Patrice Duroux wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to install a Debian system on a recently purchased Dell > PowerEdge R840. > After trying many versions and distributions (including also Ubuntu Server > 20.04 LTS) up to Debian Bullseye Alpha 2, the situations are always very > similar to this: > > https://access.redhat.com/solutions/4954451 > > I checked for all iDRAC, BIOS and firmware updates. > > Here are version messages extracted from dmesg: > > 5.7.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.7.10-1 (2020-07-26) x86_64 GNU/Linux > mpt3sas version 33.100.00.00 > FW Package Ver(16.17.00.05) > LSISAS3008: FWVersion(16.00.08.00), ChipRevision(0x02), > BiosVersion(18.00.00.00) > > Hardware setup does not have any RAID support. > 5 disks are attached: 1 x 240Go SSD SATA + 4 x 1,8To SAS > > Don't really know where to address this or if/how I can help. > > Thanks, > Patrice
I don't know if it helps, totally different hardware, but I've never had an issue with this - in operation since 2012. # lspci 08:00.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS1068E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS (rev 08) # Linux server 4.19.120 #1 SMP Sun May 3 10:11:22 CEST 2020 x86_64 GNU/Linux # dmesg -T | grep sas [Wed Aug 5 19:41:22 2020] megasas: 07.706.03.00-rc1 [Wed Aug 5 19:41:22 2020] mpt3sas version 26.100.00.00 loaded [Wed Aug 5 19:41:45 2020] mptsas: ioc1: attaching sata device: fw_channel 0, fw_id 0, phy 0, sas_addr 0x1221000000000000 [Wed Aug 5 19:41:45 2020] mptsas: ioc1: attaching sata device: fw_channel 0, fw_id 1, phy 1, sas_addr 0x1221000001000000 [Wed Aug 5 19:41:45 2020] mptsas: ioc1: attaching sata device: fw_channel 0, fw_id 2, phy 2, sas_addr 0x1221000002000000 [Wed Aug 5 19:41:45 2020] mptsas: ioc1: attaching sata device: fw_channel 0, fw_id 3, phy 3, sas_addr 0x1221000003000000 [Wed Aug 5 19:41:45 2020] mptsas: ioc1: attaching sata device: fw_channel 0, fw_id 4, phy 4, sas_addr 0x1221000004000000 [Wed Aug 5 19:41:45 2020] mptsas: ioc1: attaching sata device: fw_channel 0, fw_id 5, phy 5, sas_addr 0x1221000005000000 [Wed Aug 5 19:41:45 2020] mptsas: ioc1: attaching sata device: fw_channel 0, fw_id 6, phy 6, sas_addr 0x1221000006000000 [Wed Aug 5 19:41:45 2020] mptsas: ioc1: attaching sata device: fw_channel 0, fw_id 7, phy 7, sas_addr 0x1221000007000000
