Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2H
file server "f2".
- case: a used no brand white medium sized tower I got for free from a friend
- power supply: FSP Hyper 500W model: HP500S (was: ACE Raw Deal+ 460W ATX V2.2 120 mm fan + silent rubber frame)
- motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2H (rev. 3.0)
- memory: 8 GB (2 x 4 GB DDR2 DIMM) was: 4 GB (2 x 2 GB DDR2 DIMM, 800 MHz, Kingston ValueRAM, CL6) - max is 8 GB (2 x 4 GB DIMMs)
- cpu: AMD Athlon II X2 240 2.8 GHz 2Mb socket AM3 box
- cpu cooler: standard
- hard drive cage: ICY Dock MB-455SPF, SATA 2 backplane, hot swap multibay - 5 hard drives in a 3 x 5.25 inch bay. Here is the manual.
- hard drives - system: 2 x Samsung SpinPoint F1 250 GB, Desktop Class HD252HJ, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB cache
- hard drives: data: 5 x Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 32MB cache
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hard drive controller (for the last drive in the multibay): ST-Lab A-360
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drive positions (left to right, looking at front of drive bay): ada3, ada4, ada5, ada6, ada0
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optical drive: none
- video: built in - ATI RADEON 2100 (RS740)
- sound: built in - Radeon X1200 Series Audio Controller (snd_hda)
- network: built in - Realtek Semiconductor - Gigabit Ethernet NIC(NDIS 6.0) (RTL8168/8111) (re0)
- usb: usb 2.0, 4 ports on back panel, 6 via usb headers on motherboard
- note: there is only one ps2 port on this motherboard. If both a keyboard and a mouse is needed, you need a splitter or an usb-to-ps2 adapter.
- bios: Award bios, version FD, release date: 09/16/2009.
keys: BIOS - Delete, boot menu - F12
Operating system: FreeBSD
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Work log
2024-10-05: hdmi - tested with a HDMI connected monitor - no picture. Probably needs the HDMI connected on power on.
2024-10-05: today the machine was offline. I tried connecting a local console (HDMI, VGA) and keyboard, but no response. So power off and on it was. It came right back up, and everything looks normal.
2023-02-12: the bios detects the drives in the same order as FreeBSD (the drives on the Marvell controller first), so I had to move the two boot drives to the top of the boot priorities list in the bios or else the machine would just sit there. Fixed now.
2023-02-11: system drives - smartctl info
root@kg-f2:~ # smartctl -i /dev/ada5 smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p3 amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Western Digital Blue Device Model: WDC WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 Serial Number: WD-WCC1S3575044 LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 208653ba2 Firmware Version: 80.00A80 User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Device is: In smartctl database 7.3/5319 ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS (minor revision not indicated) SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Sat Feb 11 14:39:19 2023 CET SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled root@kg-f2:~ # smartctl -i /dev/ada6 smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p3 amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Western Digital Blue Device Model: WDC WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 Serial Number: WD-WCC1S3692881 LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 208657347 Firmware Version: 80.00A80 User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Device is: In smartctl database 7.3/5319 ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS (minor revision not indicated) SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Sat Feb 11 14:39:22 2023 CET SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled
and health check
root@kg-f2:~ # smartctl -H /dev/ada5 smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p3 amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED root@kg-f2:~ # smartctl -H /dev/ada6 smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p3 amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
2023-02-11: smartctl info on storage drives
