USB 3 Compatibility for Proxmox 2.1?

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bhennigar

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Is Proxmox 2.1 compatible with USB3 PCI-Express cards?
I'd like to backup to an external USB drive using USB3 but wanted to make sure it supports it before buying the USB3 card.

Thanks!
 
I wanted to update this. I bought a StarTech 2 Port SuperSpeed USB 3.0 PCI Express Card with SATA Power (Part # PEXUSB3S22) and it worked right away with Proxmox 2.1. I have a USB 3 external drive attached and set KVMs to backup to it using LZO compression. I get an average of 60MiB/s.

Update: I just ran a snapshop backup (LZO) of Windows server 2008 and the archive size was 9.76GB and took 00:39 minutes at 129.78MiB/s.
 
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bhennigar said:
I wanted to update this. I bought a StarTech 2 Port SuperSpeed USB 3.0 PCI Express Card with SATA Power (Part # PEXUSB3S22) and it worked right away with Proxmox 2.1. I have a USB 3 external drive attached and set KVMs to backup to it using LZO compression. I get an average of 60MiB/s.

Update: I just ran a snapshop backup (LZO) of Windows server 2008 and the archive size was 9.76GB and took 00:39 minutes at 129.78MiB/s.
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Nice - thanks for the updates : )
 
NEC USB 3.0 chipset card, not working, odd error messages in the log.

xhci_hcd 0000:08:00.0: xHCI host not responding to stop endpoint command.
xhci_hcd 0000:08:00.0: Assuming host is dying, halting host.
xhci_hcd 0000:08:00.0: Non-responsive xHCI host is not halting.
xhci_hcd 0000:08:00.0: Completing active URBs anyway.
xhci_hcd 0000:08:00.0: HC died; cleaning up
usb 5-2: device descriptor read/8, error -110
usb 5-2: new SuperSpeed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
usb 5-2: device descriptor read/8, error -108
xhci_hcd 0000:08:00.0: Timeout while waiting for a slot
hub 5-0:1.0: couldn't allocate port 2 usb_device



08:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 30
Memory at ff5fe000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [70] MSI: Enable- Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=8 Masked-
Capabilities: [a0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
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root@pmx4:~# pveversion -v
pve-manager: 2.2-26 (pve-manager/2.2/c1614c8c)
running kernel: 2.6.32-16-pve
proxmox-ve-2.6.32: 2.2-80
pve-kernel-2.6.32-11-pve: 2.6.32-66
pve-kernel-2.6.32-16-pve: 2.6.32-80
pve-kernel-2.6.32-12-pve: 2.6.32-68
lvm2: 2.02.95-1pve2
clvm: 2.02.95-1pve2
corosync-pve: 1.4.4-1
openais-pve: 1.1.4-2
libqb: 0.10.1-2
redhat-cluster-pve: 3.1.93-1
resource-agents-pve: 3.9.2-3
fence-agents-pve: 3.1.9-1
pve-cluster: 1.0-28
qemu-server: 2.0-64
pve-firmware: 1.0-21
libpve-common-perl: 1.0-37
libpve-access-control: 1.0-25
libpve-storage-perl: 2.0-34
vncterm: 1.0-3
vzctl: 4.0-1pve2
vzprocps: 2.0.11-2
vzquota: 3.1-1
pve-qemu-kvm: 1.2-7
ksm-control-daemon: 1.1-1
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aghira said:
Hi guys,

i also tried to pass a usb 3.0 HDD to a kvm guest. usb 2.0 is working, 3.0 no way. Im a little bit puzzled about this link http://www.linux-kvm.com/content/qemu-kvm-11-adds-experimental-support-usb-30. For @bhennigar it seems to work flawlessly ... Can you give me a stand on this so I can dig further?

Thanks!
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I'm not using USB passthrough with my USB 3 card. I'm using it to mount an external hard drive and using it as a backup target for virtual hosts.
 
bhennigar said:
I'm not using USB passthrough with my USB 3 card. I'm using it to mount an external hard drive and using it as a backup target for virtual hosts.
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That's what I had in mind as well. Would you mind showing "lsusb" "lsusb -t" and "lsmod" and "dmesg | grep xhci"" ? I'd like to see what I'm missing..
 
Hope this helps!

