Re: CPU Upgrade for Dell PowerEdge 1435SC
On 08/02/10 21:54, Jonathan B. Horen wrote: Does anyone have first-hand experience with such a CPU upgrade? Alternatively, can anyone point me in the direction of information regarding such a CPU upgrade? Yes, we did this upgrade last year. Specifically from Opteron 2216 - Opteron 2376, and moved the 2216 to make another SC1435 dual-CPU. Our SC1435s were rather old so didn't have the split-plane power config required to get the best performance from the new memory controller, but I can't say this has bothered us - it was definitely a cheaper upgrade than a new unnecessary motherboard that Dell wanted to sell us. Worth checking your BIOS versions and updating them (easy to do whilst the OS is running) - there's a few fixes related to quad core opterons, and you'll need to apply these with the old processors still in. cheers, Barnaby ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
PERC 6i with SSDs - trim?
We've just taken delivery of a pair of R710s with PERC 6i controller and eight disks including two 50Gb SSDs. Initially I was going to use hardware RAID 1 across the two SSDs to give one device rather than software RAID, but the thought has just occurred to me that if I do so, and present the drive to Debian as is, it will be presented as a RAID controller, and not as a pair of SSDs. As a result, will the trim commands be passed through to the SSDs? The PERC6i manual doesn't seem to be any help from my initial glossover and details on trim are sketchy at best. Any advice would be much appreciated, Regards, Andrew -- Systems Developer e: andrew.nic...@luns.net.uk im: a.nic...@jabber.lancs.ac.uk t: +44 (0)1524 5 10147 Lancaster University Network Services is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 04311892. Registered office: University House, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YW ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
Re: Public key for Server_BIOS rpm is not installed
Just wondering if their was any update on the issue with the missing keys? More that happy to provide any further info if required. On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Rodney McKee rodney.mc...@gmail.com wrote: Awesome, thanks for that Matt On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Matt Domsch matt_dom...@dell.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 07:48:01AM +1100, Rodney McKee wrote: I do have that already, but this is the current issue on one of the systems: warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V4 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 5e3d7775 fwupdate/gpgkey | 1.4 kB 00:00 Public key for HD_146_SAS6_15K_2_5_SGT_HORNET_componentid_20609-a02-21.noarch.rpm is not installed and yet I appear to have that key installed gpg-pubkey-5e3d7775-42d297af -- gpg(libsmbios (This key is used to sign all libsmbios tarballs) [1]libsmbios-de...@lists.us.dell.com) There are quite a few packages in the firmware repo that this is failing for, not just this one. I'll ask someone to investigate. -- Matt Domsch Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO linux.dell.com www.dell.com/linux -- Rgds Rodney McKee -- Rgds Rodney McKee ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
How are you supposed to clear the configuration on a disk previously used on a PERC 5/i? # omconfig storage controller action=clearforeignconfig controller=0 Command successful! # omconfig storage pdisk action=clear controller=0 pdisk=0:0:1 Operation disabled. Read, action=clear # omreport storage pdisk controller=0 List of Physical Disks on Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded) Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded) ID: 0:0:0 Status: Ok Name : Physical Disk 0:0:0 State : Online Failure Predicted : No Progress : Not Applicable Bus Protocol : SAS Media : HDD Capacity : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes) Used RAID Disk Space : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes) Available RAID Disk Space : 0.00 GB (0 bytes) Hot Spare : No Vendor ID : DELL Product ID: ST373455SS Revision : S513 Serial No.: 3LQ0YQ5T Negotiated Speed : Not Available Capable Speed : Not Available Manufacture Day : 07 Manufacture Week : 18 Manufacture Year : 2005 SAS Address : 5000C50004901BC5 ID: 0:0:1 Status: Non-Critical Name : Physical Disk 0:0:1 State : Foreign Failure Predicted : No Progress : Not Applicable Bus Protocol : SAS Media : HDD Capacity : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes) Used RAID Disk Space : 0.00 GB (0 bytes) Available RAID Disk Space : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes) Hot Spare : No Vendor ID : DELL Product ID: ST373455SS Revision : S513 Serial No.: 3LQ0XWSY Negotiated Speed : Not Available Capable Speed : Not Available Manufacture Day : 07 Manufacture Week : 18 Manufacture Year : 2005 SAS Address : 5000C50004901BA1 Mark. -- Mark Watts BSc RHCE MBCS Senior Systems Engineer, Managed Services Manpower www.QinetiQ.com QinetiQ - Delivering customer-focused solutions GPG Key: http://www.linux-corner.info/mwatts.gpg signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
Re: OMSA 6.2 install issues...