root@kg-f2:~ # smartctl -i /dev/ada0 smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p3 amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Toshiba N300/MN NAS HDD Device Model: TOSHIBA HDWG21C Serial Number: 82T0A001FP8G LU WWN Device Id: 5 000039 bd8dad3d8 Firmware Version: 0601 User Capacity: 12,000,138,625,024 bytes [12.0 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm Form Factor: 3.5 inches Device is: In smartctl database 7.3/5319 ATA Version is: ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 5 SATA Version is: SATA 3.3, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Sat Feb 11 14:18:27 2023 CET SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled root@kg-f2:~ # smartctl -i /dev/ada1 smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p3 amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Toshiba N300/MN NAS HDD Device Model: TOSHIBA HDWG21C Serial Number: 9290A002FP8G LU WWN Device Id: 5 000039 c08c9e42a Firmware Version: 0601 User Capacity: 12,000,138,625,024 bytes [12.0 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm Form Factor: 3.5 inches Device is: In smartctl database 7.3/5319 ATA Version is: ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 5 SATA Version is: SATA 3.3, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Sat Feb 11 14:34:13 2023 CET SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled root@kg-f2:~ # smartctl -i /dev/ada2 smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p3 amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Toshiba N300/MN NAS HDD Device Model: TOSHIBA HDWG21C Serial Number: 9290A004FP8G LU WWN Device Id: 5 000039 c08c9e43e Firmware Version: 0601 User Capacity: 12,000,138,625,024 bytes [12.0 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm Form Factor: 3.5 inches Device is: In smartctl database 7.3/5319 ATA Version is: ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 5 SATA Version is: SATA 3.3, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Sat Feb 11 14:35:15 2023 CET SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled root@kg-f2:~ # smartctl -i /dev/ada3 smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p3 amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Toshiba N300/MN NAS HDD Device Model: TOSHIBA HDWG21C Serial Number: 9290A008FP8G LU WWN Device Id: 5 000039 c08c9e481 Firmware Version: 0601 User Capacity: 12,000,138,625,024 bytes [12.0 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm Form Factor: 3.5 inches Device is: In smartctl database 7.3/5319 ATA Version is: ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 5 SATA Version is: SATA 3.3, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Sat Feb 11 14:35:19 2023 CET SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled root@kg-f2:~ # smartctl -i /dev/ada4 smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p3 amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Toshiba N300/MN NAS HDD Device Model: TOSHIBA HDWG21C Serial Number: 9290A007FP8G LU WWN Device Id: 5 000039 c08c9e46c Firmware Version: 0601 User Capacity: 12,000,138,625,024 bytes [12.0 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm Form Factor: 3.5 inches Device is: In smartctl database 7.3/5319 ATA Version is: ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 5 SATA Version is: SATA 3.3, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Sat Feb 11 14:35:43 2023 CET SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled
and a health check
root@kg-f2:~ # smartctl -H /dev/ada0 smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p3 amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED root@kg-f2:~ # smartctl -H /dev/ada1 smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p3 amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED root@kg-f2:~ # smartctl -H /dev/ada2 smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p3 amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED root@kg-f2:~ # smartctl -H /dev/ada3 smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p3 amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED root@kg-f2:~ # smartctl -H /dev/ada4 smartctl 7.3 2022-02-28 r5338 [FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE-p3 amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-22, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
2023-02-11: camcontrol now reports
root@kg-f2:~ # camcontrol devlist <TOSHIBA HDWG21C 0601> at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,ada0) <TOSHIBA HDWG21C 0601> at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (pass1,ada1) <TOSHIBA HDWG21C 0601> at scbus2 target 0 lun 0 (pass2,ada2) <TOSHIBA HDWG21C 0601> at scbus3 target 0 lun 0 (pass3,ada3) <TOSHIBA HDWG21C 0601> at scbus3 target 2 lun 0 (pass4,ada4) <Port Multiplier 10921b21 0008> at scbus3 target 15 lun 0 (pass5,pmp0) <WDC WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 80.00A80> at scbus4 target 0 lun 0 (pass6,ada5) <WDC WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 80.00A80> at scbus5 target 0 lun 0 (pass7,ada6)
2023-02-11: I moved all the storage drives to the Marvell controller
