 (PEX7)
> acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus 8 (PEX9)
> acpiprt8 at acpi0: bus -1 (PEXA)
> acpiprt9 at acpi0: bus 3 (SBEX)
> acpiprt10 at acpi0: bus 12 (COMP)
> acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3, C1
> acpicpu1 at acpi0: C3, C1
> bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x8000 0xc8000/0x5c00 0xce000/0x1000!
> 0xec000/0x4000!
> ipmi at mainbus0 not configured
> cpu0: EST: PSS not yet available for this processor
> pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios)
> pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel 5500 Host" rev 0x13
> ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel X58 PCIE" rev 0x13
> pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
> bnx0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "Broadcom BCM5709" rev 0x20: apic 1  
> int 4
> (irq 15)
> bnx1 at pci1 dev 0 function 1 "Broadcom BCM5709" rev 0x20: apic 1  
> int 16
> (irq 14)
> ppb1 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 "Intel X58 PCIE" rev 0x13
> pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
> bnx2 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Broadcom BCM5709" rev 0x20: apic 1  
> int 0
> (irq 15)
> bnx3 at pci2 dev 0 function 1 "Broadcom BCM5709" rev 0x20: apic 1  
> int 10
> (irq 14)
> ppb2 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "Intel X58 PCIE" rev 0x13: apic 1 int  
> 21 (irq
> 0)
> pci3 at ppb2 bus 4
> ppb3 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "IDT 89HPES12N3A" rev 0x0e
> pci4 at ppb3 bus 5
> ppb4 at pci4 dev 2 function 0 "IDT 89HPES12N3A" rev 0x0e
> pci5 at ppb4 bus 6
> em0 at pci5 dev 0 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000 QP (82575GB)" rev 0x02:  
> apic 1
> int 15 (irq 11), address 00:1b:21:3f:2a:70
> em1 at pci5 dev 0 function 1 "Intel PRO/1000 QP (82575GB)" rev 0x02:  
> apic 1
> int 14 (irq 10), address 00:1b:21:3f:2a:71
> ppb5 at pci4 dev 4 function 0 "IDT 89HPES12N3A" rev 0x0e
> pci6 at ppb5 bus 7
> em2 at pci6 dev 0 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000 QP (82575GB)" rev 0x02:  
> apic 1
> int 6 (irq 15), address 00:1b:21:3f:2a:74
> em3 at pci6 dev 0 function 1 "Intel PRO/1000 QP (82575GB)" rev 0x02:  
> apic 1
> int 13 (irq 14), address 00:1b:21:3f:2a:75
> ppb6 at pci0 dev 9 function 0 "Intel X58 PCIE" rev 0x13: apic 1 int  
> 21 (irq
> 0)
> pci7 at ppb6 bus 8
> ppb7 at pci7 dev 0 function 0 "IDT 89HPES12N3A" rev 0x0e
> pci8 at ppb7 bus 9
> ppb8 at pci8 dev 2 function 0 "IDT 89HPES12N3A" rev 0x0e
> pci9 at ppb8 bus 10
> em4 at pci9 dev 0 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000 QP (82575GB)" rev 0x02:  
> apic 1
> int 23 (irq 11), address 00:1b:21:3f:19:38
> em5 at pci9 dev 0 function 1 "Intel PRO/1000 QP (82575GB)" rev 0x02:  
> apic 1
> int 17 (irq 10), address 00:1b:21:3f:19:39
> ppb9 at pci8 dev 4 function 0 "IDT 89HPES12N3A" rev 0x0e
> pci10 at ppb9 bus 11
> em6 at pci10 dev 0 function 0 "Intel PRO/1000 QP (82575GB)" rev  
> 0x02: apic
> 1 int 8 (irq 15), address 00:1b:21:3f:19:3c
> em7 at pci10 dev 0 function 1 "Intel PRO/1000 QP (82575GB)" rev  
> 0x02: apic
> 1 int 18 (irq 14), address 00:1b:21:3f:19:3d
> "Intel X58 Misc" rev 0x13 at pci0 dev 20 function 0 not configured
> "Intel X58 GPIO" rev 0x13 at pci0 dev 20 function 1 not configured
> "Intel X58 RAS" rev 0x13 at pci0 dev 20 function 2 not configured
> uhci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 0  
> int 17
> (irq 14)
> uhci1 at pci0 dev 26 function 1 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 0  
> int 18
> (irq 11)
> ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 7 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 0  
> int 19
> (irq 10)
> usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
> uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
> ppb10 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801I PCIE" rev 0x02
> pci11 at ppb10 bus 3
> mpi0 at pci11 dev 0 function 0 "Symbios Logic SAS1068E" rev 0x08:  
> apic 0
> int 16 (irq 15)
> scsibus0 at mpi0: 112 targets
> sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <Dell, VIRTUAL DISK, 1028> SCSI3 0/ 
> direct
