Highpoint 7101A - PCIe 3.0 SSD performance for the cMP

[handheldgames]

Thanks for the tip! I've ordered it for both my my 7101's!

Installing the replacement Delta Fan from DigiKey was a easy and it completely eliminates the whine generated by OEM fan. I hacked it in within 5 minutes using a pair of scissors, a lighter, some tape and a screwdriver and will clean up the install with heat shrink tubing over the weekend.

Thanks again for the tip.

While this is not a silent solution, the fan easily blends into the ambiance created by the MacPro's internal fans. Additional heat from the reduced airflow is more than worth the benefit of addressing an obvious oversight in the original design.

 

[Kedbear]

Here is the system readout after the kernel panic when the computer goes to sleep. Is anyone able to let me know what this means?

 

[tsialex]

Here is the system readout after the kernel panic when the computer goes to sleep. Is anyone able to let me know what this means? View attachment 891573 View attachment 891574

USB related, SSD7101A-1 has no USB bus or nothing that connects to USB.

 

[Theophilos]

USB related, SSD7101A-1 has no USB bus or nothing that connects to USB.

My error log is almost exactly the same. Even though it mentions the USB IO, it has to be related in some way to the Highpoint as both of us have the same issue when the Highpoint is installed. I removed my Highpoint and no more panics for a couple of days of continuous use.

Looking at the top of the report, it seems somehow related to Power Nap as it references "darkwake."

 

[tsialex]

My error log is almost exactly the same. Even though it mentions the USB IO, it has to be related in some way to the Highpoint as both of us have the same issue when the Highpoint is installed. I removed my Highpoint and no more panics for a couple of days of continuous use.

Looking at the top of the report, it seems somehow related to Power Nap as it references "darkwake."

Uninstall HighPoint drivers, see if still happens. SSD7101A-1 works fine without HighPoint drivers since the PLX switch is natively supported by the kernel.

 

[Theophilos]

Uninstall HighPoint drivers, see if still happens. SSD7101A-1 works fine without HighPoint drivers since the PLX switch is natively supported by the kernel.

Thanks. I had a mind to do that so I just reinstalled the Highpoint with 2 Samsung Evo Plus 1 TB drives. I removed the fan and the front wall from the heat shroud to let the Mac Pro cool things better. I also removed the Highpoint driver and WebGUI and set up RAID 0 using Disk Utility. We'll see if the issue returns.

I still can't get over the fact that a 210 GB transfer from one SSD array to this one takes less than a minute!

 

[Kedbear]

Uninstall HighPoint drivers, see if still happens. SSD7101A-1 works fine without HighPoint drivers since the PLX switch is natively supported by the kernel.

If i remove the driver will i be unable to use the highpoint WebGui? Also will the raid array i created with the highpoint webgui no longer work? Will i need to create a new raid array using eg disk utility and therefore have to wipe the drives and start again?

 

[tsialex]

If i remove the driver will i be unable to use the highpoint WebGui?

It won't work without the High Point drivers.

Also the raid i created with the highpoint webgui no longer work?

Also won't work without the High Point drivers.

Will i need to create a new raid array using eg disk utility and therefore have to wipe the drives and start again?

Yes.

 

[Theophilos]

Highpoint SSD7101A Still Crashes Mac Pro

I'm sorry to say that, even after removing the driver and WebGUI, the Highpoint card crashes and shuts down my Mac Pro. Disappointing.

