Re: Odd behavior of a "SAS-2" backplane with SGPIO commands

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On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 04:07:31PM -0400, Rich wrote:
> I, and a few others, have scripted the hell out of sas2ircu and a few
> other things on various platforms.
> 

Been there, done that :) I was mostly wondering if there are other tools
so I could evaluate if it makes sense to continue wrapping sas2ircu with custom scripts,
or if there are better tools out there.. 

> I haven't had time to clean up mine and post it publicly yet (it's all
> in VCS, I use it a lot, on Windows + Linux + Solaris...), but
> https://github.com/swacquie/DiskMap is an example on Solaris.
> 
> I may take some time this weekend and clean up the bleeding edges
> remaining and make my repo public for people to use...
> 

That'd be nice! Looking forward to it.. 

-- Pasi

> - Rich
> 
> On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 05:44:35PM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> >> On Sun, Sep 01, 2013 at 08:13:02PM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> >> > On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 05:38:04PM -0400, Rich wrote:
> >> > >    Apparently, only about 4 months.
> >> > >    P17 firmware is out.
> >> > >    Tested on a card which was demonstrating the incorrect behavior before, of
> >> > >    model 9201-16i.
> >> > >    It does appear to contain the fixes for this problem.
> >> >
> >> > This is great news, finally!
> >> > Thanks for testing and reporting!
> >> >
> >>
> >> Hmm, I checked the P17 firmware changelog PDFs for LSI 9211-8i, 9207-8i and 9201-16i,
> >> and I can't see anything about this issue being fixed..
> >>
> >> But if you say it's now fixed, then I guess it means LSI doesn't list every change in the changelog..
> >>
> >
> > I just had some time today to test the new P17 IT firmware with LSI 9211-8i SAS HBAs.
> >
> > It seems also the "LOCATE" function of LSI sas2ircu tool now actually works and makes
> > the red/failure leds blink on the Supermicro passive (direct-attach) backplane! Finally..
> >
> > Btw do you guys have any scripts/tools to control the LEDs on these passive backplanes?
> > smp_read_gpio/smp_write_gpio isn't the most userfriendly interface ;) Should I try ledmon/ledctl?
> >
> > I can probably hack something myself too.. but there are many other tasks on the todo-list before this :)
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -- Pasi
> >
> >>
> >> >
> >> > >    - Rich
> >> > >
> >> > >    On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen <[1]pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > >      On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 08:28:58PM -0400, Rich wrote:
> >> > >      >    I'm told that the fix won't actually be in until P17, because it
> >> > >      involved
> >> > >      >    touching a large number of codepaths, but that it will be in P17.
> >> > >      >
> >> > >
> >> > >      That's unfortunate.. so another 5-6 months.
> >> > >
> >> > >      Thanks for the info!
> >> > >
> >> > >      -- Pasi
> >> > >
> >> > >      >    - Rich
> >> > >      >
> >> > >      >    On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Pasi KÃ*rkkÃ*inen
> >> > >      <[1][2]pasik@xxxxxx>
> >> > >      >    wrote:
> >> > >      >
> >> > >      >      On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 09:41:42PM +0200, Pasi KÃ*rkkÃ*inen
> >> > >      wrote:
> >> > >      >      > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 02:35:02PM -0500, Rich wrote:
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â Nope, I'm wrong.
> >> > >      >      >
> >> > >      >      > :(
> >> > >      >      >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â I flashed P15 on a machine, and the same behavior
> >> > >      persisted,
> >> > >      >      right up to
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â and including the "groups of 3 devices light up when I
> >> > >      do my
> >> > >      >      own
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â smp_write_gpio".
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â Whereas if I flash the experimental blob I was handed by
> >> > >      >      support to try
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â and confirm they had resolved the issue, it does the
> >> > >      correct
> >> > >      >      thing.
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â I wonder why this change didn't make it into P15.
> >> > >      >      >
> >> > >      >      > Hmm.. if you have open contact channel with LSI support please
> >> > >      ask
> >> > >      >      them..
> >> > >      >      > it'd be nice to get the fix for wider audience..
> >> > >      >      >
> >> > >      >
> >> > >      >      It seems LSI P16 firmware has been released.. in the FW changelog
> >> > >      I can
> >> > >      >      see at least this:
> >> > >      >
> >> > >      >      "Disable SGPIO Group ID support in Channel NVDATA XML's. This
> >> > >      allows the
> >> > >      >      use of manufacturing page 7 or default slot mapping setting for
> >> > >      direct
> >> > >      >      connected drive slots."
> >> > >      >
> >> > >      >      -- Pasi
> >> > >      >
> >> > >      >      >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â - Rich
> >> > >      >      > >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Rich
> >> > >      >      <[1][2][3]rercola@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > >      >      > >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â From the LSI P15 F/W release notes:
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â SCGCQ00342805 (DFCT) Ã* - SlotStatus updates to SES
> >> > >      managed
> >> > >      >      Enclosure may
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â update incorrect slots
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â "Modified FW to use SES diag page 0Ah mapping only if
> >> > >      SMP
> >> > >      >      Discover
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â DeviceSlotNum is used for Encl PhyÃ* Slot
> >> > >      enumeration."
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â SCGCQ00345867 (DFCT) Ã* - Channel NVDATA internal Phy
> >> > >      >      reverse setting for
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â 9207-4i4e 9207-8i 9217-4i4eÃ* 9217-8i and 9201-16i
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â "ISSUE DESC:Ã* Internal PHY orders are reversed for
> >> > >      the
> >> > >      >      channel boards
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â above."
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â So I would submit this is likely fixed by this FW
> >> > >      rev.
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â - Rich
> >> > >      >      > >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Pasi
> >> > >      KÃ*â*¬rkkÃ*â*¬inen
> >> > >      >      <[2][3][4]pasik@xxxxxx>
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â wrote:
> >> > >      >      > >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 11:55:25AM -0400, Rich