ada0 at ahcich0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0 ada0: <TOSHIBA HDWG21C 0601> ACS-3 ATA SATA 3.x device ada0: Serial Number 82T0A001FP8G ada0: 600.000MB/s transfers (SATA 3.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada0: Command Queueing enabled ada0: 11444224MB (23437770752 512 byte sectors) ada1 at ahcich1 bus 0 scbus1 target 0 lun 0 ada1: <TOSHIBA HDWG21C 0601> ACS-3 ATA SATA 3.x device ada1: Serial Number 9290A002FP8G ada1: 600.000MB/s transfers (SATA 3.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada1: Command Queueing enabled ada1: 11444224MB (23437770752 512 byte sectors) ada2 at ahcich2 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 0 ada2: <TOSHIBA HDWG21C 0601> ACS-3 ATA SATA 3.x device ada2: Serial Number 9290A004FP8G ada2: 600.000MB/s transfers (SATA 3.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada2: Command Queueing enabled ada2: 11444224MB (23437770752 512 byte sectors) ada3 at ahcich3 bus 0 scbus3 target 0 lun 0 ada3: <TOSHIBA HDWG21C 0601> ACS-3 ATA SATA 3.x device ada3: Serial Number 9290A008FP8G ada3: 600.000MB/s transfers (SATA 3.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada3: Command Queueing enabled ada3: 11444224MB (23437770752 512 byte sectors) ada4 at ahcich3 bus 0 scbus3 target 2 lun 0 ada4: <TOSHIBA HDWG21C 0601> ACS-3 ATA SATA 3.x device ada4: Serial Number 9290A007FP8G ada4: 600.000MB/s transfers (SATA 3.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada4: Command Queueing enabled ada4: 11444224MB (23437770752 512 byte sectors)
the system drives got re-numbered too
ada5 at ahcich4 bus 0 scbus4 target 0 lun 0 ada5: <WDC WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 80.00A80> ATA8-ACS SATA 3.x device ada5: Serial Number WD-WCC1S3575044 ada5: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada5: Command Queueing enabled ada5: 953869MB (1953525168 512 byte sectors) ada6 at ahcich5 bus 0 scbus5 target 0 lun 0 ada6: <WDC WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 80.00A80> ATA8-ACS SATA 3.x device ada6: Serial Number WD-WCC1S3692881 ada6: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada6: Command Queueing enabled ada6: 953869MB (1953525168 512 byte sectors)
2023-02-08: the new storage drives are ada3, ada4, ada5, ada6, ada7 and ada0. From dmesg
ada3 at ahcich6 bus 0 scbus6 target 0 lun 0 ada3: <TOSHIBA HDWG21C 0601> ACS-3 ATA SATA 3.x device ada3: Serial Number 82T0A001FP8G ada3: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada3: Command Queueing enabled ada3: 11444224MB (23437770752 512 byte sectors) ada4 at ahcich7 bus 0 scbus7 target 0 lun 0 ada4: <TOSHIBA HDWG21C 0601> ACS-3 ATA SATA 3.x device ada4: Serial Number 9290A002FP8G ada4: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada4: Command Queueing enabled ada4: 11444224MB (23437770752 512 byte sectors) ada5 at ahcich8 bus 0 scbus8 target 0 lun 0 ada5: <TOSHIBA HDWG21C 0601> ACS-3 ATA SATA 3.x device ada5: Serial Number 9290A004FP8G ada5: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada5: Command Queueing enabled ada5: 11444224MB (23437770752 512 byte sectors) ada6 at ahcich9 bus 0 scbus9 target 0 lun 0 ada6: <TOSHIBA HDWG21C 0601> ACS-3 ATA SATA 3.x device ada6: Serial Number 9290A007FP8G ada6: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada6: Command Queueing enabled ada6: 11444224MB (23437770752 512 byte sectors) ada0 at ahcich0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0 ada0: <TOSHIBA HDWG21C 0601> ACS-3 ATA SATA 3.x device ada0: Serial Number 9290A008FP8G ada0: 600.000MB/s transfers (SATA 3.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada0: Command Queueing enabled ada0: 11444224MB (23437770752 512 byte sectors)
hmm, maybe I should put all of them on the Marvell controller?
2023-02-08: with the new drives installed, the system drives moved to ada1 and ada2
root@kg-f2:~ # gpart show -p ada1 => 40 1953525088 ada1 GPT (932G) 40 1024 ada1p1 freebsd-boot (512K) 1064 984 - free - (492K) 2048 16777216 ada1p2 freebsd-swap (8.0G) 16779264 1936744448 ada1p3 freebsd-zfs (924G) 1953523712 1416 - free - (708K) root@kg-f2:~ # gpart show -p ada2 => 40 1953525088 ada2 GPT (932G) 40 1024 ada2p1 freebsd-boot (512K) 1064 984 - free - (492K) 2048 16777216 ada2p2 freebsd-swap (8.0G) 16779264 1936744448 ada2p3 freebsd-zfs (924G) 1953523712 1416 - free - (708K)
and this is what dmesg has to say about them
ada1 at ahcich4 bus 0 scbus4 target 0 lun 0 ada1: <WDC WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 80.00A80> ATA8-ACS SATA 3.x device ada1: Serial Number WD-WCC1S3575044 ada1: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada1: Command Queueing enabled ada1: 953869MB (1953525168 512 byte sectors) ada2 at ahcich5 bus 0 scbus5 target 0 lun 0 ada2: <WDC WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 80.00A80> ATA8-ACS SATA 3.x device ada2: Serial Number WD-WCC1S3692881 ada2: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada2: Command Queueing enabled ada2: 953869MB (1953525168 512 byte sectors)
2023-02-08: the new drives arrived.
