From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EHJxC-0003sc-Rm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:37:00 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id j8JBTnXq003518; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:29:49 GMT Received: from mail02.solnet.ch (mail02.solnet.ch [212.101.4.136]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j8JBTm2N025269 for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:29:49 GMT Received: from mail02.solnet.ch ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail02.solnet.ch [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 68946-01-72 for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:35:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (212-41-105-1.adsl.solnet.ch [212.41.105.1]) by mail02.solnet.ch (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D4935C157 for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2005 11:35:23 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <432EA289.9060502@solnet.ch> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 13:35:37 +0200 From: Rene Zbinden User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050901) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-server@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: AW: AW: [gentoo-server] boot from san with multipath support References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail02.solnet.ch Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id j8JBTnZ6003518 X-Archives-Salt: 0e18826b-cfef-485b-a929-edbe30669635 X-Archives-Hash: 873e6a0c59d0641f0d36524c0b6e0599 We have a HDS 9980 System and I have heard of HDML. Somebody already=20 tested that. And what is the best way to install on a san disk? any pitfalls? Is it=20 difficult to boot from a SAN disk? Thanks in advance Witschel, Matthias, Infraserv-Hoechst/DE wrote: > I know that the QLogic HBAs have built-in Multipathing support with ena= bled drivers (these should be availible from IBM or QLogic). This would p= revent you from configuring Multipathing on OS level, thus making everyth= ing a bit easier. This I would recommend. >=20 > Im using QLogic HBAs with HP BL and DL Servers and they work fine under= linux.=20 > With IBM HBAs I have no experience. They might work as well or even bet= ter. >=20 > Matthias Witschel >=20 > Infraserv GmbH & Co. H=F6chst KG > Gesch=E4ftsfeld IT-Services > Geb. C584, Raum U10e > Industriepark H=F6chst > 65926 Frankfurt am Main > Tel. 069 305 84235 > Fax 069 305 98 84235 > mailto:matthias.witschel@infraserv.com >=20 > www.infraserv.com ++ www.industriepark-hoechst.com ++ www.ihr-nachbar.d= e >=20 >>Auf diesen Messen finden Sie uns: www.infraserv.com/messetermine >> >=20 >=20 > -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Rene Zbinden [mailto:rene.zbinden@solnet.ch] > Gesendet: Montag, 19. September 2005 08:02 > An: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org > Betreff: Re: AW: [gentoo-server] boot from san with multipath support >=20 >=20 > It will be an IBM x346, but we are not sure about the HBAs. We can=20 > choose between IBM Total Storage DS4000 or with Qlogig HBAs. Any=20 > Suggestions? >=20 > Witschel, Matthias, Infraserv-Hoechst/DE wrote: >=20 >>Up to now I have installed gentoo an SAN attached disks. I hvae for now= experience with SLES9 and SAN. I'm running a bunch of HP Blades which us= e SAN storage. HP provides a devicedriver for these boxes, that enables m= ultipathing within the driver. >>I plan to use this driver to enable SAN access for at least one gentoo = box in the near future. Since HP ships the driver as sourcecode, there sh= ould be no problems. >> >>What setup do you plan? What hardware do you plan to use? >> >>Matthias Witschel >> >>Infraserv GmbH & Co. H=F6chst KG >>Gesch=E4ftsfeld IT-Services >>Computing Services >>Geb. C584, Raum U10e >>Industriepark H=F6chst >>65926 Frankfurt am Main >>mailto:matthias.witschel@infraserv.com >> >>www.infraserv.com ++ www.industriepark-hoechst.com ++ www.ihr-nachbar.d= e >> >> >>>Auf diesen Messen finden Sie uns: www.infraserv.com/messetermine >>> >> >>-----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht----- >>Von: Rene Zbinden [mailto:rene.zbinden@solnet.ch] >>Gesendet: Freitag, 16. September 2005 23:42 >>An: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org >>Betreff: [gentoo-server] boot from san with multipath support >> >> >>hello >> >>has someone experience with installing gentoo on a san attached disk=20 >>with mulitpath support? if someone can give me some hints, I would=20 >>appreciate that. >> >>thanks in advance >>rene --=20 gentoo-server@gentoo.org mailing list