Hi Simon. Your right. SecurePath is proprietary and expensive. And it is not needed any more for linux. HP has integrated some of the SecurePath features into Qlogics drivers with integrated Multipathing suport. These drivers can be downloaded from the HP site freely (well... read the license ;-) ). They come in two parts. One is an rpm containing some useful fc utilities, the second is a source-rpm containg the driversource. As for Gentoo, you have to find a way to extract the binaries and source from rpm (rpm2tar?).
I tested and currently use these drivers with SLES9 to connect to EVA-3000 and EVA-4000 storage. Works perfectly for both, wich makes me confident it might work with other storage systems as well, since EVA-4000 doesn't require any SecurePath like software. Maybe I can do a test with a VA7410 before I have to give it back. I hope to get my hands on a gentoo test as soon as possible. Matthias Witschel Infraserv GmbH & Co. Höchst KG Geschäftsfeld IT-Services Geb. C584, Raum U10e Industriepark Höchst 65926 Frankfurt am Main Tel. 069 305 84235 Fax 069 305 98 84235 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.infraserv.com ++ www.industriepark-hoechst.com ++ www.ihr-nachbar.de > Auf diesen Messen finden Sie uns: www.infraserv.com/messetermine > <http://www.infraserv.com/messetermine> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Sonntag, 18. September 2005 17:48 An: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Betreff: Re: AW: [gentoo-server] boot from san with multipath support Hi Matthias, > Since HP ships the driver as sourcecode, there should be no problems. which driver do you mean? SecurePath? As far as I know HP ships SecurePath as RPM and without sourcecode. And SecurePath only works with kernel 2.4. Simon -- gentoo-server@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-server@gentoo.org mailing list