2023-02-05: I ordered some new drives to replace the storage drives.
2023-02-04: power on with new controller and all disks installed. From /var/log/messages:
ahci0: <AHCI SATA controller> port 0xdf00-0xdf07,0xde00-0xde03,0xdd00-0xdd07,0xdc00-0xdc03,0xdb00-0xdb1f mem 0xfdcff000-0xfdcff7ff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci2 ahci0: [ITHREAD] ahci0: AHCI v1.00 with 4 6Gbps ports, Port Multiplier supported with FBS ahcich0: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci0 ahcich0: [ITHREAD] ahcich1: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci0 ahcich1: [ITHREAD] ahcich2: <AHCI channel> at channel 2 on ahci0 ahcich2: [ITHREAD] ahcich3: <AHCI channel> at channel 3 on ahci0 ahcich3: [ITHREAD] ahci1: <ATI IXP700 AHCI SATA controller> port 0xff00-0xff07,0xfe00-0xfe03,0xfd00-0xfd07,0xfc00-0xfc03,0xfb00-0xfb0f mem 0xfe02f000-0xfe02f3ff irq 22 at device 17.0 on pci0 ahci1: [ITHREAD] ahci1: AHCI v1.10 with 6 3Gbps ports, Port Multiplier supported ahcich4: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci1 ahcich4: [ITHREAD] ahcich5: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci1 ahcich5: [ITHREAD] ahcich6: <AHCI channel> at channel 2 on ahci1 ahcich6: [ITHREAD] ahcich7: <AHCI channel> at channel 3 on ahci1 ahcich7: [ITHREAD] ahcich8: <AHCI channel> at channel 4 on ahci1 ahcich8: [ITHREAD] ahcich9: <AHCI channel> at channel 5 on ahci1 ahcich9: [ITHREAD] ada0 at ahcich0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0 ada0: <SAMSUNG HD103SJ 1AJ100E4> ATA-8 SATA 2.x device ada0: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada0: Command Queueing enabled ada0: 953869MB (1953525168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C) ada1 at ahcich4 bus 0 scbus4 target 0 lun 0 ada1: <SAMSUNG HD252HJ 1AC01118> ATA-7 SATA 2.x device ada1: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada1: Command Queueing enabled ada1: 238475MB (488397168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C) ada2 at ahcich5 bus 0 scbus5 target 0 lun 0 ada2: <SAMSUNG HD252HJ 1AC01118> ATA-7 SATA 2.x device ada2: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada2: Command Queueing enabled ada2: 238475MB (488397168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C) ada3 at ahcich6 bus 0 scbus6 target 0 lun 0 ada3: <SAMSUNG HD103SJ 1AJ100E4> ATA-8 SATA 2.x device ada3: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada3: Command Queueing enabled ada3: 953869MB (1953525168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C) ada4 at ahcich7 bus 0 scbus7 target 0 lun 0 ada4: <SAMSUNG HD103SJ 1AJ100E4> ATA-8 SATA 2.x device ada4: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada4: Command Queueing enabled ada4: 953869MB (1953525168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C) ada5 at ahcich8 bus 0 scbus8 target 0 lun 0 ada5: <SAMSUNG HD103SJ 1AJ100E4> ATA-8 SATA 2.x device ada5: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada5: Command Queueing enabled ada5: 953869MB (1953525168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C) ada6 at ahcich9 bus 0 scbus9 target 0 lun 0 ada6: <TOSHIBA HDWD110 MS2OA8J0> ATA-8 SATA 3.x device ada6: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) ada6: Command Queueing enabled ada6: 953869MB (1953525168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C)
so ada1 and ada2 are the boot drives, and the machine booted from them as it should. The data drives are ada0, ada3, ada4, ada5 and ada6. boot drives
root@kg-f2# gpart show -p ada1 => 34 488397101 ada1 GPT (232G) 34 128 ada1p1 freebsd-boot (64k) 162 8388608 ada1p2 freebsd-swap (4.0G) 8388770 125829120 ada1p3 freebsd-zfs (60G) 134217890 354179245 - free - (168G) root@kg-f2# gpart show -p ada2 => 34 488397101 ada2 GPT (232G) 34 128 ada2p1 freebsd-boot (64k) 162 8388608 ada2p2 freebsd-swap (4.0G) 8388770 125829120 ada2p3 freebsd-zfs (60G) 134217890 354179245 - free - (168G)
data drives
root@kg-f2# gpart show -p ada0 gpart: No such geom: ada0. root@kg-f2# gpart show -p ada3 gpart: No such geom: ada3. root@kg-f2# gpart show -p ada4 gpart: No such geom: ada4. root@kg-f2# gpart show -p ada5 gpart: No such geom: ada5. root@kg-f2# gpart show -p ada6 gpart: No such geom: ada6.