Good info. I usually install all then remove what I don't need: # yum -y install srvadmin-all # rpm -ev srvadmin-all srvadmin-idrac srvadmin-idracadm srvadmin-idrac-components srvadmin-idracdrsc srvadmin-rac4 srvadmin-rac4-components srvadmin-rac5 srvadmin-rac5-components srvadmin-racadm4 srvadmin-racadm5 srvadmin-racdrsc4 srvadmin-racdrsc5 srvadmin-racsvc Paul - Original Message - From: Eric Rostetter rostet...@mail.utexas.edu To: linux-powere...@lists.us.dell.com Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 12:24:54 AM (GMT-0600) America/Chicago Subject: OMSA 6.2 install issues... As some of you already know, there are some RPM dependency issues in OMSA 6.2 which can cause problems (notably the no controllers found error from the storage commands). I've found a new (to me at least) wrinkle... After installing it on 2 identical machines, one worked completely and the other worked except for the storage. Seeking help via google, I found the above mentioned threads about dependencies but I had all the packages installed on both machines... This bit me because I don't like to install all the packages, only the ones I want (no web server and such). So I didn't do the srvadmin-all package, but rather did individual packages so I could install the least amount needed for my setup. To cut to the chase, I found out that no only is it important that you install all the needed RPMS, but that the order in which you install them is also critical. Doing an rpm -qa --last | grep srvadmin on the working machine, I got the order in which they were installed. On the non-working machine, I removed all the packages and re-installed them in the same order as on the working machine. Et voila, I have two working machines now... Only took me a week to figure that one out... -- Eric Rostetter The Department of Physics The University of Texas at Austin Go Longhorns! ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
Re: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
Hi,
I use dd and write zeros on top of the signature. That data is stored at the
end of the drive, so it takes a hours get it done.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd{whatever} bs=64k
Paul
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Subject: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
How are you supposed to clear the configuration on a disk previously
used on a PERC 5/i?
# omconfig storage controller action=clearforeignconfig controller=0
Command successful!
# omconfig storage pdisk action=clear controller=0 pdisk=0:0:1
Operation disabled. Read, action=clear
# omreport storage pdisk controller=0
List of Physical Disks on Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)
Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)
ID: 0:0:0
Status: Ok
Name : Physical Disk 0:0:0
State : Online
Failure Predicted : No
Progress : Not Applicable
Bus Protocol : SAS
Media : HDD
Capacity : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Used RAID Disk Space : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Available RAID Disk Space : 0.00 GB (0 bytes)
Hot Spare : No
Vendor ID : DELL
Product ID: ST373455SS
Revision : S513
Serial No.: 3LQ0YQ5T
Negotiated Speed : Not Available
Capable Speed : Not Available
Manufacture Day : 07
Manufacture Week : 18
Manufacture Year : 2005
SAS Address : 5000C50004901BC5
ID: 0:0:1
Status: Non-Critical
Name : Physical Disk 0:0:1
State : Foreign
Failure Predicted : No
Progress : Not Applicable
Bus Protocol : SAS
Media : HDD
Capacity : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Used RAID Disk Space : 0.00 GB (0 bytes)
Available RAID Disk Space : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Hot Spare : No
Vendor ID : DELL
Product ID: ST373455SS
Revision : S513
Serial No.: 3LQ0XWSY
Negotiated Speed : Not Available
Capable Speed : Not Available
Manufacture Day : 07
Manufacture Week : 18
Manufacture Year : 2005
SAS Address : 5000C50004901BA1
Mark.
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RE: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
Clearforeign only removes drives in foreign state. These drives are online. To
get rid of this configuration you either need to delete the virtual disk or to
delete all the virtual disks you can use the reset config command.
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Subject: Re: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
Hi,
I use dd and write zeros on top of the signature. That data is stored at the
end of the drive, so it takes a hours get it done.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd{whatever} bs=64k
Paul
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Subject: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
How are you supposed to clear the configuration on a disk previously
used on a PERC 5/i?
# omconfig storage controller action=clearforeignconfig controller=0
Command successful!
