I have the updated info for that cisco server with the lsi controller - This was run all at the same time, using the latest patch that worked on the isw system. Storage devices (non-RAID) detected by Linux based on /sys/block: Optical drives (srx): sr0: hp DVDRAM GT30L (fw rev = mP06) Removable drives (sdx): sdg: 7453 MiB Patriot Memory Fixed hard drives (sdx): sda: 1863 GiB WD Ext HDD 1021 sdb: 136 GiB TOSHIBA MK1401GRRB sdc: 136 GiB TOSHIBA MK1401GRRB sdd: 136 GiB TOSHIBA MK1401GRRB sde: 136 GiB TOSHIBA MK1401GRRB sdf: 136 GiB TOSHIBA MK1401GRRB Contents of /sys/block: md127 ram0 ram1 sda 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 sda1 tty22 tty6 dvdrw1 sdb tty23 tty60 fd sdb1 tty24 tty61 full sdb2 tty25 tty62 fuse sdc tty26 tty63 hidraw0 sdd tty27 tty7 hidraw1 sde tty28 tty8 hidraw2 sde1 tty29 tty9 hidraw3 sde2 tty3 ttyS0 hidraw4 sdf 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 0 1953512448 sda 8 1 1953511424 sda1 8 16 143638992 sdb 8 17 102400 sdb1 8 18 143535568 sdb2 8 32 143638992 sdc 8 48 143638992 sdd 8 64 143638992 sde 8 65 102400 sde1 8 66 143535568 sde2 8 80 143638992 sdf 11 0 48608 sr0 8 96 7632892 sdg Disk /dev/sda: 2000.3 GB, 2000396746752 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders, total 3907024896 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 2048 3907024895 1953511424 7 HPFS/NTFS Disk /dev/sdb: 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/sdb1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary /dev/sdb2 206848 855463935 427628544 7 HPFS/NTFS 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 Disk /dev/sdc doesn't contain a valid partition table 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 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sde1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary /dev/sde2 206848 855463935 427628544 7 HPFS/NTFS 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 Disk /dev/sdf doesn't contain a valid partition table Disk /dev/sdg: 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/sdg1 ? 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/sdg2 ? 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/sdg3 ? 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/sdg4 ? 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 sdf[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 /dev/md/MegaSR container=7ab254d0:fae71048:404edde9:750a8a05 member=0 UUID=9515a157:e69d2ad3:8427131f:92b29c7a Long listing of /dev/md directory and /dev/md* device files (Linux software RAID devices): brw-rw---T 1 root disk 9, 127 Nov 20 15:06 /dev/md127 /dev/md: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Nov 20 15:06 ddf0 -> ../md127 Contents of /tbu/utility/mdadm.txt (mdadm troubleshooting data captured when 'start-md' is executed): mdadm - v3.3-32-g357ac10 - 20th November 2013 Output of 'mdadm --examine --scan' ARRAY metadata=ddf UUID=7ab254d0:fae71048:404edde9:750a8a05 ARRAY /dev/md/MegaSR container=7ab254d0:fae71048:404edde9:750a8a05 member=0 UUID=9515a157:e69d2ad3:8427131f:92b29c7a Output of 'mdadm --assemble --scan --no-degraded -v' mdadm: looking for devices for further assembly mdadm: no RAID superblock on /dev/sr0 mdadm: no RAID superblock on /dev/sde2 mdadm: no RAID superblock on /dev/sde1 mdadm: no RAID superblock on /dev/sdb2 mdadm: no RAID superblock on /dev/sdb1 mdadm: no RAID superblock on /dev/sda1 mdadm: no RAID superblock on /dev/sda mdadm: /dev/sdf is identified as a member of /dev/md/ddf0, slot 4. mdadm: /dev/sde is identified as a member of /dev/md/ddf0, slot 3. mdadm: /dev/sdd is identified as a member of /dev/md/ddf0, slot 2. mdadm: /dev/sdc is identified as a member of /dev/md/ddf0, slot 1. mdadm: /dev/sdb is identified as a member of /dev/md/ddf0, slot 0. mdadm: ignoring /dev/sdb as it reports /dev/sdf as failed mdadm: ignoring /dev/sdc as it reports /dev/sdf as failed mdadm: ignoring /dev/sdd as it reports /dev/sdf as failed mdadm: ignoring /dev/sde as it reports /dev/sdf as failed