ok, so they are dangerously dedicated. Fine.
2023-02-04: powered down the machine, and replaced the ST-Lab A-360 with the Marvell 88SE9215 controller. Powered on the machine (without the zfs data disks). The controller is detected, from /var/log/messages:
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 4.0 on pci0 pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2 ahci0: <AHCI SATA controller> port 0xdf00-0xdf07,0xde00-0xde03,0xdd00-0xdd07,0xdc00-0xdc03,0xdb00-0xdb1f mem 0xfdcff000-0xfdcff7ff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci2 ahci0: [ITHREAD] ahci0: AHCI v1.00 with 4 6Gbps ports, Port Multiplier supported with FBS ahcich0: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci0 ahcich0: [ITHREAD] ahcich1: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci0 ahcich1: [ITHREAD] ahcich2: <AHCI channel> at channel 2 on ahci0 ahcich2: [ITHREAD] ahcich3: <AHCI channel> at channel 3 on ahci0 ahcich3: [ITHREAD]
relevant output from pciconf -lv:
ahci0@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x010601 card=0x92151b4b chip=0x92151b4b rev=0x11 hdr=0x00 class = mass storage subclass = SATA
the built-in controller is now ahci1, I wonder if that is going to confuse the boot loader
ahci1@pci0:0:17:0: class=0x010601 card=0xb0021458 chip=0x43911002 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'ATI Technologies Inc. / Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.' device = 'SB700 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]' class = mass storage subclass = SATA
only one way to find out. Power down the machine, insert stroarge disks and power on again.
2023-01-21: I bought a new sata controller from Digital Impuls - 147856 - 6x SATA 3.0 PCIe x1 for NOK 1099.- The new controller has a Marvell 88SE9215 chipset.
2022-10-22: Perhaps I should rebuild this server into something a bit more modern? The ST-Lab A-360 is only SATA-II (3 Gbps).
2021-07-12: I re-created this page on my self-hosted web server.
2020-02-29: the fan has been quiet for a few hours now, of its own.
2020-02-28: I shut down and powered off the machine - here is hoping that the fan is quiet when I start it up again in about five minutes. Nope, the fan is still making loud noise.
2020-02-28: a fan in the machine has started to make loud noise. Not sure which fan it is.
2018-07-17: I bought new SATA cables (with locking) and replaced two of the existing SATA cables.
2018-07-16: replaced hard drive ada6. This is drive number 2 from right (but the red LED was on, easy to spot). Removed the old drive, mounted the new drive in the carrier, put the carrier back in.
old drive - WD Blue 1TB (WD10EZEX) - serial number: WCC1S3692881 (date: 24 apr 2013) new drive - Toshiba P300 1TB (HDWD110) - serial number: 483JS0WNS 87E (date: APR-2018)
from /var/log/messages
Jul 16 22:04:01 kg-f2 kernel: ada6 at ahcich5 bus 0 scbus6 target 0 lun 0 Jul 16 22:04:01 kg-f2 kernel: ada6: <TOSHIBA HDWD110 MS2OA8J0> ATA-8 SATA 3.x device Jul 16 22:04:01 kg-f2 kernel: ada6: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) Jul 16 22:04:01 kg-f2 kernel: ada6: Command Queueing enabled Jul 16 22:04:01 kg-f2 kernel: ada6: 953869MB (1953525168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C) Jul 16 22:05:52 kg-f2 smartd[681]: Device: /dev/ada6, Failed SMART usage Attribute: 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct.
