Dell 7040 NVMe SSD Boot Issue
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@george1421 Second test, switch raid-on mode to achi.
lsblk reports:
[Wed Jan 25 root@fogclient ~]# lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT nvme0n1 259:0 0 238.5G 0 disk |-nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 3G 0 part `-nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 235.5G 0 partand lspci
[Wed Jan 25 root@fogclient ~]# lspci -nn 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [8086:191f] (rev 07) 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Sky Lake PCIe Controller (x16) [8086:1901] (rev 07) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Integrated Graphics [8086:1912] (rev 06) 00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller [8086:a12f] (rev 31) 00:14.2 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H Thermal subsystem [8086:a131] (rev 31) 00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI #1 [8086:a13a] (rev 31) 00:16.3 Serial controller [0700]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H KT Redirection [8086:a13d] (rev 31) 00:17.0 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SATA controller [AHCI mode] [8086:a102] (rev 31) 00:1b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Root Port #17 [8086:a167] (rev f1) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller [8086:a146] (rev 31) 00:1f.2 Memory controller [0580]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PMC [8086:a121] (rev 31) 00:1f.3 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H HD Audio [8086:a170] (rev 31) 00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SMBus [8086:a123] (rev 31) 00:1f.6 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I219-LM [8086:15b7] (rev 31) 02:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:010f] (rev 01) [Wed Jan 25 root@fogclient ~]# -
@george1421 I had to do real work this afternoon so I had to stop.
But the last thing I did was try to install windows 10 from the recovery disk and the windows 10 installer would not see the nvme disk in uefi mode with raid-on. When I have a bit more time I’ll see if I can boot a ubuntu live dvd and see if that will see that nvme drive.
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Here is what I got when I booted Ubuntu 16.04 from USB. I ran through the same commands you ran previously in the thread.
BIOS: UEFI
SATA Operation: RAIDlsblk still does not show the hard drive.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 1 14.9G 0 disk /cdrom ├─sda1 8:1 1 1.4G 0 part └─sda2 8:2 1 2.3M 0 part loop0 7:0 0 1.4G 1 loop /rofs ubuntu@ubuntu:~$Onboard Hardware:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lspci -nn 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [8086:191f] (rev 07) 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Sky Lake PCIe Controller (x16) [8086:1901] (rev 07) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Integrated Graphics [8086:1912] (rev 06) 00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller [8086:a12f] (rev 31) 00:14.2 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H Thermal subsystem [8086:a131] (rev 31) 00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI #1 [8086:a13a] (rev 31) 00:17.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: Intel Corporation SATA Controller [RAID mode] [8086:2822] (rev 31) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller [8086:a146] (rev 31) 00:1f.2 Memory controller [0580]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PMC [8086:a121] (rev 31) 00:1f.3 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H HD Audio [8086:a170] (rev 31) 00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SMBus [8086:a123] (rev 31) 00:1f.6 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I219-LM [8086:15b7] (rev 31) ubuntu@ubuntu:~$Kernel Drivers
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lspci -k 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 07) Subsystem: Dell Skylake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 07) Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Integrated Graphics (rev 06) Subsystem: Dell Skylake Integrated Graphics Kernel driver in use: i915_bpo Kernel modules: i915_bpo 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 31) Subsystem: Dell Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd 00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H Thermal subsystem (rev 31) Subsystem: Dell Sunrise Point-H Thermal subsystem 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI #1 (rev 31) Subsystem: Dell Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI Kernel driver in use: mei_me Kernel modules: mei_me 00:17.0 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation SATA Controller [RAID mode] (rev 31) Subsystem: Dell SATA Controller [RAID mode] Kernel driver in use: ahci Kernel modules: ahci 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller (rev 31) Subsystem: Dell Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller 00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PMC (rev 31) Subsystem: Dell Sunrise Point-H PMC 00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H HD Audio (rev 31) Subsystem: Dell Sunrise Point-H HD Audio Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel 00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SMBus (rev 31) Subsystem: Dell Sunrise Point-H SMBus Kernel modules: i2c_i801 00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I219-LM (rev 31) Subsystem: Dell Ethernet Connection (2) I219-LM Kernel driver in use: e1000e Kernel modules: e1000e -
@jburleson Second test. Switch from UEFI to Legacy but left SATA Operation in RAID mode.