# omconfig storage pdisk action=clear controller=0 pdisk=0:0:1
Operation disabled. Read, action=clear
# omreport storage pdisk controller=0
List of Physical Disks on Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)
Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)
ID: 0:0:0
Status: Ok
Name : Physical Disk 0:0:0
State : Online
Failure Predicted : No
Progress : Not Applicable
Bus Protocol : SAS
Media : HDD
Capacity : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Used RAID Disk Space : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Available RAID Disk Space : 0.00 GB (0 bytes)
Hot Spare : No
Vendor ID : DELL
Product ID: ST373455SS
Revision : S513
Serial No.: 3LQ0YQ5T
Negotiated Speed : Not Available
Capable Speed : Not Available
Manufacture Day : 07
Manufacture Week : 18
Manufacture Year : 2005
SAS Address : 5000C50004901BC5
ID: 0:0:1
Status: Non-Critical
Name : Physical Disk 0:0:1
State : Foreign
Failure Predicted : No
Progress : Not Applicable
Bus Protocol : SAS
Media : HDD
Capacity : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Used RAID Disk Space : 0.00 GB (0 bytes)
Available RAID Disk Space : 67.75 GB (72746008576 bytes)
Hot Spare : No
Vendor ID : DELL
Product ID: ST373455SS
Revision : S513
Serial No.: 3LQ0XWSY
Negotiated Speed : Not Available
Capable Speed : Not Available
Manufacture Day : 07
Manufacture Week : 18
Manufacture Year : 2005
SAS Address : 5000C50004901BA1
Mark.
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Re: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 10:21 -0600, Paul M. Dyer wrote:
Hi,
I use dd and write zeros on top of the signature. That data is stored at
the end of the drive, so it takes a hours get it done.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd{whatever} bs=64k
Paul
How does one do that when the controller won't let me do anything with
the drive?
Mark.
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Re: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
Mark Watts wrote:
On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 10:21 -0600, Paul M. Dyer wrote:
Hi,
I use dd and write zeros on top of the signature. That data is stored at
the end of the drive, so it takes a hours get it done.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd{whatever} bs=64k
Paul
How does one do that when the controller won't let me do anything with
the drive?
Pull the drive and do it with another system. Also rather than zeroing
the entire drive you can seek to the end and write over the last part of
the drive see the man page for dd, seek and oseek are the values that
will do this for you.
Ryan
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re: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
Clearing a foreign config action is done to the controller, not the pdisk.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/svradmin/6.2/en/CLI/HTML/storage.htm#wp1078885
omconfig storage controller action=clearforeignconfig controller=1
Ben Gordy
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On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 10:21 -0600, Paul M. Dyer wrote:
Hi,
I use dd and write zeros on top of the signature. That data is stored at
the end of the drive, so it takes a hours get it done.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd{whatever} bs=64k
Paul
How does one do that when the controller won't let me do anything with
the drive?
Mark.
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I probably should also warn you that the operations I have described are data
destructive (i.e. could result in loss of data/loss of OS functionality). So
use at your own risk.
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Subject: RE: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
Clearforeign only removes drives in foreign state. These drives are online. To
get rid of this configuration you either need to delete the virtual disk or to
delete all the virtual disks you can use the reset config command.
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To: linux-poweredge-Lists
Subject: Re: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
Hi,
I use dd and write zeros on top of the signature. That data is stored at the
end of the drive, so it takes a hours get it done.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd{whatever} bs=64k
Paul
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Subject: clearforeignconfig not clearing foreign config
How are you supposed to clear the configuration on a disk previously
used on a PERC 5/i?
# omconfig storage controller action=clearforeignconfig controller=0
Command successful!