smartctl info
root@kg-f2# smartctl -i /dev/ada6 smartctl 6.4 2015-06-04 r4109 [FreeBSD 8.4-STABLE amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-15, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: TOSHIBA HDWD110 Serial Number: 483JS0WNS LU WWN Device Id: 5 000039 fd6c79c62 Firmware Version: MS2OA8J0 User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Rotation Rate: 7200 rpm Form Factor: 3.5 inches Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS T13/1699-D revision 4 SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Mon Jul 16 22:06:18 2018 CEST SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled
ok.
2018-07-16: new hard drive - I bought a new hard drive Toshiba P300 1TB from Power (Klingenberg) for NOK 466.- (ok, I bought two).
2018-02-18: PSU - I removed the old PSU (rubber gaskets stick like glue after a few years) and replaced it with the new PSU. Connected up everything, and tested power on. Appears to work - good.
2018-02-08: PSU - I bought a new PSU from Digital Impuls on my way back home from work, a FSP Hyper 500W (134247) price was NOK 595.- it is not modular, but it is supposed to be quiet.
2018-02-07: there was a power outage during the night, so this morning I tried to power on the machine again, got a loud bang and the circuit breaker tripped again. Don't know if it is the PSU, mainboard or a combination.
2017-11-06: as a final effort, I powered down the machine, cleaned out dust, re-plugged all sata cables and took out all drives from the hot swap bay and cleaned that of dust as well.
2017-11-06: replace ada6 - try with another drive
new drive - WD Blue 1TB (WD10EZEX) - serial number: WCC1S3704096 (date: 24 apr 2013)
2017-11-05: replaced hard drive ada6. I removed the carrrier with the old drive (the LED was red, easy to spot)
old drive - Samsung SpinPoint F3 (HD103SJ) - serial number: S246J1KSB01866 (labeled "REV. A", manufactured 2009.11) new drive - WD Blue 1TB (WD10EZEX) - serial number: WCC1S3692881 (date: 24 apr 2013)
I just replaced the drive in the carrier and put the carrier back in the machine again. From /var/log/messages
Nov 5 15:11:02 kg-f2 kernel: ada6 at ahcich5 bus 0 scbus6 target 0 lun 0 Nov 5 15:11:02 kg-f2 kernel: ada6: <WDC WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 80.00A80> ATA-8 SATA 3.x device Nov 5 15:11:02 kg-f2 kernel: ada6: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes) Nov 5 15:11:02 kg-f2 kernel: ada6: Command Queueing enabled Nov 5 15:11:02 kg-f2 kernel: ada6: 953869MB (1953525168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C)
and smartctl reports
root@kg-f2# smartctl -i /dev/ada6 smartctl 6.4 2015-06-04 r4109 [FreeBSD 8.4-STABLE amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-15, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: Western Digital Blue Device Model: WDC WD10EZEX-00RKKA0 Serial Number: WD-WCC1S3692881 LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 208657347 Firmware Version: 80.00A80 User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes [1.00 TB] Sector Sizes: 512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: ATA8-ACS (minor revision not indicated) SATA Version is: SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 3.0 Gb/s) Local Time is: Sun Nov 5 15:13:06 2017 CET SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled
good.
2016-10-05: an unscheduled power outage this evening required a power on of the machine after power was restored.
2016-02-27: memory - I powered down the machine and replaced the two DIMMs with the new ones. after power on again, the machine has 8 GB memory.
2016-02-26: memory - the package from eBay arrived, straight into my mailbox.
2016-02-12: memory - I ordered 2x4GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 from a seller on eBay for USD 14,72 (NOK 131,85) and free shipping.
2015-03-03: replaced hard drive ada0.
old drive - serial number: S246J1KSB01867 (labeled "REV. A", manufactured 2009.11) new drive - serial number: S246J90Z334960 (labeled "REV. A", manufactured 2010.03)
resilver in progress.
