Topics: FreeNAS

Scope/Description To create an AFP share on FreeNAS for access by MacOS Clients Prerequisites: A FreeNAS installation, a data storage pool and a dataset. Steps It’s recommended that when creating new shares of differing types, you first create a dataset for that share. For this example, the dataset is named “AFP.” Edit the dataset permissions […]

Scope/Description To physically locate hard drives in the chassis while using FreeNAS OS. Prerequisites FreeNAS installed Storage hard drives installed in chassis. Steps To locate a drive within our system for any reason such as sector errors, failures and replacements, you would start with retrieving the serial number of the drive in question. For this […]

rm -f /etc/hptuser.dat /etc/init.d/hptdaemon stop /etc/init.d/hptdaemon start Wait for about 10 seconds and then try the default login credentials Username: RAID Password: hpt   Password can now be changed within the Web GUI once you are logged in.

When the unit is restarting, Press F11 to get into the boot menu. Select the second drive to boot from and allow the unit to boot into FreeNAS. When the FreeNAS options appear, type the number 9 to enter the Shell. Type the following commands to correct the bad partition on the original drive. gpart […]

Scope/Description This article details the process of downloading the necessary packages to use the SAS3IRCU commands. These commands can be used to locate drives on specific controller cards within the system. Prerequisites A configured Storinator running CentOS or FreeNAS FreeNAS comes with packages pre-installed Steps Install SAS3IRCU on CentOS Download the sas3ircu command: wget http://images.45drives.com/tools/sas3ircu […]

In this example we have a 30 disk RAID10 and FreeNAS is telling me one of my disks has 52 bad sectors. My pool has not degraded as the disk is still working but I want to switch this disk out as its only going to get worse. The error it is reporting is: Device: /dev/hptnr [hpt_disk_2/11/1], […]

FreeNAS comes with Network UPS Tools, also known as NUT, to provide support for UPS devices. The first step is to connect the APC UPS to the FreeNAS unit using either a serial or USB port. We’ll now need to find the APC USB port name. We can do this by using the following command […]

Scope/Description To obtain the latest firmware and install in on your LSI 9305 controllers. This article references using 9305 16i Controllers. The commands will work the same for the 24i Controllers but you will need to obtain a different firmware file. Prerequisite Having LSI 9305 controllers installed in your system. Server must have internet access […]

Upgrading Using the FreeNAS ISO To perform an upgrade using this method, download  the .iso to the computer that will be used to prepare the installation media. Mount the downloaded .iso file as virtual media within the IPMI Remote Console using the instructions in KB450190. Insert the prepared media into the system and boot from […]

Once FreeNAS has booted up and you see the main menu (below), type 1 then return to start configuring the network interface(s). We only have one in this tutorial. You will then be prompted to select an interface. Enter the number not the name of the interface. E.g. 1. You will be asked if you […]