Machine-check capabilities: 0x0000000007000c14
family: 6 model: 85 stepping: 7 microcode: 83886123
signature: 0x50657
Intel(R) Xeon(R) W-3245 CPU @ 3.20GHz
20 error-reporting banks
Processor 0: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0xfe00000000800400
IA32_MC4_ADDR(0x412): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC4_MISC(0x413): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC11_STATUS(0x42d): 0xfe200000000c110a
IA32_MC11_ADDR(0x42e): 0x0000000061d00000
IA32_MC11_MISC(0x42f): 0x002070a600c00086
Processor 1: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0xfe00000000800400
IA32_MC4_ADDR(0x412): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC4_MISC(0x413): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC11_STATUS(0x42d): 0xfe200000000c110a
IA32_MC11_ADDR(0x42e): 0x0000000061d00000
IA32_MC11_MISC(0x42f): 0x002070a600c00086
Processor 2: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0xfe00000000800400
IA32_MC4_ADDR(0x412): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC4_MISC(0x413): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC11_STATUS(0x42d): 0xfe200000000c110a
IA32_MC11_ADDR(0x42e): 0x0000000061d00000
IA32_MC11_MISC(0x42f): 0x002070a600c00086
Processor 3: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0xfe00000000800400
IA32_MC4_ADDR(0x412): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC4_MISC(0x413): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC11_STATUS(0x42d): 0xfe200000000c110a
IA32_MC11_ADDR(0x42e): 0x0000000061d00000
IA32_MC11_MISC(0x42f): 0x002070a600c00086
Processor 4: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0xfe00000000800400
IA32_MC4_ADDR(0x412): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC4_MISC(0x413): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC11_STATUS(0x42d): 0xfe200000000c110a
IA32_MC11_ADDR(0x42e): 0x0000000061d00000
IA32_MC11_MISC(0x42f): 0x002070a600c00086
Processor 5: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0xfe00000000800400
IA32_MC4_ADDR(0x412): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC4_MISC(0x413): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC11_STATUS(0x42d): 0xfe200000000c110a
IA32_MC11_ADDR(0x42e): 0x0000000061d00000
IA32_MC11_MISC(0x42f): 0x002070a600c00086
Processor 8: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0xfe00000000800400
IA32_MC4_ADDR(0x412): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC4_MISC(0x413): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC11_STATUS(0x42d): 0xfe200000000c110a
IA32_MC11_ADDR(0x42e): 0x0000000061d00000
IA32_MC11_MISC(0x42f): 0x002070a600c00086
Processor 9: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0xfe00000000800400
IA32_MC4_ADDR(0x412): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC4_MISC(0x413): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC11_STATUS(0x42d): 0xfe200000000c110a
IA32_MC11_ADDR(0x42e): 0x0000000061d00000
IA32_MC11_MISC(0x42f): 0x002070a600c00086
Processor 10: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0xfe00000000800400
IA32_MC4_ADDR(0x412): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC4_MISC(0x413): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC11_STATUS(0x42d): 0xfe200000000c110a
IA32_MC11_ADDR(0x42e): 0x0000000061d00000
IA32_MC11_MISC(0x42f): 0x002070a600c00086
Processor 11: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0xfe00000000800400
IA32_MC4_ADDR(0x412): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC4_MISC(0x413): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC11_STATUS(0x42d): 0xfe200000000c110a
IA32_MC11_ADDR(0x42e): 0x0000000061d00000
IA32_MC11_MISC(0x42f): 0x002070a600c00086
Processor 12: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0xfe00000000800400
IA32_MC4_ADDR(0x412): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC4_MISC(0x413): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC11_STATUS(0x42d): 0xfe200000000c110a
IA32_MC11_ADDR(0x42e): 0x0000000061d00000
IA32_MC11_MISC(0x42f): 0x002070a600c00086
Processor 13: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0xfe00000000800400
IA32_MC4_ADDR(0x412): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC4_MISC(0x413): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC11_STATUS(0x42d): 0xfe200000000c110a
IA32_MC11_ADDR(0x42e): 0x0000000061d00000
IA32_MC11_MISC(0x42f): 0x002070a600c00086
Processor 14: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0xfe00000000800400