mdadm: no uptodate device for slot 0 of /dev/md/ddf0 mdadm: no uptodate device for slot 2 of /dev/md/ddf0 mdadm: no uptodate device for slot 4 of /dev/md/ddf0 mdadm: no uptodate device for slot 6 of /dev/md/ddf0 mdadm: added /dev/sdf to /dev/md/ddf0 as 4 mdadm: Container /dev/md/ddf0 has been assembled with 1 drive (out of 5) mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md/MegaSR mdadm: looking in container /dev/md/ddf0 mdadm: no recogniseable superblock on /dev/sr0 mdadm: /dev/sdf has wrong uuid. mdadm: no recogniseable superblock on /dev/sde2 mdadm: no recogniseable superblock on /dev/sde1 mdadm: /dev/sde has wrong uuid. mdadm: /dev/sdd has wrong uuid. mdadm: /dev/sdc has wrong uuid. mdadm: no recogniseable superblock on /dev/sdb2 mdadm: no recogniseable superblock on /dev/sdb1 mdadm: /dev/sdb has wrong uuid. mdadm: Cannot assemble mbr metadata on /dev/sda1 mdadm: Cannot assemble mbr metadata on /dev/sda mdadm: looking for devices for /dev/md/MegaSR mdadm: looking in container /dev/md/ddf0 mdadm: no recogniseable superblock on /dev/sr0 mdadm: /dev/sdf has wrong uuid. mdadm: no recogniseable superblock on /dev/sde2 mdadm: no recogniseable superblock on /dev/sde1 mdadm: /dev/sde has wrong uuid. mdadm: /dev/sdd has wrong uuid. mdadm: /dev/sdc has wrong uuid. mdadm: no recogniseable superblock on /dev/sdb2 mdadm: no recogniseable superblock on /dev/sdb1 mdadm: /dev/sdb has wrong uuid. mdadm: Cannot assemble mbr metadata on /dev/sda1 mdadm: Cannot assemble mbr metadata on /dev/sda Output of 'dmesg | grep md:' md: linear personality registered for level -1 md: raid0 personality registered for level 0 md: raid1 personality registered for level 1 md: raid10 personality registered for level 10 md: raid6 personality registered for level 6 md: raid5 personality registered for level 5 md: raid4 personality registered for level 4 md: multipath personality registered for level -4 md: md127 stopped. md: bind<sdf> Contents of /dev/mapper directory: crw------T 1 root root 10, 236 Nov 20 15:05 control startraid mode = null (default) Contents of /tbu/utility/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: /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 NOTICE: /dev/sda: asr discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: hpt37x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: hpt45x discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: jmicron discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: lsi discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: nvidia discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: pdc discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: sil discovering NOTICE: /dev/sda: 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/sdf: ddf1, ".ddf1_disks", GROUP, unknown, 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 /dev/sdb: 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/sda1: LABEL="Elements" UUID="DA1CE6D71CE6AE27" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sdc: UUID="LSI M-^@M-^F^]h^Q7" TYPE="ddf_raid_member" /dev/sdd: UUID="LSI M-^@M-^F^]h^Q7" TYPE="ddf_raid_member" /dev/sdf: UUID="LSI M-^@M-^F^]h^Q7" TYPE="ddf_raid_member" /dev/sdg: LABEL="CS SUPPORT" UUID="4CC3-3665" TYPE="vfat" /dev/sr0: LABEL="iflnet" TYPE="iso9660" Output of free command (memory): total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 2039280 185052 1854228 0 40996 77220 -/+ buffers/cache: 66836 1972444 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 1 crc_t10dif 996 1 sd_mod usb_storage 32098 0 hid_generic 665 0 usbhid 18838 0 hid 60174 2 hid_generic,usbhid pcspkr 1227 0 isci 71218 1 i2c_i801 7257 0 libsas 47529 1 isci scsi_transport_sas 16455 2 isci,libsas igb 98565 0 i2c_algo_bit 3747 1 igb i2c_core 13114 3 i2c_i801,igb,i2c_algo_bit ehci_pci 2540 0 ptp 5420 1 igb pps_core 4544 1 ptp processor 14951 8 thermal_sys 12739 1 processor 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to 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