> >> > >      wrote:
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Pasi
> >> > >      >      KÃ*â*¬rkkÃ*â*¬inen <[3][4][5]pasik@xxxxxx>
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â wrote:
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 07:13:15PM +0300, Pasi
> >> > >      >      KÃ*â*¬rkkÃ*â*¬inen wrote:
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:07:45PM -0400,
> >> > >      Rich
> >> > >      >      wrote:
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Pasi
> >> > >      >      KÃ*â*¬rkkÃ*â*¬inen
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â <[4][5][6]pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > > On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 06:01:42PM +0200,
> >> > >      >      Emmanuel Florac
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â wrote:
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >> Le Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:47:11 +0300
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >> Pasi KÃ*â*¬rkkÃ*â*¬inen
> >> > >      <[5][6][7]pasik@xxxxxx>
> >> > >      >      Ã*©crivait:
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >>
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >> > Any replies from Supermicro/LSI ?
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >> >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >>
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >> Only loosely related, but Supermicro
> >> > >      replaced
> >> > >      >      recently my
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â 846E26 (dual
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >> expander backplane) with 846E16 (single
> >> > >      >      expander).
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â Apparently they
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >> gave up getting the E26 to work properly
> >> > >      or
> >> > >      >      something: LSI
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â expander
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >> firmware problem.
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >>
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >> In another (very large scale, high end)
> >> > >      setup,
> >> > >      >      many
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â different 60 slots
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >> 5 LSI expanders chassis had a general
> >> > >      failure
> >> > >      >      of the 5th
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â drawer.
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >> Another LSI SAS-2 expander firmware
> >> > >      problem.
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >>
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >> I could start a rant about the evil of
> >> > >      >      proprietary firmware,
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â etc. You
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >> get my meaning :)
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >>
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > > Yeah, this is a good example why we're
> >> > >      trying to
> >> > >      >      get the LEDs
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â working with
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > > direct attach (non-expander) backplanes
> >> > >      :)
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > > -- Pasi
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > I don't have anything useful for people,
> >> > >      other
> >> > >      >      than that they
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â have
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > shown me an HBA firmware that fixes the LED
> >> > >      >      problem but has
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â other
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > problems they're still debugging.
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> > So there does exist code for this firmware
> >> > >      which
> >> > >      >      will fix this
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â problem.
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >>
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> That's good to know! Let's hope the fix ends
> >> > >      up in
> >> > >      >      an official
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >> LSI HBA firmware update in not-so-distant
> >> > >      future.
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >>
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > > Btw what was the version number of the
> >> > >      LED-fixed LSI
> >> > >      >      firmware?
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > > I'm just wondering in which firmware series
> >> > >      the fix
> >> > >      >      might end up
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â being included..
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > > Also: Any updates on this?
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > > Thanks,
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > > -- Pasi
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > The fixed FW I had demonstrated for me was still
> >> > >      >      14.0.0.0 - I've
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â been
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > told it'll be rolled into the FW release
> >> > >      currently on
> >> > >      >      the site and
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â > posted at some point, but that they have no ETA
> >> > >      for
> >> > >      >      that.
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â >
> >> > >      >      > >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â I can now see P15 firmware available on LSI's
> >> > >      website for
> >> > >      >      9211-8i
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â (SAS2008 based HBA).
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â Sadly it's missing the releasenotes/changelogs for
> >> > >      both
> >> > >      >      the LSI bios
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â and firmware..
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â  Â  Â -- Pasi
> >> > >      >      > >
> >> > >      >      > > References
> >> > >      >      > >
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â Visible links
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â 1. mailto:[7][8]rercola@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â 2. mailto:[8][9]pasik@xxxxxx
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â 3. mailto:[9][10]pasik@xxxxxx
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â 4. mailto:[10][11]pasik@xxxxxx
> >> > >      >      > > Â  Â 5. mailto:[11][12]pasik@xxxxxx
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> >> > >
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> >> > >    3. mailto:rercola@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > >    4. mailto:pasik@xxxxxx
> >> > >    5. mailto:pasik@xxxxxx
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