What is in this box?

[bbennett@cortex.net]

Hello. I'm trying to determine what I have here.

Here's what I know about the box:

1. It has a 3ware 9550SX RAID controller card in it.
2. There are six drive bays in the front of the machine with lit lights.
3. There are two external drives connected via USB to this machine.

I need to know, what is connected to the 3ware 9550SX controller? I
can't look in the controller BIOS because the machine is in a remote location.

How many drives and what are the sizes of each drive? Just because the
drive bay is lit doesn't mean that there may be a drive in there.

How large are the USB drives connected to the machine?

What RAID configuration are the USB drives in? (If they are?)

First, are there any additional commands that I can use to determine this data?

There are references to sdd and sde in dmsg, are those the USB drives?

Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Here's the output from fdisk -l:

Disk /dev/sda: 1199.9 GB, 1199966257152 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 145887 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 1217 9775521 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda2 1218 145286 1157234242+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 145287 145887 4827532+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 1199.9 GB, 1199966257152 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 145887 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 1217 9775521 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdb2 1218 145286 1157234242+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb3 145287 145887 4827532+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdc: 8 MB, 8388608 bytes
8 heads, 32 sectors/track, 64 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 256 * 512 = 131072 bytes

Disk /dev/sdc doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/md0: 10.0 GB, 10010034176 bytes
2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 2443856 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes

Disk /dev/md0 doesn't contain a valid partition table

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Here's some relevant output from dmesg:

