[gentoo-dev] RE: Problems with Dell Server

[gentoo-dev] RE: Problems with Dell Server

[joe.derosa.b1]

After doing some poking around,
None of the modules (including megaraid) detect any hardware.
It appears that the embedded controller is a 7899 dual channel controller, that
can have one channel use hardware raid. The bios banner calls the controller a
"Power Edge Expandable 3/Si Bios 2.5-0". If I disable raid, the drives all show
up as individual drives on the 7899 channel A using the AIC7xxx controller.
Reading in the kernel source, a couple of the drivers (old an new AIC7xxx)
mention that then specifically don't work with the hardware raid controller, but
none of them say they do.  So, I can get the drives to work by disabling raid,
or moving to channel B, but I would like the hardware raid for speed.

Thanks!!


Joe DeRosa

Re: [gentoo-dev] RE: Problems with Dell Server

[Daniel Robbins]

On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 01:34:41PM -0400, joe.derosa.b1@bayer.com wrote:
> After doing some poking around,
> None of the modules (including megaraid) detect any hardware.
> It appears that the embedded controller is a 7899 dual channel controller, that
> can have one channel use hardware raid. The bios banner calls the controller a
> "Power Edge Expandable 3/Si Bios 2.5-0". If I disable raid, the drives all show
> up as individual drives on the 7899 channel A using the AIC7xxx controller.
> Reading in the kernel source, a couple of the drivers (old an new AIC7xxx)
> mention that then specifically don't work with the hardware raid controller, but
> none of them say they do.  So, I can get the drives to work by disabling raid,
> or moving to channel B, but I would like the hardware raid for speed.

I'll email Justin Gibbs and see if he can give us any insight.

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Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
Chief Architect/President			http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.			

Re: [gentoo-dev] RE: Problems with Dell Server

[Hendrik Visage]

I'll redo my setup @Work (Currently testing FreeBSD), but yes,
I had Linux running a 2450 WITH the PERC 3Si (And I even played
with the raid software available on Dell's sight to see the 
drives etc. :)

Hendrik

On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 01:34:41PM -0400, joe.derosa.b1@bayer.com wrote:
> After doing some poking around,
> None of the modules (including megaraid) detect any hardware.
> It appears that the embedded controller is a 7899 dual channel controller, that
> can have one channel use hardware raid. The bios banner calls the controller a
> "Power Edge Expandable 3/Si Bios 2.5-0". If I disable raid, the drives all show
> up as individual drives on the 7899 channel A using the AIC7xxx controller.
> Reading in the kernel source, a couple of the drivers (old an new AIC7xxx)
> mention that then specifically don't work with the hardware raid controller, but
> none of them say they do.  So, I can get the drives to work by disabling raid,
> or moving to channel B, but I would like the hardware raid for speed.
> 
> Thanks!!
> 
> 
> Joe DeRosa
> 
> 
> 
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