[OmniOS-discuss] Dell R730xd

[Schweiss, Chip]

Recently we had a quote from Dell w/ Nexenta.  They specify Intel NICs and
LSI HBAs when building with Nexenta.

-Chip

On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Marion Hakanson <hakansom at ohsu.edu> wrote:

> I don't know if it's true for the R730xd, but Dell will equip your R720xd
> with an LSI-branded HBA for the internal slots.  It's not on their web
> configurator, you have to ask your salesperson directly.  I've also bought
> LSI external HBA's from Dell.
>
> Regards,
>
> Marion
>
>
> Sent from somebody's iPad
>
> > On Oct 20, 2014, at 8:16 AM, "Dan McDonald" <danmcd at omniti.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> On Oct 20, 2014, at 9:36 AM, Randy S <sim.ple at live.nl> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Can anyone please tell me if I should expect any problems installing
> omnios R10 on a new Dell R730xd
> >
> > Possibly, but let's take a look...
> >
> >> Thinking about chipsets, nic drivers etc (all standard on the dell)
> >> PowerEdge R730xd Specifications: (from site)
> >>
> >>    • Form factor: 2U rack
> >>    • Processor: Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product family
> >>    • Processor sockets: 2
> >>    • Dimensions: H: 8.73cm (3.44in.) x W: 44.40cm (17.49in.) x D:
> 68.40cm (26.92in.)
> >>    • Cache: 2.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18
> >>    • Chipset: Intel C610 series chipset
> >>    • Memory: Up to 768GB (24 DIMM slots): 4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR4 up to
> 2133MT/s
> >>    • I/O slots: Up to 6 x PCIe 3.0 slots plus dedicated RAID card slot
> >>    • Drive bays:
> >>        • Internal hard drive bay and hot-plug backplane:
> >>        • Up to 16 x 3.5” SAS, SATA, nearline SAS, SSD + 2 x 2.5” drives
> >>        • Up to 18 x 1.8” SAS, SATA, nearline SAS, SSD drives + 8 x 3.5”
> SAS, SATA, nearline SAS, SSD drives, + 2 x 2.5” HDD
> >>        • Up to 26 x 2.5” SAS, SATA, nearline SAS, SSD, PCIe SSD drives
> >
> > How are those SAS and SATA slots being driven?!
> >
> > The C610 chipset has what's know as a Storage Controller Unit (SCU),
> which is not supported by any illumos distribution currently.  SAS won't
> work at all, and SATA will only work if it presents as AHCI SATA.
> >
> > If there's a Dell-supplied raid controller, I'll need to know which
> model it is, AND what chipset drives is.  There may be hope here, but Dell
> likes HW-RAID, which we generally frown up on in the illumos & ZFS
> communities.  The H330 looks like an LSI 3008 with "skinny" firmware on it,
> and the H730 looks like an LSI 3108 with "skinny" firmware on it.
> Generally speaking, both of those controllers are HW-RAID.  The H330 (like
> its predecessor the H310) can do passthrough/raw-disk, but I believe it
> will be driven by the "mr_sas" driver, which has not had a lot of
> performance work done upon it.  Oooh, I do see, however, that the H730 now
> has raw-disk mode, unlike its predecessor the H710.  Still, same warning
> about the mr_sas driver, however.
> >
> > Generally speaking, I'd try SuperMicro HW over Dell, but if your
> environment is insistent upon a Dell, I'd recommend:
> >
> > * Intel NICs if possible (though Broadcom 10GigE support is in the midst
> of being improved on illumos, and Mellanox has had some work as well).
> > * Query the *illumos* community about the H330 or the H730 controllers.
> Maybe Nexenta (a Dell partner) has done additional work on these, so they
> may have something to say there.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Dan
> >
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