# omconfig storage pdisk action=clear controller=0 pdisk=0:0:1
Operation disabled. Read, action=clear
# omreport storage pdisk controller=0
List of Physical Disks on Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)
Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Embedded)
ID: 0:0:0
Status: Ok
Name : Physical Disk 0:0:0
State : Online
Failure Predicted : No
Progress : Not Applicable
Bus Protocol : SAS
Media : HDD
Capacity : 67.75 GB (72746008576
RE: Returning Network stability problems on R710 servers and BCM5709
I would recommend passing the following option for the bnx2 driver: modprobe bnx2 disable_msi=1 Another option is to use the Dell bnx2 driver found at support.dell.com. Thanks! Brett -Original Message- From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Stephan van Hienen Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 1:31 PM To: Stephan van Hienen; 'James Sparenberg'; linux-poweredge-Lists Subject: RE: Returning Network stability problems on R710 servers and BCM5709 -Original Message- From: linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com [mailto:linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com] On Behalf Of Stephan van Hienen Sent: woensdag 3 februari 2010 12:37 To: 'James Sparenberg'; linux-poweredge@dell.com Subject: RE: Returning Network stability problems on R710 servers and BCM5709 No issues on a new R510 server. I have transferred a few TB's the past days with full gigabit speeds (arround 100Megabyte/sec using rsync) Looks like we also have the issue after we put the server into production this week. The server is being used as a fileserver (with samba/nfs) Clients are getting network path not found errors. But also a ssh client to and from the server are giving timeouts. Changes after last week: We are now using bonding with eth0 and eth1 connected to 2 Powerconnect 5424 switches. Last week only eth0 (without bonding) was connected to a Powerconnect 6224. Today I tried to disable eth0 / eth1, so only 1 interface was active, but still a lot of disconnects. We also got this error (while eth1 was down for testing) : NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out bnx2: eth0 NIC Copper Link is Down bonding: bond0: link status definitely down for interface eth0, disabling it bonding: bond0: Warning: No 802.3ad response from the link partner for any adapters in the bond Any hints ? (maybe i'll just put in a intel gigabit card) Stephan ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
Re: Returning Network stability problems on R710 servers and BCM5709
Having gone through the drivers at dell the only difference is that they have the config file set to not compile in MSI. Advantage goes to putting this line options bnx2 disable_msi=1,1,1,1 (Note this is on an R610 with 4 nics adjust the number of 1's accordingly with your hardware) into /etc/modprobe.conf. Now, on boot, the bnx2 module is loaded with msi disabled for each nic. The big advantage is when your kernel has to upgrade it will continue to work. (At least it is for me.) James Sparenberg Sr IT Systems Engineer Stoke Inc 408-855-2854 - Original Message - From: Warren Thurber warren_thur...@dell.com To: stephan van hienen stephan.van.hie...@thevalley.nl, ja...@stoke.com, linux-powere...@lists.us.dell.com Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 11:41:49 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: RE: Returning Network stability problems on R710 servers and BCM5709 I would recommend passing the following option for the bnx2 driver: modprobe bnx2 disable_msi=1 Another option is to use the Dell bnx2 driver found at support.dell.com. Thanks! Brett -Original Message- From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Stephan van Hienen Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 1:31 PM To: Stephan van Hienen; 'James Sparenberg'; linux-poweredge-Lists Subject: RE: Returning Network stability problems on R710 servers and BCM5709 -Original Message- From: linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com [mailto:linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com] On Behalf Of Stephan van Hienen Sent: woensdag 3 februari 2010 12:37 To: 'James Sparenberg'; linux-poweredge@dell.com Subject: RE: Returning Network stability problems on R710 servers and BCM5709 No issues on a new R510 server. I have transferred a few TB's the past days with full gigabit speeds (arround 100Megabyte/sec using rsync) Looks like we also have the issue after we put the server into production this week. The server is being used as a fileserver (with samba/nfs) Clients are getting network path not found errors. But also a ssh client to and from the server are giving timeouts. Changes after last week: We are now using bonding with eth0 and eth1 connected to 2 Powerconnect 5424 switches. Last week only eth0 (without bonding) was connected to a Powerconnect 6224. Today I tried to disable eth0 / eth1, so only 1 interface was active, but still a lot of disconnects. We also got this error (while eth1 was down for testing) : NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out bnx2: eth0 NIC Copper Link is Down bonding: bond0: link status definitely down for interface eth0, disabling it bonding: bond0: Warning: No 802.3ad response from the link partner for any adapters in the bond Any hints ? (maybe i'll just put in a intel gigabit card) Stephan ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
Re: Returning Network stability problems on R710 servers and BCM5709