You are going to like this.
lsblk
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 1 14.9G 0 disk /cdrom ├─sda1 8:1 1 1.4G 0 part └─sda2 8:2 1 2.3M 0 part loop0 7:0 0 1.4G 1 loop /rofs nvme0n1 259:0 0 238.5G 0 disk ├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 450M 0 part ├─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 100M 0 part ├─nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 16M 0 part └─nvme0n1p4 259:4 0 237.9G 0 part ubuntu@ubuntu:~$Onboard Hardware:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lspci -nn 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers [8086:191f] (rev 07) 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Sky Lake PCIe Controller (x16) [8086:1901] (rev 07) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Integrated Graphics [8086:1912] (rev 06) 00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller [8086:a12f] (rev 31) 00:14.2 Signal processing controller [1180]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H Thermal subsystem [8086:a131] (rev 31) 00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI #1 [8086:a13a] (rev 31) 00:17.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: Intel Corporation SATA Controller [RAID mode] [8086:2822] (rev 31) 00:1b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Root Port #17 [8086:a167] (rev f1) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller [8086:a146] (rev 31) 00:1f.2 Memory controller [0580]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PMC [8086:a121] (rev 31) 00:1f.3 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H HD Audio [8086:a170] (rev 31) 00:1f.4 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SMBus [8086:a123] (rev 31) 00:1f.6 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I219-LM [8086:15b7] (rev 31) 02:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller [144d:a802] (rev 01) ubuntu@ubuntu:~$Notice the new addition
02:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller [0108]: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller [144d:a802] (rev 01)Kernel Drivers
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lspci -k 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 07) Subsystem: Dell Skylake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 07) Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Integrated Graphics (rev 06) Subsystem: Dell Skylake Integrated Graphics Kernel driver in use: i915_bpo Kernel modules: i915_bpo 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 31) Subsystem: Dell Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd 00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H Thermal subsystem (rev 31) Subsystem: Dell Sunrise Point-H Thermal subsystem 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI #1 (rev 31) Subsystem: Dell Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI Kernel driver in use: mei_me Kernel modules: mei_me 00:17.0 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation SATA Controller [RAID mode] (rev 31) Subsystem: Dell SATA Controller [RAID mode] Kernel driver in use: ahci Kernel modules: ahci 00:1b.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Root Port #17 (rev f1) Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel modules: shpchp 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller (rev 31) Subsystem: Dell Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller 00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PMC (rev 31) Subsystem: Dell Sunrise Point-H PMC 00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H HD Audio (rev 31) Subsystem: Dell Sunrise Point-H HD Audio Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel 00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SMBus (rev 31) Subsystem: Dell Sunrise Point-H SMBus Kernel modules: i2c_i801 00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I219-LM (rev 31) Subsystem: Dell Ethernet Connection (2) I219-LM Kernel driver in use: e1000e Kernel modules: e1000e 02:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller (rev 01) Subsystem: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd NVMe SSD Controller Kernel driver in use: nvme Kernel modules: nvme ubuntu@ubuntu:~$Picked up the Samsung controller here as well.
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@jburleson This seems to be a known issue or least it has been reported elsewhere.
Here is an ArchLinux post from a year ago about the same issue.
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=204629I also found posts on superuser about linux not finding the nvme drive under UEFI with RAID on.
Ultimately the solution was to switch to ACHI.
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@jburleson That is about what conclusion I came up with.
I used linux mint. It would not find the hard drive in raid-on mode but would in achi mode. The same held true for windows 10 with in uefi mode. The nearest I can guess is that raid mode and uefi are not happy together.
So at the end of the day if anyone needs to use an nvme disk in uefi mode they MUST switch the disk mode to achi, period.
Thank you for testing in your environment too. I think we have a solid answer, use achi mode if you are running uefi on a Dell 7040.
<edit> FWIW the firmware on this 7040 is 1.4.5 (which I know isn’t the latest).
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@george1421 I updated the BIOS on mine to 1.5.7. Same results.
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Hi,
I just got a call from a colleague that we had the same problem today. I updated last Thursday to the latest svn 6061, before we used an svn from the beginning of 2016 with a kernel of December 2016.
Before the Optiplex 7040 worked great without any changes to RAID or AHCI.The change to AHCI works for us, it still gives some errors but it continues.
Kind regards,
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@jjacobs Just for clarity (understand its early here in the US). Are you saying a kernel from early december worked correctly on a 7040 with an nvme disk running in uefi mode? And now you updated to svn 6061 and it failes?
If this is the case it gives us a solid timeline.
BUT I’m suspecting there are different circumstances since Win10, Mint 18, and Ubuntu 16.04 (actually what Mint 18 is based on) gave us the same results as the FOS Linux.
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@george1421, no we are using the legacy mode, i didn’t knew that the uefi mode worked in Fog
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@jjacobs said in Dell 7040 NVMe SSD Boot Issue:
@george1421, no we are using the legacy mode, i didn’t knew that the uefi mode worked in Fog
OK thanks for clearing that up.
Yes, uefi (working well) and nvme disks were added in an early 1.2.0 trunk release of FOG. With FOG 1.3.x both are fully supported and work very well. UEFI (EFI) is here to stay so its either support or die. Many new systems are coming uefi only (i.e. MS Surface Pro)