IA32_MC4_ADDR(0x412): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC4_MISC(0x413): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC11_STATUS(0x42d): 0xfe200000000c110a
IA32_MC11_ADDR(0x42e): 0x0000000061d00000
IA32_MC11_MISC(0x42f): 0x002070a600c00086
Processor 15: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0xfe00000000800400
IA32_MC4_ADDR(0x412): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC4_MISC(0x413): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC11_STATUS(0x42d): 0xfe200000000c110a
IA32_MC11_ADDR(0x42e): 0x0000000061d00000
IA32_MC11_MISC(0x42f): 0x002070a600c00086
Processor 18: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0xfe00000000800400
IA32_MC4_ADDR(0x412): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC4_MISC(0x413): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC11_STATUS(0x42d): 0xfe200000000c110a
IA32_MC11_ADDR(0x42e): 0x0000000061d00000
IA32_MC11_MISC(0x42f): 0x002070a600c00086
Processor 19: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0xfe00000000800400
IA32_MC4_ADDR(0x412): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC4_MISC(0x413): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC11_STATUS(0x42d): 0xfe200000000c110a
IA32_MC11_ADDR(0x42e): 0x0000000061d00000
IA32_MC11_MISC(0x42f): 0x002070a600c00086
Processor 24: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0xfe00000000800400
IA32_MC4_ADDR(0x412): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC4_MISC(0x413): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC11_STATUS(0x42d): 0xfe200000000c110a
IA32_MC11_ADDR(0x42e): 0x0000000061d00000
IA32_MC11_MISC(0x42f): 0x002070a600c00086
Processor 25: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0xfe00000000800400
IA32_MC4_ADDR(0x412): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC4_MISC(0x413): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC11_STATUS(0x42d): 0xfe200000000c110a
IA32_MC11_ADDR(0x42e): 0x0000000061d00000
IA32_MC11_MISC(0x42f): 0x002070a600c00086
Processor 30: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0xfe00000000800400
IA32_MC4_ADDR(0x412): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC4_MISC(0x413): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC11_STATUS(0x42d): 0xfe200000000c110a
IA32_MC11_ADDR(0x42e): 0x0000000061d00000
IA32_MC11_MISC(0x42f): 0x002070a600c00086
Processor 31: IA32_MCG_STATUS: 0x0000000000000005
IA32_MC4_STATUS(0x411): 0xfe00000000800400
IA32_MC4_ADDR(0x412): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC4_MISC(0x413): 0x<ptr>
IA32_MC11_STATUS(0x42d): 0xfe200000000c110a
IA32_MC11_ADDR(0x42e): 0x0000000061d00000
IA32_MC11_MISC(0x42f): 0x002070a600c00086
mp_kdp_enter() timed-out on cpu 2, NMI-ing
mp_kdp_enter() NMI pending on cpus: 0 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
mp_kdp_enter() timed-out during locked wait after NMI;expected 32 acks but received 1 after 24874232 loops in 1596000000 ticks
panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff8019065b2c): "Machine Check at 0xffffff8018ee2c15, registers:\n" "CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000111049000, CR3: 0x000000001db01000, CR4: 0x00000000003626e0\n" "RAX: 0x00000000b0b2a498, RBX: 0xffffff828f6546d8, RCX: 0x0000000000000001, RDX: 0x0000000000000005\n" "RSP: 0xffffff9597ec8fe8, RBP: 0xffffffd5c9a73fa0, RSI: 0x0000000000000003, RDI: 0xffffff801980ce50\n" "R8: 0x0000000000000001, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0x0000000000000000, R11: 0x0000000000000000\n" "R12: 0xffffff9597ec8fe8, R13: 0x0000000000000000, R14: 0x0000000000000000, R15: 0xffffffd5c9a73eb0\n" "RFL: 0x0000000000000006, RIP: 0xffffff8018ee2c15, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010\n" "Error code: 0x0000000000000000\n"@/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/xnu/xnu-6153.81.5/osfmk/i386/trap_native.c:168
Backtrace (CPU 2), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff8018d52310 : 0xffffff8018f3bb2b
0xffffff8018d52360 : 0xffffff80190734d5
0xffffff8018d523a0 : 0xffffff8019064f4e
0xffffff8018d523f0 : 0xffffff8018ee2a40
0xffffff8018d52410 : 0xffffff8018f3b217
0xffffff8018d52510 : 0xffffff8018f3b5fb
0xffffff8018d52560 : 0xffffff80196d2aa9
0xffffff8018d525d0 : 0xffffff8019065b2c
0xffffff8018d526c0 : 0xffffff80196d2c28
0xffffff8018d526d0 : 0xffffff8018ee329f
0xffffffd5c9a73fa0 : 0xffffff8018ee213e