I too had this problem a few months ago when we put our first R410 into production. The resolution was to upgrade the ethernet driver. I got it from Dell's website then installed it on the CentOS system: gtar xvzf Bcom_LAN_14.1.0_LinuxR5S10_DKMS_A01.tar.gz Find the appropriate version: Bcom_LAN_14.1.0_LinuxR5S10_DKMS_A01/NetXtremeII Had to install some dependencies: yum -y install rpm-build dkms Then install the driver: rpm -ihv netxtreme2-5.0.17-1.dkms.noarch.rpm On 2/9/2010 3:25 PM, Big Wave Dave wrote: We had to do the same thing on R410's. We ran into a situation where the one of the interfaces would stop working, and ethtool would show no link. Restarting network wouldn't fix anything, only a reboot would resolve the problem. Moving to the Broadcomm provided driver has solved this for us. Dave On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Carlson, Timothy S timothy.carl...@pnl.gov wrote: I've moved away from the RHEL/Centos driver and have gone directly to the bnx2 driver from Broadcomm. dmesg | grep bnx Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet Driver bnx2 v1.9.20b (July 9, 2009) bnx2: eth0: using MSI That driver seems stable for me. I was seeing your things similar to your problem and this driver fixed things right up for me. http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/driver-sla.php?driver=NX2-Linux You'll need to download that driver and rebuild it from the SRPM. You'll also need to rebuild the driver for each kernel update which is a pain. Tim -Original Message- From: linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com [mailto:linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com] On Behalf Of James Sparenberg Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:08 AM To: linux-poweredge@dell.com Subject: Returning Network stability problems on R710 servers and BCM5709 All, I'm referencing an earlier thread from last Sept. http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2009-September/040252.html In it there was a discussion related to stability problems with the Broadcom BCM5709 on a Dell r610, where there would be a loss of connectivity for new connections but existing connections, or all connections of a different protocol passed. For example. Just now I lost the ability to ping eth0, or get NIS authentication on that IP, I also lost the ability to get TFTP connections via the eth1 address. However at the same time DHCP is running against eth1, and SNMP NTP and HTTP over port 1 (webmin) where merrily working quite well on eth0. OS CentOS 5.4 kernel 2.6.18-164.10.1.el5 SMP x86_64 Kernel module bk2 modinfo output filename: /lib/modules/2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.centos.plus/kernel/drivers/net/bnx2.ko version:1.9.3 license:GPL description:Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5706/5708/5709/5716 Driver author: Michael Chanmc...@broadcom.com srcversion: 1040A42F87B8BE8A019736C alias: pci:v14E4d163Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v14E4d163Bsv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v14E4d163Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v14E4d1639sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v14E4d16ACsv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v14E4d16AAsv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v14E4d16AAsv103Csd3102bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v14E4d164Csv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v14E4d164Asv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v14E4d164Asv103Csd3106bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v14E4d164Asv103Csd3101bc*sc*i* depends: vermagic: 2.6.18-164.10.1.el5.centos.plus SMP mod_unload gcc-4.1 parm: disable_msi:Disable Message Signaled Interrupt (MSI) (int) parm: enable_entropy:Allow bnx2 to populate the /dev/random entropy pool (int) module_sig: 883f3504b47af9bd3b84a368dd51f2112b6b90a0ed1bac15e1b94720602336594dc65775db83c460991575cc8694cf9c03aca6e623e0950281e5094 So you can see that the version I have exceeds the version said to be stable in the prior thread. BTW this chassis is about 1 month old so it should (but unverified) have the latest BIOS. Ironic part. Same model running the same version/kernel of CentOS (kick start install so all my boxes are the same) is running some load testing pushing millions of sessions and billions (soaking 4 1G nics) of packets without a hitch in our LAB, testing out equipment, yet, this box which has a relatively low throughput is the one that locks up. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. So far nothing in normal logs so I'm going to turn some additional logging on. James Sparenberg ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com
RE: Third-party drives not permitted on Gen 11 servers
Thank you very much for your comments and feedback regarding exclusive use of Dell drives. It is common practice in enterprise storage solutions to limit drive support to only those drives which have been qualified by the vendor. In the case of Dell's PERC RAID controllers, we began informing customers when a non-Dell drive was detected with the introduction of PERC5 RAID controllers in early 2006. With the introduction of the PERC H700/H800 controllers, we began enabling only the use of Dell qualified drives. There are a number of benefits for using Dell qualified drives in particular ensuring a positive experience and protecting our data. While SAS and SATA are industry standards there are differences which occur in implementation. An analogy is that English is spoken in the UK, US and Australia. While the language is generally the same, there are subtle differences in word usage which can lead to confusion. This exists in storage subsystems as well. As these subsystems become more capable, faster and more complex, these differences in implementation can have greater impact. Benefits of Dell's Hard Disk and SSD drives are outlined in a white paper on Dell's web site at http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pvaul/en/dell-hard-drives-pov.pdf -Original Message- From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Philip Tait Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 4:31 PM To: linux-poweredge-Lists Subject: Third-party drives not permitted on Gen 11 servers I just received my first Gen11 server, R710, with H700 PERC. I removed the supplied drives, and installed 4 Barracuda ES.2s. After doing a Clear Configuration in the pre-boot RAID setup utility, I can perform no operation with the drives - they are marked as blocked. Is Dell preventing the use of 3rd-party HDDs now? Thanks for any enlightenment. Philip J. Tait http://subarutelescope.org ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
