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  • 1.  Yellow status on LSI 2108 RAID after ESXi update

    Posted Nov 18, 2019 09:17 AM

    I updated my ESXi 6.5 host to 20191104001 (build 14990892), and now my LSI 2108 RAID controller is showing yellow status:

    vmhba2

    Status     Yellow

    Additional information

    • vmhba2-firmware-version :
    • vmhba2-driver-version : Version 6.603.55.00.2vmw, Build: 4564106, Interface: 9.2 Built on: Oct 26 2016
    • vmhba2-driver-name : megaraid_sas
    • vmhba2-pci-address : 0000:02:00.0
    • vmhba2-device-name : 500304801C1A8101
    • vmhba2-product-name :
    • vmhba2-serial-number :
    • vmhba2-part-number : LSI 2108 MegaRAID
    • vmhba2-hw-version :

    Any ideas what's causing this? The controller's firmware is the latest one (12.15.0-0239 / 2.130.403-4660).



  • 2.  RE: Yellow status on LSI 2108 RAID after ESXi update

    Posted Nov 18, 2019 12:52 PM

    Can you send the output of the command below?

    vmkchdev -l

    I need SID, VID, DID numbers. I will check the vmware from HCL.



  • 3.  RE: Yellow status on LSI 2108 RAID after ESXi update

    Posted Nov 18, 2019 02:43 PM

    Here it is:

    0000:00:00.0 8086:6f00 15d9:0831 vmkernel PCIe RP[0000:00:00.0]

    0000:00:01.0 8086:6f02 0000:0000 vmkernel PCIe RP[0000:00:01.0]

    0000:00:03.0 8086:6f08 0000:0000 vmkernel PCIe RP[0000:00:03.0]

    0000:00:04.0 8086:6f20 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:00:04.1 8086:6f21 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:00:04.2 8086:6f22 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:00:04.3 8086:6f23 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:00:04.4 8086:6f24 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:00:04.5 8086:6f25 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:00:04.6 8086:6f26 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:00:04.7 8086:6f27 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:00:05.0 8086:6f28 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:00:05.1 8086:6f29 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:00:05.2 8086:6f2a 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:00:05.4 8086:6f2c 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:00:11.0 8086:8d7c 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:00:11.4 8086:8d62 15d9:0831 vmkernel vmhba0

    0000:00:14.0 8086:8d31 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:00:16.0 8086:8d3a 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:00:16.1 8086:8d3b 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:00:1a.0 8086:8d2d 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:00:1c.0 8086:8d10 0000:0000 vmkernel PCIe RP[0000:00:1c.0]

    0000:00:1c.2 8086:8d14 0000:0000 vmkernel PCIe RP[0000:00:1c.2]

    0000:00:1c.3 8086:8d16 0000:0000 vmkernel PCIe RP[0000:00:1c.3]

    0000:00:1d.0 8086:8d26 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:00:1f.0 8086:8d44 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:00:1f.2 8086:8d02 15d9:0831 vmkernel vmhba1

    0000:00:1f.3 8086:8d22 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:02:00.0 1000:0079 15d9:0700 vmkernel vmhba2

    0000:03:00.0 1a03:1150 0000:0000 vmkernel

    0000:04:00.0 1a03:2000 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:05:00.0 8086:1533 15d9:1533 vmkernel vmnic0

    0000:06:00.0 8086:1533 15d9:1533 vmkernel vmnic1

    0000:ff:0b.0 8086:6f81 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:0b.1 8086:6f36 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:0b.2 8086:6f37 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:0b.3 8086:6f76 0000:0000 vmkernel

    0000:ff:0c.0 8086:6fe0 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:0c.1 8086:6fe1 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:0c.2 8086:6fe2 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:0c.3 8086:6fe3 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:0c.4 8086:6fe4 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:0c.5 8086:6fe5 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:0f.0 8086:6ff8 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:0f.1 8086:6ff9 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:0f.4 8086:6ffc 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:0f.5 8086:6ffd 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:0f.6 8086:6ffe 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:10.0 8086:6f1d 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:10.1 8086:6f34 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:10.5 8086:6f1e 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:10.6 8086:6f7d 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:10.7 8086:6f1f 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:12.0 8086:6fa0 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:12.1 8086:6f30 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:13.0 8086:6fa8 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:13.1 8086:6f71 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:13.2 8086:6faa 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:13.3 8086:6fab 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:13.4 8086:6fac 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:13.5 8086:6fad 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:13.6 8086:6fae 0000:0000 vmkernel