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Boot args: chunklist-security-epoch=0 -chunklist-no-rev2-dev

Mac OS version:
19D76

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 19.3.0: Thu Jan 9 20:58:23 PST 2020; root:xnu-6153.81.5~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: A8DDE75C-CD97-3C37-B35D-1070CC50D2CE
Kernel slide: 0x0000000018c00000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8018e00000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff8018d00000
System model name: MacPro7,1 (Mac-27AD2F918AE68F61)
System shutdown begun: NO

System uptime in nanoseconds: 1983538767197
last loaded kext at 56163953419: com.getdropbox.dropbox.kext 1.10.3 (addr 0xffffff7f9fbd0000, size 49152)
last unloaded kext at 324090903543: >!A!ILpssGspi 3.0.60 (addr 0xffffff7f99955000, size 45056)
loaded kexts:
com.getdropbox.dropbox.kext 1.10.3
com.google.drivefs.filesystems.dfsfuse 36.0.18
com.intel.driver.EnergyDriver 3.7.0
>AudioAUUC 1.70
>!AUpstreamUserClient 3.6.8
>!AMCCSControl 1.13
@kext.AMDFramebuffer 3.0.5
>!ATopCaseHIDEventDriver 3430.1
@kext.AMDRadeonX5000 3.0.5
@kext.AMDRadeonServiceManager 3.0.5
>!AGraphicsDevicePolicy 4.7.2
@fileutil 20.036.15
@AGDCPluginDisplayMetrics 4.7.2
>!AHV 1
|IOUserEthernet 1.0.1
|IO!BSerialManager 7.0.3f5
>pmtelemetry 1
@Dont_Steal_Mac_OS_X 7.0.0
>!APlatformEnabler 2.7.0d0
>AGPM 111.4.2
>X86PlatformShim 1.0.0
@kext.AMD10000!C 3.0.5
>BridgeAudioCommunication 6.66
>!AThunderboltIP 3.1.3
>!ABridgeAudio!C 6.66
>!AGFXHDA 100.1.424
>!A!ISlowAdaptiveClocking 4.0.0
>!AAVEBridge 6.1
>!A!IPCHPMC 2.0.1
>!A!IMCEReporter 115
@filesystems.autofs 3.0
>usb.!UHostBillboardDevice 1.0
>BCMWLANFirmware4355.Hashstore 1
>BCMWLANFirmware4364.Hashstore 1
>BCMWLANFirmware4377.Hashstore 1
>!ARAID 5.1.0
@filesystems.hfs.kext 522.0.9
@BootCache 40
@!AFSCompression.!AFSCompressionTypeDataless 1.0.0d1
@!AFSCompression.!AFSCompressionTypeZlib 1.0.0
>!AVirtIO 1.0
>!ABCMWLANBusInterfacePCIe 1
@filesystems.apfs 1412.81.1
@private.KextAudit 1.0
>!AAHCIPort 341.0.2
>!AACPIButtons 6.1
>!ASMBIOS 2.1
>!AACPIEC 6.1
>!AAPIC 1.7
$!AImage4 1
@nke.applicationfirewall 303
$TMSafetyNet 8
@!ASystemPolicy 2.0.0
|EndpointSecurity 1
>!AActuatorDriver 3430.1
>!AHIDKeyboard 209
>!ASMBus!C 1.0.18d1