Re: Third-party drives not permitted on Gen 11 servers
On 2/9/2010 5:17 PM, howard_sho...@dell.com wrote: Thank you very much for your comments and feedback regarding exclusive use of Dell drives. It is common practice in enterprise storage solutions to limit drive support to only those drives which have been qualified by the vendor. In the case of Dell's PERC RAID controllers, we began informing customers when a non-Dell drive was detected with the introduction of PERC5 RAID controllers in early 2006. With the introduction of the PERC H700/H800 controllers, we began enabling only the use of Dell qualified drives. There are a number of benefits for using Dell qualified drives in particular ensuring a positive experience and protecting our data. While SAS and SATA are industry standards there are differences which occur in implementation. An analogy is that English is spoken in the UK, US and Australia. While the language is generally the same, there are subtle differences in word usage which can lead to confusion. This exists in storage subsystems as well. As these subsystems become more capable, faster and more complex, these differences in implementation can have greater impact. Benefits of Dell's Hard Disk and SSD drives are outlined in a white paper on Dell's web site at http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pvaul/en/dell-hard-drives-pov.pdf -Original Message- From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Philip Tait Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 4:31 PM To: linux-poweredge-Lists Subject: Third-party drives not permitted on Gen 11 servers I just received my first Gen11 server, R710, with H700 PERC. I removed the supplied drives, and installed 4 Barracuda ES.2s. After doing a Clear Configuration in the pre-boot RAID setup utility, I can perform no operation with the drives - they are marked as blocked. Is Dell preventing the use of 3rd-party HDDs now? Thanks for any enlightenment. Philip J. Tait http://subarutelescope.org ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq This is common reasoning given for any vendor that starts practicing lock-in. Dell has just gone down that road. I'll either not buy Dell servers OR order them without your controllers and use some of my own. Over the years proprietary solutions are only cash cows and rarely if ever really live up to the claims put forward by the vendor. ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
RE: Third-party drives not permitted on Gen 11 servers
I have a PE-2650 at home on which I do configuration testing, things I can then use on the newer servers at the office. It cost me nearly nothing ($10) and runs generic drives. With that familiarity I am comfortable with Dell quality and can recommend similar systems. I also have an entry level HP PA Risc system that uses generic drives and at least some generic PCI cards. We have HP at the office too. I don't have any Apple systems. Not that I dislike them, but I can't afford to have one, not even an older used one, because everything is proprietary and locked up. I've never recommended an Apple system and never can. You aren't losing a sale when I buy an ancient system. I wasn't going to pay full price. But having something around made me happy about Dell. So now I'm not so happy about Dell. I'm supposed to recommend some new database servers soon. I'm looking at Sun because of the Sun/Oracle deal. I'm still ok with HP but wish they had kept PA-RISC. I am in the dark about developments over at IBM. I don't think Dell is the way to go. Chris Howard CIS Database Administrator Platte River Power Authority -Original Message- From: howard_sho...@dell.com [mailto:howard_sho...@dell.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 3:18 PM To: linux-powere...@lists.us.dell.com Subject: RE: Third-party drives not permitted on Gen 11 servers Thank you very much for your comments and feedback regarding exclusive use of Dell drives. It is common practice in enterprise storage solutions to limit drive support to only those drives which have been qualified by the vendor. In the case of Dell's PERC RAID controllers, we began informing customers when a non-Dell drive was detected with the introduction of PERC5 RAID controllers in early 2006. With the introduction of the PERC H700/H800 controllers, we began enabling only the use of Dell qualified drives. There are a number of benefits for using Dell qualified drives in particular ensuring a positive experience and protecting our data. While SAS and SATA are industry standards there are differences which occur in implementation. An analogy is that English is spoken in the UK, US and Australia. While the language is generally the same, there are subtle differences in word usage which can lead to confusion. This exists in storage subsystems as well. As these subsystems become more capable, faster and more complex, these differences in implementation can have greater