megaraid cmm: 2.20.2.7 (Release Date: Sun Jul 16 00:01:03 EST 2006)
megaraid: 2.20.4.9 (Release Date: Sun Jul 16 12:27:22 EST 2006)
GDT-HA: Storage RAID Controller Driver. Version: 3.05
GDT-HA: Found 0 PCI Storage RAID Controllers
3ware Storage Controller device driver for Linux v1.26.02.001.
3ware 9000 Storage Controller device driver for Linux v2.26.02.007.
3w-9xxx: scsi2: AEN: WARNING (0x04:0x000: Unclean shutdown detected:unit=0.
3w-9xxx: scsi2: AEN: WARNING (0x04:0x000: Unclean shutdown detected:unit=1.
scsi2 : 3ware 9000 Storage Controller
3w-9xxx: scsi2: Found a 3ware 9000 Storage Controller at 0xda100000, IRQ: 24.
3w-9xxx: scsi2: Firmware FE9X 3.01.01.028, BIOS BE9X 3.01.00.024, Ports: 8.
Vendor: AMCC Model: 9550SX-8LP DISK Rev: 3.01
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03
Vendor: AMCC Model: 9550SX-8LP DISK Rev: 3.01
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03
nsp32: loading...
ipr: IBM Power RAID SCSI Device Driver version: 2.1.3 (March 29, 2006)
libata version 2.00 loaded.
SCSI device sda: 2343684096 512-byte hdwr sectors (1199966 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
SCSI device sda: drive cache: none
SCSI device sda: 2343684096 512-byte hdwr sectors (1199966 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
SCSI device sda: drive cache: none
sda: sda1 sda2 sda3
sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
SCSI device sdb: 2343684096 512-byte hdwr sectors (1199966 MB)
sdb: Write Protect is off
sdb: Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
SCSI device sdb: drive cache: none
SCSI device sdb: 2343684096 512-byte hdwr sectors (1199966 MB)
sdb: Write Protect is off
sdb: Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
SCSI device sdb: drive cache: none
sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3
sd 2:0:1:0: Attached scsi disk sdb
sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
sd 2:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
SCSI Media Changer driver v0.25
scsi3 : scsi_debug, version 1.79 [20060604], dev_size_mb=8, opts=0x0
Vendor: Linux Model: scsi_debug Rev: 0004
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
SCSI device sdc: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
sdc: Write Protect is off
sdc: Mode Sense: 6b 00 00 00
SCSI device sdc: drive cache: write back
SCSI device sdc: 16384 512-byte hdwr sectors (8 MB)
sdc: Write Protect is off
sdc: Mode Sense: 6b 00 00 00
SCSI device sdc: drive cache: write back
sdc: unknown partition table
sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdc
sd 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
I2O subsystem v1.325
i2o: max drivers = 8
I2O Configuration OSM v1.323
I2O Bus Adapter OSM v1.317
I2O Block Device OSM v1.325
I2O SCSI Peripheral OSM v1.316
I2O ProcFS OSM v1.316
Fusion MPT base driver 3.04.01
Copyright (c) 1999-2005 LSI Logic Corporation
Fusion MPT SPI Host driver 3.04.01
Fusion MPT FC Host driver 3.04.01
Fusion MPT SAS Host driver 3.04.01
Fusion MPT misc device (ioctl) driver 3.04.01
mptctl: Registered with Fusion MPT base driver
mptctl: /dev/mptctl @ (major,minor=10,220)
Fusion MPT LAN driver 3.04.01
usbmon: debugfs is not available
usbcore: registered new driver hiddev
usbcore: registered new driver usbhid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBC0,PNP0f13:MSE0] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
md: linear personality registered for level -1
md: raid0 personality registered for level 0
md: raid1 personality registered for level 1
md: raid10 personality registered for level 10
md: multipath personality registered for level -4
md: faulty personality registered for level -5
md: md driver 0.90.3 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
md: bitmap version 4.39
device-mapper: ioctl: 4.7.0-ioctl (2006-06-24) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
device-mapper: multipath: version 1.0.4 loaded
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input0
device-mapper: multipath round-robin: version 1.0.0 loaded
device-mapper: multipath emc: version 0.0.3 loaded
TCP bic registered
Initializing IPsec netlink socket
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
NET: Registered protocol family 5
802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
All bugs added by David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com>
Starting balanced_irq
Using IPI Shortcut mode
drivers/rtc/hctosys.c: unable to open rtc device (rtc0)
Time: tsc clocksource has been installed.
md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
md: autorun ...
md: considering sdb1 ...
md: adding sdb1 ...
md: adding sda1 ...
md: created md0
md: bind<sda1>
md: bind<sdb1>
md: running: <sdb1><sda1>
md: md0: raid array is not clean -- starting background reconstruction
raid1: raid set md0 active with 2 out of 2 mirrors
md: ... autorun DONE.
md: syncing RAID array md0
md: minimum _guaranteed_ reconstruction speed: 1000 KB/sec/disc.
md: using maximum available idle IO bandwidth (but not more than 200000 KB/sec) for reconstruction.
md: using 128k window, over a total of 9775424 blocks.
EXT3-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem.
EXT3-fs: write access will be enabled during recovery.
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 368k freed
input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input1
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.7 to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: debug port 1
PCI: cache line size of 128 is not supported by device 0000:00:1d.7
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: irq 23, io mem 0xda700000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:1d.7: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.1.9-k4-NAPI
Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.0 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.0: irq 23, io base 0x00003000
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.1 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.1: irq 19, io base 0x00003020
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.2 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.2: irq 18, io base 0x00003040
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1d.3 to 64
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: UHCI Host Controller
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
uhci_hcd 0000:00:1d.3: irq 16, io base 0x00003060
usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
input: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse as /class/input/input2
PCI: Unable to reserve mem region #1:8000000@d0000000 for device 0000:0a:03.0
radeonfb (0000:0a:03.0): cannot request region 0.
radeonfb: probe of 0000:0a:03.0 failed with error -16
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:04:00.0 to 64
e1000: 0000:04:00.0: e1000_probe: (PCI Express:2.5Gb/s:Width x1) 00:14:85:eb:61:04
e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:05:00.0 to 64
usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
e1000: 0000:05:00.0: e1000_probe: (PCI Express:2.5Gb/s:Width x1) 00:14:85:eb:61:05
e1000: eth1: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 2
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
scsi5 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
usb-storage: device found at 3
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
USB Mass Storage support registered.
Adding 4827524k swap on /dev/sda3. Priority:1 extents:1 across:4827524k
Adding 4827524k swap on /dev/sdb3. Priority:1 extents:1 across:4827524k
Vendor: USB 2.0 Model: Storage Device Rev: 0111
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
Vendor: USB 2.0 Model: Storage Device Rev: 0111
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 00
SCSI device sdd: 781422746 512-byte hdwr sectors (400088 MB)
sdd: Write Protect is off
sdd: Mode Sense: 08 00 00 00
sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdd: 781422745 512-byte hdwr sectors (400088 MB)
sdd: Write Protect is off
sdd: Mode Sense: 08 00 00 00
sdd: assuming drive cache: write through
sdd: sdd1
sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sdd
sd 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
SCSI device sde: 781422732 512-byte hdwr sectors (400088 MB)
sde: Write Protect is off
sde: Mode Sense: 08 00 00 00
sde: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sde: 781422731 512-byte hdwr sectors (400088 MB)
sde: Write Protect is off
sde: Mode Sense: 08 00 00 00
sde: assuming drive cache: write through
sde: sde1
sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sde
sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
3w-9xxx: scsi2: AEN: INFO (0x04:0x000C): Initialize started:unit=0.
3w-9xxx: scsi2: AEN: INFO (0x04:0x000C): Initialize started:unit=1.
md: md0: sync done.
RAID1 conf printout:
--- wd:2 rd:2
disk 0, wo:0, o:1, dev:sda1
disk 1, wo:0, o:1, dev:sdb1
EXT3 FS on md0, internal journal
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sda2, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sdb2, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex
NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
vmmon: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel.
/dev/vmmon[2491]: Module vmmon: registered with major=10 minor=165
/dev/vmmon[2491]: Module vmmon: initialized
parport: PnPBIOS parport detected.
parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
/dev/vmnet: open called by PID 2529 (vmnet-bridge)
/dev/vmnet: hub 0 does not exist, allocating memory.
/dev/vmnet: port on hub 0 successfully opened
bridge-eth0: enabling the bridge
bridge-eth0: up
bridge-eth0: already up
bridge-eth0: attached
eth1: no IPv6 routers present
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
/dev/vmnet: open called by PID 2858 (vmnet-netifup)
/dev/vmnet: hub 1 does not exist, allocating memory.
/dev/vmnet: port on hub 1 successfully opened
/dev/vmnet: open called by PID 2869 (vmnet-dhcpd)
/dev/vmnet: port on hub 1 successfully opened
vmnet1: no IPv6 routers present
3w-9xxx: scsi2: AEN: INFO (0x04:0x003C): Initialize paused:unit=0.
3w-9xxx: scsi2: AEN: INFO (0x04:0x003C): Initialize paused:unit=1.
3w-9xxx: scsi2: AEN: INFO (0x04:0x000C): Initialize started:unit=0.
3w-9xxx: scsi2: AEN: INFO (0x04:0x000C): Initialize started:unit=1.
3w-9xxx: scsi2: AEN: INFO (0x04:0x0007): Initialize completed:unit=1.
3w-9xxx: scsi2: AEN: INFO (0x04:0x0007): Initialize completed:unit=0.
e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Down
e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex
e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Down
e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex
e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Down
e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex
e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Down
e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex
e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Down
e1000: eth1: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 1000 Mbps Full Duplex
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Down
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Down
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Down
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Down
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex
e1000: eth0: e1000_watchdog: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 1-2: device descriptor read/64, error -71
usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 1-2: device not accepting address 3, error -71
usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 1-2: device not accepting address 3, error -71
usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 3
sd 5:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x00070000
end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0
Buffer I/O error on device sdd, logical block 0
Buffer I/O error on device sdd, logical block 1
Buffer I/O error on device sdd, logical block 2
Buffer I/O error on device sdd, logical block 3
Buffer I/O error on device sdd, logical block 4
Buffer I/O error on device sdd, logical block 5
Buffer I/O error on device sdd, logical block 6
Buffer I/O error on device sdd, logical block 7
sd 5:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x00070000
end_request: I/O error, dev sdd, sector 0
Buffer I/O error on device sdd, logical block 0
Buffer I/O error on device sdd, logical block 1
usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 4
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2
sd 4:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x00070000
end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 0
printk: 6 messages suppressed.
Buffer I/O error on device sde, logical block 0
Buffer I/O error on device sde, logical block 1
sd 4:0:0:0: SCSI error: return code = 0x00070000
end_request: I/O error, dev sde, sector 0
usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
usb-storage: device scan complete