>!AMultitouchDriver 3430.1
>!AInputDeviceSupport 3430.1
>!AHS!BDriver 3430.1
>IO!BHIDDriver 7.0.3f5
@kext.AMDRadeonX5700HWLibs 1.0
|IOAccelerator!F2 438.3.1
@kext.AMDRadeonX5000HWServices 3.0.5
>!AGraphicsControl 4.7.2
|IOAVB!F 800.17
>!ASSE 1.0
|IO!BHost!CUARTTransport 7.0.3f5
|IO!BHost!CTransport 7.0.3f5
@!AGPUWrangler 4.7.2
>usb.cdc.acm 5.0.0
>usb.serial 6.0.0
|IONDRVSupport 569.4
>!A16X50Serial 3.2
@kext.AMDSupport 3.0.5
@!AGraphicsDeviceControl 4.7.2
|IOGraphics!F 569.4
|IOSlowAdaptiveClocking!F 1.0.0
>X86PlatformPlugin 1.0.0
>IOPlatformPlugin!F 6.0.0d8
@plugin.IOgPTPPlugin 810.1
|IOEthernetAVB!C 1.1.0
@kext.triggers 1.0
>usb.cdc.ncm 5.0.0
>usb.!UHub 1.2
>usb.cdc 5.0.0
>usb.networking 5.0.0
>usb.!UHostCompositeDevice 1.2
|IOSurface 269.6
@filesystems.hfs.encodings.kext 1
|IOAudio!F 300.2
@vecLib.kext 1.2.0
>!AThunderboltPCIDownAdapter 2.5.4
>!AThunderboltDPInAdapter 6.2.5
>!AThunderboltDPAdapter!F 6.2.5
>!AHPM 3.4.4
>!A!ILpssI2C!C 3.0.60
>!A!ILpssDmac 3.0.60
>!AEthernetAquantiaAqtion 1.0.64
>!ABCMWLANCore 1.0.0
>mDNSOffloadUserClient 1.0.1b8
>IOImageLoader 1.0.0
|IOSerial!F 11
|IO80211!FV2 1200.12.2b1
>corecapture 1.0.4
|IOSkywalk!F 1
>!AThunderboltNHI 5.8.6
|IOThunderbolt!F 7.6.0
>usb.!UVHCIBCE 1.2
>usb.!UVHCI 1.2
>usb.!UVHCICommonBCE 1.0
>usb.!UVHCICommon 1.0
>!AEffaceableNOR 1.0
|IOUSB!F 900.4.2
|IOBufferCopy!C 1.1.0
|IOBufferCopyEngine!F 1
|IONVMe!F 2.1.0
>!A!ILpssI2C 3.0.60
|IOAHCI!F 290.0.1
>usb.!UXHCIPCI 1.2
>usb.!UXHCI 1.2
>!AEFINVRAM 2.1
>!AEFIRuntime 2.1
>!ASMCRTC 1.0
|IOSMBus!F 1.1
|IOHID!F 2.0.0
$quarantine 4
$sandbox 300.0
@kext.!AMatch 1.0.0d1
>!AKeyStore 2
>!UTDM 489.80.2
|IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice 422.0.2
>!ACredentialManager 1.0
>KernelRelayHost 1
>!ASEPManager 1.0.1
>IOSlaveProcessor 1
>!AFDEKeyStore 28.30
>!AEffaceable!S 1.0
>!AMobileFileIntegrity 1.0.5
@kext.CoreTrust 1
|CoreAnalytics!F 1
|IOTimeSync!F 810.1
|IONetworking!F 3.4
>DiskImages 493.0.0
|IO!B!F 7.0.3f5
|IO!BPacketLogger 7.0.3f5
|IOUSBMass!SDriver 157.40.7
|IOSCSIArchitectureModel!F 422.0.2
|IO!S!F 2.1
|IOUSBHost!F 1.2
>usb.!UCommon 1.0
>!UHostMergeProperties 1.2
>!ABusPower!C 1.0
|IOReport!F 47
>!AACPIPlatform 6.1
>!ASMC 3.1.9
>watchdog 1
|IOPCI!F 2.9
|IOACPI!F 1.4
@kec.pthread 1
@kec.corecrypto 1.0
@kec.Libm 1

