Creating a ZFS-only box – the first look

I’m about to start setting up a ZFS-only box using FreeBSD 8.2. There will be no UFS volumes in this system. Every previous server I have set up has always booted from a gmirror’d UFS system first, then mounted a ZFS array. This time, everything will be on ZFS.

I’ve described this server previously when I first chose the parts back in January. Now, the push is on to get this system installed because it’s going to be used as a Bacula tutorial tool at BSDCan 2013 next month.

I have installed 6x Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB HDD in this system. I’ll be running raidz2 on this system. But I’ve run out of time today. All I’ve managed to do is set up the box on the workbench. It took 20 minutes find a VGA cable in the storage area. The system is presently booted from a 7th drive, which I use for just this purpose.

Each Toshiba HDD is attached to the motherboard. There will be no SATA cards used. The boot drive is plugged into a 2-port SATA card, but that will be removed prior to deployment.

I will be using one of these ZFS guides, mostly like the one from pjd.

Here’s the full dmesg output.

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FreeBSD 9.1-STABLE #0 r247249: Mon Feb 25 01:57:17 UTC 2013
    root@floater.unixathome.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FLOATER amd64
CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 V2 @ 3.30GHz (3300.10-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x306a9  Family = 0x6  Model = 0x3a  Stepping = 9
  Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
  Features2=0x7fbae3ff<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,POPCNT,TSCDLT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,AVX,F16C,RDRAND>
  AMD Features=0x28100800<SYSCALL,NX,RDTSCP,LM>
  AMD Features2=0x1<LAHF>
  Standard Extended Features=0x281<GSFSBASE,SMEP,ENHMOVSB>
  TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
real memory  = 17188257792 (16392 MB)
avail memory = 16495620096 (15731 MB)
Event timer "LAPIC" quality 600
ACPI APIC Table: <SUPERM SMCI--MB>
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 8 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 4 core(s) x 2 SMT threads
 cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID:  0
 cpu1 (AP): APIC ID:  1
 cpu2 (AP): APIC ID:  2
 cpu3 (AP): APIC ID:  3
 cpu4 (AP): APIC ID:  4
 cpu5 (AP): APIC ID:  5
 cpu6 (AP): APIC ID:  6
 cpu7 (AP): APIC ID:  7
ioapic0 <Version 2.0> irqs 0-23 on motherboard
kbd1 at kbdmux0
ctl: CAM Target Layer loaded
acpi0: <SUPERM SMCI--MB> on motherboard
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
acpi0: reservation of 67, 1 (4) failed
cpu0: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu1: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu2: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu3: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu4: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu5: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu6: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
cpu7: <ACPI CPU> on acpi0
hpet0: <High Precision Event Timer> iomem 0xfed00000-0xfed003ff on acpi0
Timecounter "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 950
Event timer "HPET" frequency 14318180 Hz quality 550
atrtc0: <AT realtime clock> port 0x70-0x77 irq 8 on acpi0
atrtc0: Warning: Couldn't map I/O.
Event timer "RTC" frequency 32768 Hz quality 0
attimer0: <AT timer> port 0x40-0x43,0x50-0x53 irq 0 on acpi0
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
Event timer "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 100
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 900
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x408-0x40b on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
ehci0: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xdfc04000-0xdfc043ff irq 16 at device 26.0 on pci0
usbus0: EHCI version 1.0
usbus0 on ehci0
pcib1: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 28.0 on pci0
pci1: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib1
ahci0: <Marvell 88SE912x AHCI SATA controller> port 0xe090-0xe097,0xe080-0xe083,0xe070-0xe077,0xe060-0xe063,0xe050-0xe05f mem 0xdfb21000-0xdfb217ff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
ahci0: AHCI v1.00 with 2 6Gbps ports, Port Multiplier supported with FBS
ahcich0: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci0
ahcich1: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci0
atapci0: <Marvell 88SE912x UDMA133 controller> port 0xe040-0xe047,0xe030-0xe033,0xe020-0xe027,0xe010-0xe013,0xe000-0xe00f mem 0xdfb20000-0xdfb2000f irq 17 at device 0.1 on pci1
pcib2: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 16 at device 28.4 on pci0
pci2: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib2
em0: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.3.2> port 0xd000-0xd01f mem 0xdfa00000-0xdfa1ffff,0xdfa20000-0xdfa23fff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci2
em0: Using MSIX interrupts with 3 vectors
em0: Ethernet address: 00:25:90:a4:cd:d4
pcib3: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> irq 18 at device 28.6 on pci0
pci3: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib3
em1: <Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection 7.3.2> port 0xc000-0xc01f mem 0xdf900000-0xdf91ffff,0xdf920000-0xdf923fff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci3
em1: Using MSIX interrupts with 3 vectors
em1: Ethernet address: 00:25:90:a4:cd:d5
ehci1: <EHCI (generic) USB 2.0 controller> mem 0xdfc03000-0xdfc033ff irq 23 at device 29.0 on pci0
usbus1: EHCI version 1.0
usbus1 on ehci1
pcib4: <ACPI PCI-PCI bridge> at device 30.0 on pci0
pci4: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib4
vgapci0: <VGA-compatible display> mem 0xde000000-0xdeffffff,0xdf800000-0xdf803fff,0xdf000000-0xdf7fffff irq 23 at device 3.0 on pci4
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 31.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