    0000:ff:13.7 8086:6faf 0000:0000 vmkernel

    0000:ff:14.0 8086:6fb0 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:14.1 8086:6fb1 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:14.2 8086:6fb2 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:14.3 8086:6fb3 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:14.4 8086:6fbc 0000:0000 vmkernel

    0000:ff:14.5 8086:6fbd 0000:0000 vmkernel

    0000:ff:14.6 8086:6fbe 0000:0000 vmkernel

    0000:ff:14.7 8086:6fbf 0000:0000 vmkernel

    0000:ff:15.0 8086:6fb4 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:15.1 8086:6fb5 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:15.2 8086:6fb6 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:15.3 8086:6fb7 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:16.0 8086:6f68 0000:0000 vmkernel

    0000:ff:16.6 8086:6f6e 0000:0000 vmkernel

    0000:ff:16.7 8086:6f6f 0000:0000 vmkernel

    0000:ff:17.0 8086:6fd0 0000:0000 vmkernel

    0000:ff:17.4 8086:6fb8 0000:0000 vmkernel

    0000:ff:17.5 8086:6fb9 0000:0000 vmkernel

    0000:ff:17.6 8086:6fba 0000:0000 vmkernel

    0000:ff:17.7 8086:6fbb 0000:0000 vmkernel

    0000:ff:1e.0 8086:6f98 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:1e.1 8086:6f99 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:1e.2 8086:6f9a 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:1e.3 8086:6fc0 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:1e.4 8086:6f9c 15d9:0831 vmkernel

    0000:ff:1f.0 8086:6f88 0000:0000 vmkernel

    0000:ff:1f.2 8086:6f8a 0000:0000 vmkernel

    Also, the output of MegaCli -AdpAllInfo -aAll:

    Adapter #0

    ==============================================================================

                        Versions

                    ================

    Product Name    : LSI 2108 MegaRAID

    Serial No       :

    FW Package Build: 12.15.0-0239

                        Mfg. Data

                    ================

    Mfg. Date       : 00/00/00

    Rework Date     : 00/00/00

    Revision No     :

    Battery FRU     : N/A

                    Image Versions in Flash:

                    ================

    FW Version         : 2.130.403-4660

    BIOS Version       : 3.30.02.2_4.16.08.00_0x06060A05

    Preboot CLI Version: 04.04-020:#%00009

    WebBIOS Version    : 6.0-54-e_50-Rel

    NVDATA Version     : 2.09.03-0058

    Boot Block Version : 2.02.00.00-0000

    BOOT Version       : 09.250.01.219

                    Pending Images in Flash

                    ================

    None

                    PCI Info

                    ================

    Controller Id   : 0000

    Vendor Id       : 1000

    Device Id       : 0079

    SubVendorId     : 15d9

    SubDeviceId     : 0700

    Host Interface  : PCIE

    ChipRevision    : B4

    Link Speed           : 0

    Number of Frontend Port: 0

    Device Interface  : PCIE

    Number of Backend Port: 8

    Port  :  Address

    0        50000396f809220e

    1        50000396f8035832

    2        4433221103000000

    3        4433221102000000

    4        0000000000000000

    5        0000000000000000

    6        0000000000000000

    7        0000000000000000

                    HW Configuration

                    ================

    SAS Address      : 500304801c1a8101

    BBU              : Present

    Alarm            : Present

    NVRAM            : Present

    Serial Debugger  : Present

    Memory           : Present

    Flash            : Present

    Memory Size      : 512MB

    TPM              : Absent

    On board Expander: Absent

    Upgrade Key      : Absent

    Temperature sensor for ROC    : Absent

    Temperature sensor for controller    : Absent

                    Settings

                    ================

    Current Time                     : 14:42:10 11/18, 2019

    Predictive Fail Poll Interval    : 300sec

    Interrupt Throttle Active Count  : 16

    Interrupt Throttle Completion    : 50us

    Rebuild Rate                     : 30%

    PR Rate                          : 30%

    BGI Rate                         : 30%

    Check Consistency Rate           : 30%

    Reconstruction Rate              : 30%

    Cache Flush Interval             : 4s

    Max Drives to Spinup at One Time : 4

    Delay Among Spinup Groups        : 2s

    Physical Drive Coercion Mode     : 1GB

    Cluster Mode                     : Disabled

    Alarm                            : Enabled

    Auto Rebuild                     : Enabled

    Battery Warning                  : Enabled

    Ecc Bucket Size                  : 15

    Ecc Bucket Leak Rate             : 1440 Minutes

    Restore HotSpare on Insertion    : Disabled

    Expose Enclosure Devices         : Enabled

    Maintain PD Fail History         : Disabled

    Host Request Reordering          : Enabled

    Auto Detect BackPlane Enabled    : SGPIO/i2c SEP

    Load Balance Mode                : Auto

    Use FDE Only                     : No

    Security Key Assigned            : No

    Security Key Failed              : No

    Security Key Not Backedup        : No

    Default LD PowerSave Policy      : Controller Defined

    Maximum number of direct attached drives to spin up in 1 min : 120

    Auto Enhanced Import             : No

    Any Offline VD Cache Preserved   : No

    Allow Boot with Preserved Cache  : No

    Disable Online Controller Reset  : No

    PFK in NVRAM                     : No

    Use disk activity for locate     : No

    POST delay                       : 90 seconds

    BIOS Error Handling              : Stop On Errors

    Current Boot Mode                 :Normal

                    Capabilities

                    ================

    RAID Level Supported             : RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID6, RAID00, RAID10, RAID50, RAID60, PRL 11, PRL 11 with spanning, SRL 3 supported, PRL11-RLQ0 DDF layout with no span, PRL11-RLQ0 DDF layout with span

    Supported Drives                 : SAS, SATA

    Allowed Mixing:

    Mix in Enclosure Allowed

    Mix of SAS/SATA of HDD type in VD Allowed

    Mix of SAS/SATA of SSD type in VD Allowed

    Mix of SSD/HDD in VD Allowed

                    Status

                    ================

    ECC Bucket Count                 : 0

                    Limitations

                    ================

    Max Arms Per VD          : 32

    Max Spans Per VD         : 8

    Max Arrays               : 128

    Max Number of VDs        : 64

    Max Parallel Commands    : 1008

    Max SGE Count            : 80

    Max Data Transfer Size   : 8192 sectors

    Max Strips PerIO         : 42

    Max LD per array         : 16

    Min Strip Size           : 8 KB

    Max Strip Size           : 1.0 MB

    Max Configurable CacheCade Size: 0 GB

    Current Size of CacheCade      : 0 GB

    Current Size of FW Cache       : 346 MB

                    Device Present

                    ================

    Virtual Drives    : 2

      Degraded        : 0

      Offline         : 0

    Physical Devices  : 5

      Disks           : 4

      Critical Disks  : 0

      Failed Disks    : 0

                    Supported Adapter Operations

                    ================

    Rebuild Rate                    : Yes

    CC Rate                         : Yes

    BGI Rate                        : Yes

    Reconstruct Rate                : Yes

    Patrol Read Rate                : Yes

    Alarm Control                   : Yes

    Cluster Support                 : No

    BBU                             : Yes

    Spanning                        : Yes

    Dedicated Hot Spare             : Yes

    Revertible Hot Spares           : Yes

    Foreign Config Import           : Yes

    Self Diagnostic                 : Yes

    Allow Mixed Redundancy on Array : No

    Global Hot Spares               : Yes

    Deny SCSI Passthrough           : No

    Deny SMP Passthrough            : No

    Deny STP Passthrough            : No

    Support Security                : No

    Snapshot Enabled                : No

    Support the OCE without adding drives : Yes

    Support PFK                     : Yes

    Support PI                      : No

    Support Boot Time PFK Change    : No

    Disable Online PFK Change       : No

    PFK TrailTime Remaining         : 0 days 0 hours

    Support Shield State            : No

    Block SSD Write Disk Cache Change: No

                    Supported VD Operations

                    ================

    Read Policy          : Yes

    Write Policy         : Yes

    IO Policy            : Yes

    Access Policy        : Yes

    Disk Cache Policy    : Yes

    Reconstruction       : Yes

    Deny Locate          : No

    Deny CC              : No

    Allow Ctrl Encryption: No

    Enable LDBBM         : Yes

    Support Breakmirror  : No

    Power Savings        : No

                    Supported PD Operations

                    ================

    Force Online                            : Yes

    Force Offline                           : Yes

    Force Rebuild                           : Yes

    Deny Force Failed                       : No

    Deny Force Good/Bad                     : No

    Deny Missing Replace                    : No

    Deny Clear                              : No

    Deny Locate                             : No

    Support Temperature                     : Yes

    Disable Copyback                        : No

    Enable JBOD                             : No

    Enable Copyback on SMART                : No

    Enable Copyback to SSD on SMART Error   : Yes

    Enable SSD Patrol Read                  : No

    PR Correct Unconfigured Areas           : Yes

    Enable Spin Down of UnConfigured Drives : Yes

    Disable Spin Down of hot spares         : No

    Spin Down time                          : 30

    T10 Power State                         : No

                    Error Counters

                    ================

    Memory Correctable Errors   : 0

    Memory Uncorrectable Errors : 0

                    Cluster Information

                    ================

    Cluster Permitted     : No

    Cluster Active        : No

                    Default Settings

                    ================

    Phy Polarity                     : 0

    Phy PolaritySplit                : 0

    Background Rate                  : 30

    Strip Size                       : 64kB

    Flush Time                       : 4 seconds

    Write Policy                     : WB

    Read Policy                      : Adaptive

    Cache When BBU Bad               : Enabled

    Cached IO                        : Yes

    SMART Mode                       : Mode 6

    Alarm Disable                    : Yes

    Coercion Mode                    : 1GB

    ZCR Config                       : Unknown

    Dirty LED Shows Drive Activity   : No

    BIOS Continue on Error           : 0

    Spin Down Mode                   : None

    Allowed Device Type              : SAS/SATA Mix

    Allow Mix in Enclosure           : Yes

    Allow HDD SAS/SATA Mix in VD     : Yes

    Allow SSD SAS/SATA Mix in VD     : Yes

    Allow HDD/SSD Mix in VD          : Yes

    Allow SATA in Cluster            : No

    Max Chained Enclosures           : 16

    Disable Ctrl-R                   : Yes

    Enable Web BIOS                  : Yes

    Direct PD Mapping                : No

    BIOS Enumerate VDs               : Yes

    Restore Hot Spare on Insertion   : No

    Expose Enclosure Devices         : Yes

    Maintain PD Fail History         : No

    Disable Puncturing               : No

    Zero Based Enclosure Enumeration : No

    PreBoot CLI Enabled              : Yes

    LED Show Drive Activity          : Yes

    Cluster Disable                  : Yes

    SAS Disable                      : No

    Auto Detect BackPlane Enable     : SGPIO/i2c SEP

    Use FDE Only                     : No

    Enable Led Header                : No

    Delay during POST                : 0

    EnableCrashDump                  : No

    Disable Online Controller Reset  : No

    EnableLDBBM                      : Yes

    Un-Certified Hard Disk Drives    : Allow

    Treat Single span R1E as R10     : No

    Max LD per array                 : 16

    Power Saving option              : Don't Auto spin down Configured Drives

    Max power savings option is  not allowed for LDs. Only T10 power conditions are to be used.

    Default spin down time in minutes: 30

    Enable JBOD                      : No

    TTY Log In Flash                 : No

    Auto Enhanced Import             : No

    BreakMirror RAID Support         : No

    Disable Join Mirror              : No

    Enable Shield State              : No

    Time taken to detect CME         : 60s

    Exit Code: 0x00



  • 4.  RE: Yellow status on LSI 2108 RAID after ESXi update

    Posted Nov 19, 2019 06:33 AM

    Is the hardware you used supermicro? From the information you sent, I see you're using Supermicro. If so, the latest ESXi 5.5 U3 support.

    VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search



  • 5.  RE: Yellow status on LSI 2108 RAID after ESXi update

    Posted Nov 20, 2019 08:49 AM

    So the HCL incompatibility is suddenly causing the Yellow status? This server always had 6.5 installed, but the warning only started after the latest update.