lsusb
Bus 010 Device 002: ID 0bc2:3320 Seagate RSS LLC
Bus 010 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 009 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:2514 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
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lsusb -t
/: Bus 10.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/2p, 5000M
/: Bus 09.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/2p, 480M
/: Bus 08.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
/: Bus 07.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
/: Bus 06.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
/: Bus 05.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
/: Bus 04.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
/: Bus 03.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
/: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci_hcd/8p, 480M
/: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=ehci_hcd/4p, 480M
|__ Port 3: Dev 2, If 0, Class=hub, Driver=hub/2p, 480M
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lsmod
Module Size Used by
des_generic 16620 0
ecb 2225 0
md4 3477 0
nls_utf8 1455 0
cifs 279869 0
vzethdev 8249 0
vznetdev 18944 0
simfs 4480 0
vzrst 185313 0
nf_nat 23181 1 vzrst
nf_conntrack_ipv4 9946 2 nf_nat
nf_defrag_ipv4 1531 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4
vzcpt 141775 1 vzrst
nfs 414919 2 vzrst,vzcpt
lockd 77737 2 vzrst,nfs
fscache 46811 1 nfs
nfs_acl 2695 1 nfs
auth_rpcgss 44941 1 nfs
sunrpc 268752 5 nfs,lockd,nfs_acl,auth_rpcgss
nf_conntrack 80469 4 vzrst,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,vzcpt
vzdquota 55883 0 [permanent]
vzmon 24018 3 vznetdev,vzrst,vzcpt
vzdev 2765 4 vzethdev,vznetdev,vzdquota,vzmon
ip6t_REJECT 4743 0
ip6table_mangle 3637 0
ip6table_filter 3001 0
ip6_tables 19714 2 ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter
xt_length 1338 0
xt_hl 1547 0
vhost_net 31368 2
xt_tcpmss 1623 0
macvtap 9900 1 vhost_net
macvlan 10228 1 macvtap
xt_TCPMSS 3525 0
tun 19145 7 vhost_net
iptable_mangle 3461 0
iptable_filter 2905 0
xt_multiport 2812 0
kvm_intel 52634 18
xt_limit 2230 0
kvm 318658 1 kvm_intel
xt_dscp 2073 0
ipt_REJECT 2399 0
ip_tables 18151 2 iptable_mangle,iptable_filter
vzevent 2179 1
ib_iser 31732 0
rdma_cm 35285 1 ib_iser
ib_cm 37046 1 rdma_cm
iw_cm 8755 1 rdma_cm
ib_sa 23110 2 rdma_cm,ib_cm
ib_mad 40565 2 ib_cm,ib_sa
ib_core 74455 6 ib_iser,rdma_cm,ib_cm,iw_cm,ib_sa,ib_mad
ib_addr 6139 1 rdma_cm
ipv6 327670 98 vzrst,ip6t_REJECT,ip6table_mangle,ib_addr
iscsi_tcp 10263 0
libiscsi_tcp 16972 1 iscsi_tcp
libiscsi 47665 3 ib_iser,iscsi_tcp,libiscsi_tcp
scsi_transport_iscsi 53095 4 ib_iser,iscsi_tcp,libiscsi
fuse 82874 5
usb_storage 49428 1
snd_pcsp 8733 0
snd_pcm 86292 1 snd_pcsp
i7core_edac 18168 0
snd_timer 23265 1 snd_pcm
wmi 6287 0
edac_core 46853 1 i7core_edac
tpm_tis 12257 0
xhci_hcd 136141 0
dcdbas 9235 0
snd 71915 3 snd_pcsp,snd_pcm,snd_timer
tpm 16486 1 tpm_tis
power_meter 9343 0
tpm_bios 6375 1 tpm
soundcore 8182 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 8614 1 snd_pcm
serio_raw 4898 0
ext3 244847 3
jbd 81013 1 ext3
mbcache 8160 1 ext3
sg 30412 0
ata_generic 3853 0
ses 6875 0
enclosure 8363 1 ses
pata_acpi 3717 0
ata_piix 22862 0
megaraid_sas 77803 2
bnx2 80130 0
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dmesg | grep xchi
xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 41 (level, low) -> IRQ 41
xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: xHCI Host Controller
xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 9
xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: irq 41, io mem 0xdf2fe000
xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: irq 63 for MSI/MSI-X
xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: irq 64 for MSI/MSI-X
xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: irq 65 for MSI/MSI-X
xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: irq 66 for MSI/MSI-X
xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: irq 67 for MSI/MSI-X
xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: irq 68 for MSI/MSI-X
xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: irq 69 for MSI/MSI-X
xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: irq 70 for MSI/MSI-X
usb usb9: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.32-14-pve xhci_hcd
xHCI xhci_add_endpoint called for root hub
xHCI xhci_check_bandwidth called for root hub
xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: xHCI Host Controller
xhci_hcd 0000:02:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 10
usb usb10: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.32-14-pve xhci_hcd
xHCI xhci_add_endpoint called for root hub
xHCI xhci_check_bandwidth called for root hub
usb 10-2: new SuperSpeed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd=
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Thanks, appreciate it.. reviewing..

One more thing.. my PCI-E card is on 08:00.0, change as appropriate for you.. I suspect we're running the same card, but curious what your output on this looks like:

root@pmx4:~# lspci -s 08:00.0 -v
08:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 30
Memory at ff5fe000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [70] MSI: Enable- Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable- Count=8 Masked-
Capabilities: [a0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
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Still getting complaints.. not sure what error -110 is..

xhci_hcd 0000:08:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 30 (level, low) -> IRQ 30
xhci_hcd 0000:08:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
xhci_hcd 0000:08:00.0: xHCI Host Controller
xhci_hcd 0000:08:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
xhci_hcd 0000:08:00.0: can't setup
xhci_hcd 0000:08:00.0: USB bus 4 deregistered
xhci_hcd 0000:08:00.0: PCI INT A disabled
xhci_hcd 0000:08:00.0: init 0000:08:00.0 fail, -110
xhci_hcd: probe of 0000:08:00.0 failed with error -110
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lspci -s 02.00.0 -v
02:00.0 USB controller: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 04) (prog-if 30 [XHCI])
Subsystem: NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 Host Controller
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 41
Memory at df2fe000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [70] MSI: Enable- Count=1/8 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [90] MSI-X: Enable+ Count=8 Masked-
Capabilities: [a0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff
Capabilities: [150] #18
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
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You do have a power cable going to the USB3 card correct?
 
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