Force Majeure
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There isn't much knowledge out there about the NetApp X2065A-R6 card (on TrueNAS), so I thought I might share my experience.
We have two DS4246s. We connected one with a QSFP->SF-8088 câble to an arguable sub-standard LSI and it worked. But I have only one câble and the daisy chain of the two DS4246s via a QSFP câble did not work.
Encouraged by this post: https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/netapp-x2065a-r6-hba-with-dell-freenas.63192/
... I decided to get a NetApp X2065A-R6. We already had four QSFP câbles dans I wanted to use them. Seemed like the cheapest option, with solid hardware.
The good news is that it works. Both shelves are daisy chained and I can see all drives.
However, I can no longer hot swap the drives like I could with the LSI.
And another thing...
Since the "upgrade", TrueNAS has sent us several "Read SMART Self-Test Log Failed" errors on 5-6 drives seemingly at random, across the two shelves. Sometimes, the issues goes away on its own (I can do a manual long test). But I have one drive right now where the shell just freezes when I try a smartctl command.
Yet, the pool is just fine. All drives accounted for.
The likely culprit is the X2065A-R6. I don't know if there is a fix. My knowledge is limited and debugging this might be outside my skillset. I'll give it more time, but I am considering getting a proper LSI and a second QSFP->SF-8088 câble, to see if that fixes things.
If anybody has any insights, feel free to chime in
Thanks
We have two DS4246s. We connected one with a QSFP->SF-8088 câble to an arguable sub-standard LSI and it worked. But I have only one câble and the daisy chain of the two DS4246s via a QSFP câble did not work.
Encouraged by this post: https://www.truenas.com/community/threads/netapp-x2065a-r6-hba-with-dell-freenas.63192/
... I decided to get a NetApp X2065A-R6. We already had four QSFP câbles dans I wanted to use them. Seemed like the cheapest option, with solid hardware.
The good news is that it works. Both shelves are daisy chained and I can see all drives.
However, I can no longer hot swap the drives like I could with the LSI.
And another thing...
Since the "upgrade", TrueNAS has sent us several "Read SMART Self-Test Log Failed" errors on 5-6 drives seemingly at random, across the two shelves. Sometimes, the issues goes away on its own (I can do a manual long test). But I have one drive right now where the shell just freezes when I try a smartctl command.
Yet, the pool is just fine. All drives accounted for.
The likely culprit is the X2065A-R6. I don't know if there is a fix. My knowledge is limited and debugging this might be outside my skillset. I'll give it more time, but I am considering getting a proper LSI and a second QSFP->SF-8088 câble, to see if that fixes things.
If anybody has any insights, feel free to chime in
Thanks