Thanks once again.

[HROAdmin26]

Here is what I can see from the info posted:

You have some number of disks attached to the 3Ware card and configured as (2) 1.2TB volumes. (Disks sda and sdb.)

Both sda and sdb have 3 partitions:
1 = 10GB (Mirror between both disks)
2 = Big Slice (Not sure how/where it's mounted)
3 = Swap (4GB on each disk for 8GB of swap)

It looks like sdc is 8MB of "leftover" space from the 3Ware (would have to see /proc/scsi/scsi to be sure.)

Yes, sdd and sde are external USB drives - 400GB each.

The configuration of the internal disks is hidden from the kernel by the array card. The only device that knows that config is the 3Ware, so you'd have to get the info from the card. Without some software designed to talk to the card, you *might* find some info from the 3Ware driver by cat'ing /proc/scsi/<3ware_driver>/<channel_id>

Further info would be found with:
cat /proc/scsi/scsi
cat /etc/mtab

[bbennett@cortex.net]

Thank you very much for your help. I think I know how the guy did it.

Makes sense.

Take the 3ware controllers and make two RAID 5 arrays, three drives each.
(Each drive must be 750 GB each then for a total of 1.2 TB usable) Then, use
Software RAID 1 for the OS partition on / .. then have seperate partitions
for each of the RAID 5 arrays.