And here's some more data I have for them (again they have RAID5): Storage devices (non-RAID) detected by Linux based on /sys/block: Optical drives (srx): sr0: hp DVDRAM GT30L (fw rev = mP06) Removable drives (sdx): sdb: 7453 MiB Patriot Memory Fixed hard drives (sdx): sdc: 136 GiB TOSHIBA MK1401GRRB sdd: 136 GiB TOSHIBA MK1401GRRB sde: 136 GiB TOSHIBA MK1401GRRB sdf: 136 GiB TOSHIBA MK1401GRRB sdg: 136 GiB TOSHIBA MK1401GRRB Contents of /sys/block: md127 ram0 ram1 sdb sdc sdd sde sdf sdg sr0 Contents of /dev: block port tty1 tty47 bsg ppp tty10 tty48 bus psaux tty11 tty49 cdrom ptmx tty12 tty5 cdrom1 ptp0 tty13 tty50 cdrw ptp1 tty14 tty51 cdrw1 pts tty15 tty52 char ram0 tty16 tty53 console ram1 tty17 tty54 core random tty18 tty55 cpu_dma_latency rfkill tty19 tty56 disk rtc tty2 tty57 dvd rtc0 tty20 tty58 dvd1 sda tty21 tty59 dvdrw sdb tty22 tty6 dvdrw1 sdb1 tty23 tty60 fd sdc tty24 tty61 full sdc1 tty25 tty62 fuse sdc2 tty26 tty63 hidraw0 sdd tty27 tty7 hidraw1 sde tty28 tty8 hidraw2 sdf tty29 tty9 hidraw3 sdf1 tty3 ttyS0 hidraw4 sdf2 tty30 ttyS1 hidraw5 sdg tty31 ttyS2 hpet sg0 tty32 ttyS3 input sg1 tty33 urandom kmsg sg2 tty34 vcs log sg3 tty35 vcs1 loop-control sg4 tty36 vcs2 loop0 sg5 tty37 vcs3 loop1 sg6 tty38 vcs4 mapper sg7 tty39 vcs5 mcelog shm tty4 vcsa md sr0 tty40 vcsa1 md127 stderr tty41 vcsa2 mem stdin tty42 vcsa3 net stdout tty43 vcsa4 network_latency synth tty44 vcsa5 network_throughput tty tty45 vga_arbiter null tty0 tty46 zero Contents of /proc/partitions: major minor #blocks name 8 32 143638992 sdc 8 33 102400 sdc1 8 34 143535568 sdc2 8 48 143638992 sdd 8 64 143638992 sde 8 80 143638992 sdf 8 81 102400 sdf1 8 82 143535568 sdf2 8 96 143638992 sdg 11 0 48160 sr0 8 16 7632892 sdb Disk /dev/sdc: 147.0 GB, 147086327808 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 17882 cylinders, total 287277984 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdc1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary /dev/sdc2 206848 855463935 427628544 7 HPFS/NTFS Disk /dev/sdd: 147.0 GB, 147086327808 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 17882 cylinders, total 287277984 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Disk /dev/sdd doesn't contain a valid partition table Disk /dev/sde: 147.0 GB, 147086327808 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 17882 cylinders, total 287277984 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Disk /dev/sde doesn't contain a valid partition table Disk /dev/sdf: 147.0 GB, 147086327808 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 17882 cylinders, total 287277984 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdf1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary /dev/sdf2 206848 855463935 427628544 7 HPFS/NTFS Disk /dev/sdg: 147.0 GB, 147086327808 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 17882 cylinders, total 287277984 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Disk /dev/sdg doesn't contain a valid partition table Disk /dev/sdb: 7816 MB, 7816081408 bytes 241 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1021 cylinders, total 15265784 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 ? 778135908 1919645538 570754815+ 72 Unknown Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(357, 116, 40) logical=(52077, 22, 11) Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(357, 32, 45) logical=(128473, 31, 51) Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary /dev/sdb2 ? 168689522 2104717761 968014120 65 Unknown Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(288, 115, 43) logical=(11289, 149, 47) Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(367, 114, 50) logical=(140859, 41, 42) Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary /dev/sdb3 ? 1869881465 3805909656 968014096 79 Unknown Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(366, 32, 33) logical=(125142, 156, 30) Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(357, 32, 43) logical=(254712, 47, 39) Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary /dev/sdb4 ? 2885681152 2885736650 27749+ d Unknown Partition 4 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?): phys=(372, 97, 50) logical=(193125, 119, 25) Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(0, 10, 0) logical=(193129, 50, 33) Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary Partition table entries are not in disk order Contents of /proc/mdstat (Linux software RAID status): Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid10] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [multipath] md127 : inactive sdg[0](S) 1061328 blocks super external:ddf unused devices: <none> Contents of /run/mdadm/map (Linux software RAID arrays): md127 ddf 7ab254d0:fae71048:404edde9:750a8a05 /dev/md/ddf0 Contents of /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf (Linux software RAID config file): # mdadm.conf # # Please refer to mdadm.conf(5) for information about this file. # # by default (built-in), scan all partitions (/proc/partitions) and all # containers for MD superblocks. alternatively, specify devices to scan, using # wildcards if desired. DEVICE partitions containers # automatically tag new arrays as belonging to the local system HOMEHOST <system> ARRAY metadata=ddf UUID=7ab254d0:fae71048:404edde9:750a8a05 ARRAY container=7ab254d0:fae71048:404edde9:750a8a05 member=0 UUID=45b3ab73:5c998afc:01bbf815:12660984 Long listing of /dev/md directory and /dev/md* device files (Linux software RAID devices): brw-rw---T 1 root disk 9, 127 Nov 18 17:12 /dev/md127 /dev/md: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Nov 18 17:12 ddf0 -> ../md127 Contents of /dev/mapper directory: crw------T 1 root root 10, 236 Nov 18 17:12 control startraid mode = null (default) Contents of dmraid-boot.txt file (from activate command on boot): NOTICE: checking format identifier asr NOTICE: checking format identifier hpt37x NOTICE: checking format identifier hpt45x NOTICE: checking format identifier jmicron NOTICE: checking format identifier lsi NOTICE: checking format identifier nvidia NOTICE: checking format identifier pdc NOTICE: checking format identifier sil NOTICE: checking format identifier via NOTICE: checking format identifier dos WARN: locking /var/lock/dmraid/.lock NOTICE: skipping removable device /dev/sda NOTICE: /dev/sdg: asr discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdg: hpt37x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdg: hpt45x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdg: jmicron discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdg: lsi discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdg: nvidia discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdg: pdc discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdg: sil discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdg: via discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdf: asr discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdf: hpt37x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdf: hpt45x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdf: jmicron discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdf: lsi discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdf: nvidia discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdf: pdc discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdf: sil discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdf: via discovering NOTICE: /dev/sde: asr discovering NOTICE: /dev/sde: hpt37x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sde: hpt45x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sde: jmicron discovering NOTICE: /dev/sde: lsi discovering NOTICE: /dev/sde: nvidia discovering NOTICE: /dev/sde: pdc discovering NOTICE: /dev/sde: sil discovering NOTICE: /dev/sde: via discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdd: asr discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdd: hpt37x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdd: hpt45x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdd: jmicron discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdd: lsi discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdd: nvidia discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdd: pdc discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdd: sil discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdd: via discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: asr discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: hpt37x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: hpt45x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: jmicron discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: lsi discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: nvidia discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: pdc discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: sil discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdc: via discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: asr discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: hpt37x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: hpt45x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: jmicron discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: lsi discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: nvidia discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: pdc discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: sil discovering NOTICE: /dev/sdb: via discovering no raid disks with format: "asr,hpt37x,hpt45x,jmicron,lsi,nvidia,pdc,sil,via,dos" WARN: unlocking /var/lock/dmraid/.lock Output of dmraid --raid_devices command: /dev/sdg: ddf1, ".ddf1_disks", GROUP, unknown, 285155328 sectors, data@ 0 /dev/sdf: ddf1, ".ddf1_disks", GROUP, ok, 285155328 sectors, data@ 0 /dev/sde: ddf1, ".ddf1_disks", GROUP, ok, 285155328 sectors, data@ 0 /dev/sdd: ddf1, ".ddf1_disks", GROUP, ok, 285155328 sectors, data@ 0 /dev/sdc: ddf1, ".ddf1_disks", GROUP, ok, 285155328 sectors, data@ 0 Output of dmraid -s -s command: *** Group superset .ddf1_disks --> Subset name : ddf1_MegaSR R5 #0 size : 855465984 stride : 128 type : raid5_ls status : ok subsets: 0 devs : 4 spares : 0 Output of blkid command: /dev/sdd: UUID="LSI M-^@M-^F^]h^Q7" TYPE="ddf_raid_member" /dev/sde: UUID="LSI M-^@M-^F^]h^Q7" TYPE="ddf_raid_member" /dev/sr0: LABEL="iflnet" TYPE="iso9660" /dev/sdg: UUID="LSI M-^@M-^F^]h^Q7" TYPE="ddf_raid_member" /dev/sdb: LABEL="CS SUPPORT" UUID="4CC3-3665" TYPE="vfat" Output of free command (memory): total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 2039280 185776 1853504 0 40996 76512 -/+ buffers/cache: 68268 1971012 Swap: 0 0 0 Output of lsmod command (loaded modules): Module Size Used by Not tainted sr_mod 10387 0 cdrom 24577 1 sr_mod sg 17182 0 sd_mod 25922 2 crc_t10dif 996 1 sd_mod usb_storage 32002 1 hid_generic 665 0 usbhid 18838 0 hid 60158 2 hid_generic,usbhid pcspkr 1227 0 igb 98565 0 i2c_algo_bit 3747 1 igb ptp 5420 1 igb pps_core 4544 1 ptp i2c_i801 7257 0 i2c_core 13114 3 igb,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_i801 ehci_pci 2540 0 isci 71218 1 libsas 47529 1 isci processor 14951 8 thermal_sys 12739 1 processor scsi_transport_sas 16455 2 isci,libsas hwmon 881 2 igb,thermal_sys button 3413 0 dm_mod 50912 0 ehci_hcd 28628 1 ehci_pci edd 5144 0 Contents of /sys/module: 8250 i2c_algo_bit ptp speakup_dtlk acpi i2c_core raid1 speakup_dummy auth_rpcgss i2c_i801 raid10 speakup_keypc block i8042 random speakup_ltlk brd igb rcupdate speakup_soft button input_polldev rcutree speakup_spkout cdrom isci rfkill speakup_txprt cifs kernel scsi_mod spurious cpuidle keyboard scsi_transport_fc sr_mod crc_t10dif libata scsi_transport_sas sunrpc dm_mod libsas sd_mod tcp_cubic dns_resolver lockd sg thermal_sys edd md_mod speakup usb_storage ehci_hcd mousedev speakup_acntpc usbcore ehci_pci nfs speakup_acntsa usbhid firmware_class pcie_aspm speakup_apollo vt fuse pcspkr speakup_audptr workqueue hid pps_core speakup_bns xz_dec hid_generic printk speakup_decext hwmon processor speakup_dectlk On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 5:29 PM, David F. <df7729@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Yes, it's in this thread already - but I'll repost here: > > For cisco's server: > >> mdadm --examine --scan > ARRAY metadata=ddf UUID=7ab254d0:fae71048: > 404edde9:750a8a05 > ARRAY container=7ab254d0:fae71048:404edde9:750a8a05 member=0 > UUID=5337ab03:86ca2abc:d42bfbc8:23626c78 > >> mdadm --assemble --scan --no-degraded -v > mdadm: looking for devices for further assembly > mdadm: /dev/md/ddf0 is a container, but we are looking for components > mdadm: no RAID superblock on /dev/sdf > mdadm: no RAID superblock on /dev/md/MegaSR2 > mdadm: no RAID superblock on /dev/md/MegaSR1 > mdadm: no RAID superblock on /dev/md/MegaSR > mdadm: cannot open device /dev/sr0: No medium found > mdadm: /dev/sdd is busy - skipping > mdadm: /dev/sdc is busy - skipping > mdadm: /dev/sdb is busy - skipping > mdadm: /dev/sda is busy - skipping > mdadm: /dev/sde is busy - skipping > mdadm: looking for devices for further assembly > mdadm: looking in container /dev/md/ddf0 > mdadm: member /md127/0 in /dev/md/ddf0 is already assembled > mdadm: Cannot assemble mbr metadata on /dev/sdf > mdadm: Cannot assemble mbr metadata on /dev/md/MegaSR2 > mdadm: Cannot assemble mbr metadata on /dev/md/MegaSR1 > mdadm: Cannot assemble mbr metadata on /dev/md/MegaSR > mdadm: cannot open device /dev/sr0: No medium found > mdadm: /dev/sdd has wrong uuid. > mdadm: /dev/sdc has wrong uuid. > mdadm: /dev/sdb has wrong uuid. > mdadm: /dev/sda has wrong uuid. > mdadm: /dev/sde has wrong uuid. > > > > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 4:48 PM, NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:35:44 -0800 "David F." <df7729@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Also, was Cisco's information useful for why their cisco server (using >>> lsi) RAID5 won't assembly? Do you think the patch deals with that as >>> well? >>> >>> >> >> You did say something about Cisco in the original post but it wasn't at all >> clear what you were asking or what the context was. >> >> Could you please spell it all out. You said something about dmraid reporting >> something. Showing the output of dmraid in that case wouldn't hurt. >> And show the output of "mdadm --examine /dev/device" for any relevant device >> is often a good idea. >> >> NeilBrown -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html