impact. Benefits of Dell's Hard Disk and SSD drives are outlined in a white paper on Dell's web site at http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pvaul/en/dell-hard- drives-pov.pdf -Original Message- From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Philip Tait Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 4:31 PM To: linux-poweredge-Lists Subject: Third-party drives not permitted on Gen 11 servers I just received my first Gen11 server, R710, with H700 PERC. I removed the supplied drives, and installed 4 Barracuda ES.2s. After doing a Clear Configuration in the pre-boot RAID setup utility, I can perform no operation with the drives - they are marked as blocked. Is Dell preventing the use of 3rd-party HDDs now? Thanks for any enlightenment. Philip J. Tait http://subarutelescope.org ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
Missing Dependency: dell_ie_module(MPTLSI_U320)
I am trying to run a yum install $(bootstrap_firmware) on a Dell PE2900 and I get the following error ... -- Finished Dependency Resolution LSI2032_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0030_subven_0x1000_subdev_0x50c0-a02-1.noarch from dell-omsa-indep has depsolving problems -- Missing Dependency: dell_ie_module(MPTLSI_U320) is needed by package LSI2032_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0030_subven_0x1000_subdev_0x50c0-a02-1.noarch (dell-omsa-indep) Error: Missing Dependency: dell_ie_module(MPTLSI_U320) is needed by package LSI2032_ven_0x1000_dev_0x0030_subven_0x1000_subdev_0x50c0-a02-1.noarch (dell-omsa-indep) You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: package-cleanup --problems package-cleanup --dupes rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest Any idea where I can get dell_ie_module(MPTLSI_U320). I presume this is for the Adaptec SCSI pci-e card that is installed in the server. The card was purchased after the server, ie not as part of the original build, it was bought from Dell however? Thanks, Daniel ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
RE: Third-party drives not permitted on Gen 11 servers
I'd be more inclined to buy into the whitepaper and the idea behind it if it were not for the fact that Dell servers continue to come with whatever random hard drive model and manufacturer Dell can get at a low price; I don't believe there is any special evaluation of manufacturers quality and/or performance, either that or the standards are so low that every model passes. I don't know one week to the next what the hard drive flavor of the week will be when a new server arrives. Additionally, as someone who has 500+ servers in production, we regularly have Dell branded drives die and if the server is out of warranty, we throw the same model drive bought off the street into it. I have to say I've not had any indication that the Dell drives have been more reliable, if anything less reliable since they buy up whatever a manufacturer is willing to make a deal on at a given time. I'm glad this thread came up though, I could have been in a bad spot if it had not; we have hundreds of Dell servers and buy third party drives simply to have as spare parts so when a drive fails we can throw a new one in immediately instead of waiting four hours or next day depending on a server's support contract. I guess now I have to buy Dell spare part drives so I don't end up screwed. David -Original Message- From: linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com [mailto:linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com] On Behalf Of howard_sho...@dell.com Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:18 PM To: linux-powere...@lists.us.dell.com Subject: RE: Third-party drives not permitted on Gen 11 servers Thank you very much for your comments and feedback regarding exclusive use of Dell drives. It is common practice in enterprise storage solutions to limit drive support to only those drives which have been qualified by the vendor. In the case of Dell's PERC RAID controllers, we began informing customers when a non-Dell drive was detected with the introduction of PERC5 RAID controllers in early 2006. With the introduction of the PERC H700/H800 controllers, we began enabling only the use of Dell qualified drives. There are a number of benefits for using Dell qualified drives in particular ensuring a positive experience and protecting our data. While SAS and SATA are industry standards there are differences which occur in implementation. An analogy is that English is spoken in the UK, US and Australia. While the language is generally the same, there are subtle differences in word usage which can lead to confusion. This exists in storage subsystems as well. As these subsystems become more capable, faster and more complex, these differences in implementation can have greater impact. Benefits of Dell's Hard Disk and SSD drives are outlined in a white paper on Dell's web site at http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pvaul/en/dell-ha rd-drives-pov.pdf -Original Message- From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Philip Tait Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 4:31 PM To: linux-poweredge-Lists Subject: Third-party drives not permitted on Gen 11 servers I just received my first Gen11 server, R710, with H700 PERC. I removed the supplied drives, and installed 4 Barracuda ES.2s. After doing a Clear Configuration in the pre-boot RAID setup utility, I can perform no operation with the drives - they are marked as blocked. Is Dell preventing the use of 3rd-party HDDs now? Thanks for any enlightenment. Philip J. Tait http://subarutelescope.org ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
Re: OMSA 6.2 install issues...