ahci1: <Intel Cougar Point AHCI SATA controller> port 0xf050-0xf057,0xf040-0xf043,0xf030-0xf037,0xf020-0xf023,0xf000-0xf01f mem 0xdfc02000-0xdfc027ff irq 19 at device 31.2 on pci0
ahci1: AHCI v1.30 with 6 3Gbps ports, Port Multiplier not supported
ahcich2: <AHCI channel> at channel 0 on ahci1
ahcich3: <AHCI channel> at channel 1 on ahci1
ahcich4: <AHCI channel> at channel 2 on ahci1
ahcich5: <AHCI channel> at channel 3 on ahci1
ahcich6: <AHCI channel> at channel 4 on ahci1
ahcich7: <AHCI channel> at channel 5 on ahci1
pci0: <serial bus, SMBus> at device 31.3 (no driver attached)
acpi_button0: <Power Button> on acpi0
acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
acpi_tz1: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x60,0x64 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
atkbd0: [GIANT-LOCKED]
uart0: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
uart1: <16550 or compatible> port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0
uart2: <16550 or compatible> port 0x3e8-0x3ef irq 10 on acpi0
orm0: <ISA Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc0000-0xc7fff,0xc8000-0xcafff,0xcb000-0xcbfff on isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
ppc0: cannot reserve I/O port range
est0: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu0
p4tcc0: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu0
est1: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu1
p4tcc1: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu1
est2: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu2
p4tcc2: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu2
est3: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu3
p4tcc3: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu3
est4: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu4
p4tcc4: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu4
est5: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu5
p4tcc5: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu5
est6: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu6
p4tcc6: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu6
est7: <Enhanced SpeedStep Frequency Control> on cpu7
p4tcc7: <CPU Frequency Thermal Control> on cpu7
Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
usbus0: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
usbus1: 480Mbps High Speed USB v2.0
ugen0.1: <Intel> at usbus0
uhub0: <Intel EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus0
ugen1.1: <Intel> at usbus1
uhub1: <Intel EHCI root HUB, class 9/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 1> on usbus1
ada0 at ahcich1 bus 0 scbus1 target 0 lun 0
ada0: <WDC WD5000AAKS-00YGA0 12.01C02> ATA-8 SATA 2.x device
ada0: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)
ada0: Command Queueing enabled
ada0: 476940MB (976773168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C)
ada0: Previously was known as ad6
ada1 at ahcich2 bus 0 scbus2 target 0 lun 0
ada1: <TOSHIBA DT01ACA300 MX6OABB0> ATA-8 SATA 3.x device
ada1: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)
ada1: Command Queueing enabled
ada1: 2861588MB (5860533168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C)
ada1: Previously was known as ad8
ada2 at ahcich3 bus 0 scbus3 target 0 lun 0
ada2: <Hitachi HDS723030BLE640 MX6OAAB0> ATA-8 SATA 3.x device
ada2: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)
ada2: Command Queueing enabled
ada2: 2861588MB (5860533168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C)
ada2: Previously was known as ad10
ada3 at ahcich4 bus 0 scbus4 target 0 lun 0
ada3: <Hitachi HDS723030BLE640 MX6OAAB0> ATA-8 SATA 3.x device
ada3: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)
ada3: Command Queueing enabled
ada3: 2861588MB (5860533168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C)
ada3: Previously was known as ad12
ada4 at ahcich5 bus 0 scbus5 target 0 lun 0
ada4: <Hitachi HDS723030BLE640 MX6OAAB0> ATA-8 SATA 3.x device
ada4: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)
ada4: Command Queueing enabled
ada4: 2861588MB (5860533168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C)
ada4: Previously was known as ad14
ada5 at ahcich6 bus 0 scbus6 target 0 lun 0
ada5: <Hitachi HDS723030BLE640 MX6OAAB0> ATA-8 SATA 3.x device
ada5: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)
ada5: Command Queueing enabled
ada5: 2861588MB (5860533168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C)
ada5: Previously was known as ad16
ada6 at ahcich7 bus 0 scbus7 target 0 lun 0
ada6: <Hitachi HDS723030BLE640 MX6OAAB0> ATA-8 SATA 3.x device
ada6: 300.000MB/s transfers (SATA 2.x, UDMA6, PIO 8192bytes)
ada6: Command Queueing enabled
ada6: 2861588MB (5860533168 512 byte sectors: 16H 63S/T 16383C)
ada6: Previously was known as ad18
SMP: AP CPU #1 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #2 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #6 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #5 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #3 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #4 Launched!
SMP: AP CPU #7 Launched!
Timecounter "TSC-low" frequency 1650047642 Hz quality 1000
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
Root mount waiting for: usbus1 usbus0
ugen0.2: <vendor 0x8087> at usbus0
uhub2: <vendor 0x8087 product 0x0024, class 9/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 2> on usbus0
ugen1.2: <vendor 0x8087> at usbus1
uhub3: <vendor 0x8087 product 0x0024, class 9/0, rev 2.00/0.00, addr 2> on usbus1
Root mount waiting for: usbus1 usbus0
uhub3: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
uhub2: 6 ports with 6 removable, self powered
ugen0.3: <Winbond Electronics Corp> at usbus0
ums0: <Winbond Electronics Corp Hermon USB hidmouse Device, class 0/0, rev 1.10/0.01, addr 3> on usbus0
ums0: 3 buttons and [Z] coordinates ID=0
ukbd0: <Winbond Electronics Corp Hermon USB hidmouse Device, class 0/0, rev 1.10/0.01, addr 3> on usbus0
kbd2 at ukbd0
Trying to mount root from ufs:/dev/ada0p2 [rw]...