 

[Theophilos]

Since my last post, I

- Reenabled full security via T2
- Disallowed booting from external drive (both using the Security Boot Manager in Recovery mode)

Sadly, that did not work and the system shut down at sleep again. I will now disable Power Nap and see if that makes any difference. If not, I will remove the card from my Mac for the last time and just get the Sonnet 4x4, which has been running beautifully in Slot 4 over the past few weeks.

Here is the latest panic report:

mp_kdp_enter() timed-out on cpu 20, NMI-ing
mp_kdp_enter() NMI pending on cpus: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
mp_kdp_enter() timed-out during locked wait after NMI;expected 32 acks but received 2 after 11398855 loops in 1596000000 ticks
panic(cpu 20 caller 0xffffff8009840991): "IPI timeout, unresponsive CPU bitmap: 0x4000, NMIPI acks: 0x0, now: 0x0, deadline: 1791426663148, pre-NMIPI time: 0x1a119599492, current: 0x1a13726fc6a, global: 1"@/BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/xnu/xnu-6153.81.5/osfmk/x86_64/pmap.c:2909
Backtrace (CPU 20), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff959d643680 : 0xffffff800973bb2b
0xffffff959d6436d0 : 0xffffff80098734d5
0xffffff959d643710 : 0xffffff8009864f4e
0xffffff959d643760 : 0xffffff80096e2a40
0xffffff959d643780 : 0xffffff800973b217
0xffffff959d643880 : 0xffffff800973b5fb
0xffffff959d6438d0 : 0xffffff8009ed2aa9
0xffffff959d643940 : 0xffffff8009840991
0xffffff959d6439f0 : 0xffffff80098465fa
0xffffff959d643ad0 : 0xffffff80098472a6
0xffffff959d643b30 : 0xffffff80097d3b1b
0xffffff959d643c80 : 0xffffff80097db49e
0xffffff959d643cb0 : 0xffffff80097cedc6
0xffffff959d643ce0 : 0xffffff8009dcb67f
0xffffff959d643d00 : 0xffffff8009e6ece4
0xffffff959d643d60 : 0xffffff8009825211
0xffffff959d643db0 : 0xffffff80097419d8
0xffffff959d643e10 : 0xffffff8009718635
0xffffff959d643e70 : 0xffffff800972f0e5
0xffffff959d643f00 : 0xffffff800984b575
0xffffff959d643fa0 : 0xffffff80096e3226

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: usbd
Boot args: chunklist-security-epoch=0 -chunklist-no-rev2-dev

Mac OS version:
19D76

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 19.3.0: Thu Jan 9 20:58:23 PST 2020; root:xnu-6153.81.5~1/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: A8DDE75C-CD97-3C37-B35D-1070CC50D2CE
Kernel slide: 0x0000000009400000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8009600000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff8009500000
System model name: MacPro7,1 (Mac-27AD2F918AE68F61)
System shutdown begun: NO

System uptime in nanoseconds: 1792932175406
last loaded kext at 55588840931: com.getdropbox.dropbox.kext 1.10.3 (addr 0xffffff7f903d0000, size 49152)
last unloaded kext at 216033452930: >!A!ILpssGspi 3.0.60 (addr 0xffffff7f8a155000, size 45056)
loaded kexts:
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[Theophilos]

Final Update

As mentioned above, I tried disabling Power Nap and set the computer to sleep. Within 30 seconds, it powered off by itself with the High Point card loaded. No change, unfortunately.

I removed the High Point SSD7101-1 and was able to put the computer to sleep normally with no issues.

The High Point SSD7101 is going back to Amazon and I will order another Sonnet 4x4, which has been rock solid on my Mac Pro.

FYI, here is the specific card I had.

 

[thexash]

Final Update

As mentioned above, I tried disabling Power Nap and set the computer to sleep. Within 30 seconds, it powered off by itself with the High Point card loaded. No change, unfortunately.

I removed the High Point SSD7101-1 and was able to put the computer to sleep normally with no issues.

The High Point SSD7101 is going back to Amazon and I will order another Sonnet 4x4, which has been rock solid on my Mac Pro.

FYI, here is the specific card I had.

Thanks a lot for the update, I was considering that card which I can get next day from Prime here, glad I didnt buy it.

 

[kittiyut]

@Theophilos - thanks for your posts and pictures. Sorry to hear about your troubles with the HP card. I'm glad I decided to wait and go with the AMFELTEC squid (and pay more - still waiting for it as it out of stock). Hopefully, you'll have more luck with the Sonnet card - where are you going to buy from anyway? It's out of stock everywhere!

 

[tsialex]

Thanks a lot for the update, I was considering that card which I can get next day from Prime here, glad I didnt buy it.

Hundreds of people here have SSD7101A-1, I have one for around a year, some people even have MP7,1 with two SSD7101A-1 without any problems. We know of two cards DOA in the past and two people with MP7,1 problems, one of the two is an open box, it's a very low reported quantity to think that the card is problematic in any way.

 

[thexash]

Hundreds of people here have SSD7101A-1, I have one for around a year, some people even have MP7,1 with two SSD7101A-1 without any problems. We know of two cards DOA in the past and two people with MP7,1 problems, one of the two is an open box, it's a very low reported quantity to think that the card is problematic in any way.

The issue is that I dont want to deal with returning it, and when I look at the HighPoint website I see no obvious mention of macOS support so that already didnt fill me with confidence. Also it seems like quite a few Mac Pro user dont use sleep so they might not have noticed that particular issue.