> fixed
> sd0: 285568MB, 512 bytes/sec, 584843264 sec total
> ses0 at scsibus0 targ 8 lun 0: <DP, BACKPLANE, 1.07> SCSI3 13/ 
> enclosure
> services fixed
> uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 0  
> int 21
> (irq 6)
> uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 0  
> int 20
> (irq 5)
> ehci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x02: apic 0  
> int 21
> (irq 6)
> usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0
> uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1
> ppb11 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BA Hub-to-PCI" rev 0x92
> pci12 at ppb11 bus 12
> vga1 at pci12 dev 3 function 0 "Matrox MGA G200eW" rev 0x0a
> wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation)
> ichpcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801IB LPC" rev 0x02: PM
> disabled
> pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801I SATA" rev 0x02: DMA,
> channel 0 configured to native-PCI, channel 1 configured to native-PCI
> pciide0: using apic 0 int 23 (irq 14) for native-PCI interrupt
> usb2 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0
> uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
> usb3 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0
> uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
> usb4 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0
> uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
> usb5 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0
> uhub5 at usb5 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1
> isa0 at ichpcib0
> isadma0 at isa0
> com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
> com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8/8 irq 3: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo
> pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5
> pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61
> midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker>
> spkr0 at pcppi0
> npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16
> mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support
> uhub6 at uhub0 port 3 "Standard Microsystems product 0x2514" rev  
> 2.00/0.00
> addr 2
> umass0 at uhub1 port 3 configuration 1 interface 0 "Avocent USB  
> Composite
> Device-1" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2
> umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
> scsibus1 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0
> sd1 at scsibus1 targ 1 lun 0: <iDRAC, LCDRIVE, 0323> SCSI0 0/direct
> removable
> sd1: drive offline
> umass1 at uhub1 port 3 configuration 1 interface 1 "Avocent USB  
> Composite
> Device-1" rev 2.00/0.00 addr 2
> umass1: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
> scsibus2 at umass1: 2 targets, initiator 0
> cd0 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 0: <iDRAC, Virtual CD, 0323> SCSI0 5/cdrom
> removable
> sd2 at scsibus2 targ 1 lun 1: <iDRAC, Virtual Floppy, 0323> SCSI0 0/ 
> direct
> removable
> sd2: drive offline
> uhidev0 at uhub4 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Avocent USB  
> Composite
> Device-0" rev 1.10/0.00 addr 2
> uhidev0: iclass 3/1
> ukbd0 at uhidev0: 8 modifier keys, 6 key codes
> wskbd0 at ukbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0
> uhidev1 at uhub4 port 2 configuration 1 interface 1 "Avocent USB  
> Composite
> Device-0" rev 1.10/0.00 addr 2
> uhidev1: iclass 3/1
> ums0 at uhidev1: 3 buttons, Z dir
> wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0
> vscsi0 at root
> scsibus3 at vscsi0: 256 targets
> softraid0 at root
> root on sd0a swap on sd0b dump on sd0b
> cpu1: unknown i686 model 0x1a, can't get bus clock (0x0)
> bnx0: address 00:22:19:5d:b4:c4
> brgphy0 at bnx0 phy 1: BCM5709 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 8
> bnx1: address 00:22:19:5d:b4:c6
> brgphy1 at bnx1 phy 1: BCM5709 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 8
> bnx2: address 00:22:19:5d:b4:c8
> brgphy2 at bnx2 phy 1: BCM5709 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 8
> bnx3: address 00:22:19:5d:b4:ca
> brgphy3 at bnx3 phy 1: BCM5709 10/100/1000baseT PHY, rev. 8