Quoting John Oliver joli...@john-oliver.net:
So what's the correct order? :-)
Not sure. :) The following is one ordering which works, but I bet there
are at least several that work.
libsmbios smbios-utils-bin srvadmin-cm srvadmin-xmlsup srvadmin-omacore
srvadmin-omilcore srvadmin-deng srvadmin-hapi srvadmin-isvc srvadmin-omcommon
srvadmin-smcommon srvadmin-racdrsc5 srvadmin-racadm5 srvadmin-rac5-components
srvadmin-fsa srvadmin-megalib srvadmin-storage srvadmin-sysfsutils
srvadmin-storage-populator srvadmin-storelib-sysfs
srvadmin-storelib srvadmin-storelib-libpci
One thing I remember about the order that didn't work is that I installed
srvadmin-{deng,hapi,isvc} before I installed srvadmin-omilcore and maybe
some others... Installing them too soon might be the problem? Not sure
though, and I unfortunately didn't keep the order that didn't work...
--
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The Department of Physics
The University of Texas at Austin
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RE: Third-party drives not permitted on Gen 11 servers
On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 16:17 -0600, howard_sho...@dell.com wrote: Thank you very much for your comments and feedback regarding exclusive use of Dell drives. It is common practice in enterprise storage solutions to limit drive support to only those drives which have been qualified by the vendor. In the case of Dell's PERC RAID controllers, we began informing customers when a non-Dell drive was detected with the introduction of PERC5 RAID controllers in early 2006. With the introduction of the PERC H700/H800 controllers, we began enabling only the use of Dell qualified drives. I'm sorry - I must have missed something here. I understand that in Enterprise Storage Solutions (such as Hitachi and NetApp) they only allow qualified drives. Are you officially stating that the R710 box is an Enterprise Storage Solution? Because from my understanding, the R710 is listed in the Servers category on www.dell.com, rather than in the storage category. So I fail to understand your rationale, as I believe that many here do. (Though I don't want to speak for others.) If Dell is intending to provide Enterprise Storage Systems in the form of the PowerEdge line, complete with vendor hard disk lock-in, please let us know clearly and equivocally. I understand this in storage boxes, but not in servers. The hardware lock-in path is a dangerous one, tried by IBM, Sun, Compaq (before they were bought by HP), and HP. Doing this in a server line almost always ends badly. I implore Dell to rethink this strategy. Thank you, -I ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
Re: Third-party drives not permitted on Gen 11 servers
I'm sorry - I must have missed something here. I understand that in Enterprise Storage Solutions (such as Hitachi and NetApp) they only allow qualified drives. Are you officially stating that the R710 box is an Enterprise Storage Solution? Because from my understanding, the R710 is listed in the Servers category on www.dell.com, rather than in the storage category. So I fail to understand your rationale, as I believe that many here do. (Though I don't want to speak for others.) If Dell is intending to provide Enterprise Storage Systems in the form of the PowerEdge line, complete with vendor hard disk lock-in, please let us know clearly and equivocally. I understand this in storage boxes, but not in servers. The hardware lock-in path is a dangerous one, tried by IBM, Sun, Compaq (before they were bought by HP), and HP. Doing this in a server line almost always ends badly. I implore Dell to rethink this strategy. Thank you, -I Hi, Just wanted to input my 2 cents if Dell is listening. The main reason we use Dell is because it's cheap, works well with standard equipment (SATA, SAS, PCI, RAM, Link Agg etc..) and is consistent. Cheap to the point where I buy 2 of everything so I have a hot/cold spare. I'm probably spending more than I would at HP or Sun but I've got 2 of 'em. Ram/drive bad? Throw in something. If it's standard, it'll work. We don't buy cheap drives or cheap ram but with a variety of other systems; I don't want to keep multiple brands of the same 300GB 15k drive or the same 2gb stick of ram handy in case there's a failure. I challenge Dell to show me a case where the generic drive (like a Fujitsu MBA3300RC) fails but their magical firmware succeeds. We've probably bought around 250 Dell servers. If there's lock-in on hard drives that drive up cost.. I might just start building our own servers. Sure, it might fail... but i've got 2 of 'em. Brandon ___ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