I've seen zero report of problems with the Sonnet 4x4 and they officially support macOS, so it just seems way safer... Which sucks because I can get the HighPoint in < 24hrs, and the Sonnet is out of stock everywhere I looked... (I'm not in the US)

I'll make due with some cheap PCIe adapters for now probably, I dont need the PCI slots yet.

 

[joevt]

Here is the system readout after the kernel panic when the computer goes to sleep. Is anyone able to let me know what this means?

Add keepsyms=1 to boot-args. It might give more info in the panic log.

First check what is currently in boot-args:

nvram boot-args

For example, if the result is:

boot-args    debug=0x144 -no_compat_check maxmem=63488

Then append keep-syms=1 like this:

sudo nvram "boot-args=debug=0x144 -no_compat_check maxmem=63488 keepsyms=1"

 

[Kedbear]

The issue is that I dont want to deal with returning it, and when I look at the HighPoint website I see no obvious mention of macOS support so that already didnt fill me with confidence. Also it seems like quite a few Mac Pro user dont use sleep so they might not have noticed that particular issue.

I've seen zero report of problems with the Sonnet 4x4 and they officially support macOS, so it just seems way safer... Which sucks because I can get the HighPoint in < 24hrs, and the Sonnet is out of stock everywhere I looked... (I'm not in the US)

I'll make due with some cheap PCIe adapters for now probably, I dont need the PCI slots yet.

I restarted my machine and was no longer able to sign in to the Highpoint WebGUI, even using their default password of hpt. The upshot is that now my 7,1 will go to sleep without crashing. However i've found that was because 'prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off' was checked. Soon as i uncheck that it crashes again.

 

[thexash]

I restarted my machine and was no longer able to sign in to the Highpoint WebGUI, even using their default password of hpt. The upshot is that now my 7,1 will go to sleep without crashing. However i've found that was because 'prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off' was checked. Soon as i uncheck that it crashes again.

Sounds plausible, I try to avoid anything from 3rd parties that goes into the kernel (drivers & kernel extensions), just recently I had Viscosity (VPN) recently crash my Mac Pro during sleep. Seems tricky for third parties to get sleep right... And even Apple if we're being honest When I got my mbp 16" the 1st version of Catalina on it sleep crashed when my external display was plugged in

Thanks for the update, I assume you can still access the drives on the HighPoint after removing the driver, you just see them as dumb drives and have to use Disk Utility or some other software to set them up in RAID?

 

[WillClementd]

Have you checked the firmware version of the 970 Evo Plus blades. If on the original firmware it causes macOS you kernel panic whatever enclosure they are in.

 

[profdraper]

Highpoint SSD7101A Still Crashes Mac Pro

I'm sorry to say that, even after removing the driver and WebGUI, the Highpoint card crashes and shuts down my Mac Pro. Disappointing.

FWIW, here's where I got to with the Highpoint (brief summary):
Latest drivers & WebGU, current model card (w/fan control etc); 4x500GB Samsung 970 EVO+ as RAID 0, current firmware. No sleep for this studio machine, of course. Catalina 10.15.3:

When sustained writing (say 20mins or so) optimised video media or cache (say ProRes) to the card set up as a Highpoint-controlled RAID 0, MacOS would sometimes crash, badly. ie, black sreeen & instant shut down. Would only restart after an SMC reset. Got a bit fed up with this when trying to do some as-usual work in DaVinci Resolve Studio 16 (and FCPX for that matter).

So I dissolved the HighPoint RAID, re-booted and set up another RAID 0, this time with OWC SoftRAID (& which is already well managing a RAID 4 volume on my Thunderbay 6). Net result: only very slightly slower RW speeds, the W may be a hair faster at times. However, now have had zero problems with crashes as per the Highpoint control. Back to work. And, clearly I will stay with SoftRAID for now (the full version here).

Final point: I had no need to uninstall either the Highpoint drivers or the WebUI. Upside is that the UI still sees the Highpoint card, can perform its diagnostics etc, and can control the fan speed. In my case, I removed the end plate and set the fan speed to 'low'. All good here now.

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Hundreds of people here have SSD7101A-1, I have one for around a year, some people even have MP7,1 with two SSD7101A-1 without any problems. We know of two cards DOA in the past and two people with MP7,1 problems, one of the two is an open box, it's a very low reported quantity to think that the card is problematic in any way.