2015-03-02: there is a firmware fix for Samsung F3 and F3EG drives, to solve "compatibilty problem between some motherboards (the AMD SB850 chipset and the Intel P67/H67 chipset) and Samsung-brand hard drives, F3 and F3EG models only.". It is from some time in 2010 (May?), but the article doesn't have a issued date, and it doesn't tell anything about firmware versions. Duh! Update: from other sources it seems that this is only relevant for drives with firmware older than 1AJ10001. Mine have:
root@kg-f2# smartctl -i /dev/ad8 smartctl 5.40 2010-10-16 r3189 [FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Family: SAMSUNG SpinPoint F3 series Device Model: SAMSUNG HD103SJ Serial Number: S246J1KSB01853 Firmware Version: 1AJ100E4 User Capacity: 1,000,204,886,016 bytes Device is: In smartctl database [for details use: -P show] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 6 Local Time is: Mon Mar 2 23:40:56 2015 CET SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled
which seems to be newer.
2015-03-02: hard drive ada0 is dead. a visual check gives a red LED for the rightmost drive in the hotswap bays. I bet that it is the ada0 drive.
2014-07-19: bios - the newest bios available is still FEB (release date 2010/04/23). Contents:
tingo@kg-core1$ 7za l mb_bios_ga-ma74gm-s2h_rev.3.0_feb.exe 7-Zip (A) [64] 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18 p7zip Version 9.20 (locale=en_US.ISO8859-1,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,4 CPUs) Listing archive: mb_bios_ga-ma74gm-s2h_rev.3.0_feb.exe -- Path = mb_bios_ga-ma74gm-s2h_rev.3.0_feb.exe Type = 7z Method = LZMA BCJ Solid = + Blocks = 2 Physical Size = 554822 Headers Size = 239 Offset = 132096 Date Time Attr Size Compressed Name ------------------- ----- ------------ ------------ ------------------------ 2010-04-28 10:44:55 ....A 21 549270 autoexec.bat 2010-04-23 12:56:25 ....A 1048576 MA74S2H3.FEb 2008-08-28 09:16:04 ....A 26351 5313 FLASHSPI.EXE ------------------- ----- ------------ ------------ ------------------------ 1074948 554583 3 files, 0 folders
That is all.
2013-02-07: machine restarted due to a power outage (a local problem that triggered the circuit breaker).
2011-02-12: I replaced hard drive ad12.
2010-09-16: the newest bios available is version FEB (release date 2010/04/23).
2009-12-12: I upgraded the bios from version FB (release date 07/27/2009) to version FD (release date 09/16/2009), using Q-flash and a usb memory stick (shows up as hd in q-flash). Note: Gigabyte had compressed the files into executables with 7zs, I had to use 7za from p7zip) to uncompress them first.
2009-12-12: I installed the data disks (five of them), changed bios settings so all ports are in sata mode, and rebooted the machine. This is how /var/log/messages shows the disks:
root@kg-f2# dmesg | grep ^ad ad4: 238475MB <SAMSUNG HD252HJ 1AC01118> at ata2-master SATA300 ad6: 238475MB <SAMSUNG HD252HJ 1AC01118> at ata3-master SATA300 ad8: 953869MB <SAMSUNG HD103SJ 1AJ100E4> at ata4-master SATA300 ad10: 953869MB <SAMSUNG HD103SJ 1AJ100E4> at ata5-master SATA300 ad12: 953869MB <SAMSUNG HD103SJ 1AJ100E4> at ata6-master SATA300 ad14: 953869MB <SAMSUNG HD103SJ 1AJ100E4> at ata7-master SATA300 ada0 at siisch0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0 ada0: <SAMSUNG HD103SJ 1AJ100E4> ATA/ATAPI-8 SATA 2.x device ada0: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO size 8192bytes) ada0: Command Queueing enabled ada0: 953869MB (1953525168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C)
that's it.
2009-12-12: I added a PCIe SATA II controller Card 2 channel (ST Lab A-360) to the machine for the last drive in the multibay. The card has 1 + 1 SATA ports (internal + external).
2009-12-09: I assembled the machine. I had to use dishwasher soap (zalo) on the rubber frame in order to manage to slide the power supply into the case. The motherboard is secured to the case with four screws, but not all of them in the corners. Use care when inserting and removing cables and components. The multibay (for the sata disks) also was a close fit, the bottom of it touches the power connector on the motherboard. Still, it is secured with 4 screws on each side (all at the front) The two 250 GB drives are placed inside the machine, and uses two sata ports on the motherboard. The first four disks in the multibay uses up the rest of the sata ports. I will need another controller card for the last disk.