Adaptec RAID 5805 Problem

[JasononFreeNAS]

I am trying to get FreeNAS to work with my Adaptec RAID 5805 2244300-R card. Everything works well when I put Debian on the machine but FreeNAS (or any *BSD) will not work.

I have tried loading the driver as specified in http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=aac with the aac_load="YES" line added to loader.conf and even tried loading it with kldload and neither option works, kldload gives a device not found error.

Since the card works just fine under Linux I have ruled out any problem with the card itself and that pretty much leaves a BSD driver problem and the documentation says it is supported. I just can't get it to work.

Much thanks to any help that you can provide.

Jason

 

[cyberjock]

You search the forums at all? If you did you'd know that Adaptecs are NOT compatible with FreeNAS/ZFS. You need to read our stickies and see what other controller you should use instead. ;)

 

[fuzzylollipop]

You search the forums at all? If you did you'd know that Adaptecs are NOT compatible with FreeNAS/ZFS. You need to read our stickies and see what other controller you should use instead. ;)

Is thi still true with 11.2? The Adaptec 5805 is listed in the "compatible hardware" on the main website, but I can not get aac_load="YES" to work in /boot/loader.config and when I do a "fine" the aac libraries appear to be on the filesystem.

 

[SweetAndLow]

You should not being using a raid card with zfs.

 

[Ericloewe]

Especially Adaptec. Seriously, don't waste your time with them, you wouldn't be the first to try. Literally nobody has ever reported a vaguely-positive experience using them with FreeNAS.