Obviously seems to be a driver issue in my experience. SoftRAID has been far more reliable on the same card for me. See my other post, above.

 

[majus]

...when I look at the HighPoint website I see no obvious mention of macOS support so that already didnt fill me with confidence.

HighPoint does support the SSD7101A-1 on the Mac.

 

[flowrider]

The issue is that I dont want to deal with returning it, and when I look at the HighPoint website I see no obvious mention of macOS support so that already didnt fill me with confidence.

The SSD7101A definitely has Mac Support. I'm running a HighPoint SSD7103 on my 5,1 CMP. The 7103 is not listed by HighPoint as having Mac Support, but it runs great! I'll be transferring to my 7,1 when it arrives. It's supposed to be here between 2/10 and 2/12.

Lou

 

[1147402]

FWIW, here's where I got to with the Highpoint (brief summary):
Latest drivers & WebGU, current model card (w/fan control etc); 4x500GB Samsung 970 EVO+ as RAID 0, current firmware. No sleep for this studio machine, of course. Catalina 10.15.3:

When sustained writing (say 20mins or so) optimised video media or cache (say ProRes) to the card set up as a Highpoint-controlled RAID 0, MacOS would sometimes crash, badly. ie, black sreeen & instant shut down. Would only restart after an SMC reset. Got a bit fed up with this when trying to do some as-usual work in DaVinci Resolve Studio 16 (and FCPX for that matter).

So I dissolved the HighPoint RAID, re-booted and set up another RAID 0, this time with OWC SoftRAID (& which is already well managing a RAID 4 volume on my Thunderbay 6). Net result: only very slightly slower RW speeds, the W may be a hair faster at times. However, now have had zero problems with crashes as per the Highpoint control. Back to work. And, clearly I will stay with SoftRAID for now (the full version here).

I'm a bit confused regarding SSD7101A: this should be a hardware RAID controller, no? If yes then using software RAID is wasting money, if not this product seems overpriced.

I'm looking for a reliable solution that can have 2 - 4 Intel 760p M.2 NVMe RAID0 setup and as a software developer I'm not a big fan of kernel extension either. Or maybe 2 900p/905p PCIe blades w/ Apple RAID would be more reliable as it does not require any adapter cards and drivers?

 

[tsialex]

I'm a bit confused regarding SSD7101A: this should be a hardware RAID controller, no? If yes then using software RAID is wasting money, if not this product seems overpriced.

I'm looking for a reliable solution that can have 2 - 4 Intel 760p M.2 NVMe RAID0 setup and as a software developer I'm not a big fan of kernel extension either. Or maybe 2 900p/905p PCIe blades w/ Apple RAID would be more reliable as it does not require any adapter cards and drivers?

SSD7101A-1 is a 4-blade PCIe switched card with hardware management. You can classify it as a hardware RAID controller or not depending the way you look at it.

Anyway, it's the cheapest 4-blade PLX switched card that works perfectly with MP5,1 or MP7,1. You have Chinese equivalents for maybe $20 less, but with the serious inconvenient of needing MOLEX power, having cheap PCIe switches and no hardware management.

Don't forget that non-switched cards don't work at all with MP5,1 or MP7,1, since bifurcation is not supported with Macs.

 

[robbiecarman]

Hi everyone -

I have a 7101A in a new 2019 Rackmount Mac Pro. Unfortunately one of the NVMes I bought has died (rather have that happen now then when there wasn't a load of stuff on it)

I can see in the HP Web GUI its slot 3 that's dead but is the slot order 1-4 from the top of the card (furthest away from the PCIe connector) or is it 1-4 from the bottom closest to the PCIe connector?

Unrelated I'm generally happy with speeds (approx 7600/7000) but I'm wondering if the speeds I'm seeing to many of those saying they're getting 10k + is NVMe dependent? I have the card in slot 5 (x16), using HP drivers and web gui), RAID 0 512 chunk size, APFS non-encrypted as presented to Mac OS but I'm still topping out around 7600 MB/S as see in BMD speed test.

I'm using 4x2TB Sabrent Rocket NVMes (The PCIe3 ones not the newer PCIe4s)


Thanks

Robbie