RE: PERC H700 and linux 2.6.33
There are issues reported with H700 controller and 2.6.32 kernel. Storage connected to the H700 controller do not get detected. LSI is aware of this issue and are pushing patches to fix this issue. Thanks , Raghavendra. B -Original Message- From: linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com [mailto:linux-poweredge-boun...@dell.com] On Behalf Of Giulio Orsero Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 10:08 PM To: linux-poweredge-Lists Subject: Re: PERC H700 and linux 2.6.33 On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 16:08, cosmih wrote: > So, no one has yet tried the new H700 controller with 2.6.33 kernel ? Maybe not. Have you tried looking for the pci ids? 1) Download http://pciids.sourceforge.net/v2.2/pci.ids.gz 2) See that H700 has device id 0079 3) Check kernel.org log for the megaraid_sas driver http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6-stable.git;a= history;f=drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c;h=409648f5845f06c6ff3d0c4 35164efc060e561ba;hb=HEAD 4) Check this commit http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6-stable.git;a= commitdiff;h=6610a6b354d6c3377a1e79cd1d760ffe4358245c It would appear the answer to your question is yes. -- giul...@pobox.com ___ 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: Alternatives to Dell storage?
oops, nm about infortrend. I asked their support and the JBOD units cannot be used with a regular SAS HBA, i.e. these must be used with their RAID units. However, some other vendors we've dealt with in the past who would know are HPCSystems, mpak tech, penguin computing, and microway. I don't know if anyone has used promise JBOD units: http://www.promise.com/product/pd_l3.asp?Product_Layer_ID=PRLA20060907001#SAS/SATA%20JBOD%20Expansion (bottom of page). ___ 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
DRAC 4 on CentOS 5.4 64-bit?
We purchased a refurb PowerEdge 1850 with a DRAC 4/I card. The default password doesn't work. In the past, I've been able to simply fix this by flashing the DRAC firmware, which resets everything (including the username and password) to factory default. However, doing so this time just upgraded the firmware version, and did nothing with the password. I tried just installing mgmtst-racadm-6.1.0-648, which allows me to run racadm. However, running "racadm sysinfo" gives me: --- ERROR: RACADM is unable to process the requested subcommand because there is no local RAC configuration to communicate with. Local RACADM subcommand execution requires the following: 1. A Remote Access Controller (RAC) must be present on the managed server 2. Appropriate managed node software must be installed and running on the Server --- So now I'm trying to install the full blown OMSA 6.1 (OM_6.1.0_ManNode_A00), but the setup.sh script reports that I have an unsupported OS. Any ideas? I just want to change the password on a DRAC! This seems like a heck of a lot of hoops to jump through for just that. Thanks, Steve ___ 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: PERC H700 and linux 2.6.33
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 16:08, cosmih wrote: > So, no one has yet tried the new H700 controller with 2.6.33 kernel ? Maybe not. Have you tried looking for the pci ids? 1) Download http://pciids.sourceforge.net/v2.2/pci.ids.gz 2) See that H700 has device id 0079 3) Check kernel.org log for the megaraid_sas driver http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6-stable.git;a=history;f=drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.c;h=409648f5845f06c6ff3d0c435164efc060e561ba;hb=HEAD 4) Check this commit http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6-stable.git;a=commitdiff;h=6610a6b354d6c3377a1e79cd1d760ffe4358245c It would appear the answer to your question is yes. -- giul...@pobox.com ___ 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: Alternatives to Dell storage?
On 10 Mar 2010, at 14:56, Sabuj Pattanayek wrote: > ... > On the configuration page for the md1000, do the "Single Blank Hard > Drive Filler"s allow you to put HDDs in them or do you actually have > to purchase the lowest end HDD they'll sell in order to get a caddy? I'm sure you're already aware of this, but just in case you're not: typically these are just covers for the drive bay, and don't allow you to actually fit a drive with them. I.E., they're this: http://snpi.dell.com/sna/images/products/mlrg/340-7475.jpg not this: http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/9/5/0/2/7/9/webimg/330646427_tp.jpg I believe the official answer is indeed that you need to buy a drive from Dell to get the actual caddy, however 3rd party caddies or Dell spares may be available at a fair & reasonable price. Links have been posted in the past. > The cheapest option I'm seeing is a 500GB 7.2K RPM Universal SATA > 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug HDD for $195.30 (obscene). If you think that's obscene, you should check out pricing on 1TB drives on Dell's UK site. Buying with a T410 you will pay £700 per drive - over $1000. Stroller. ___ 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: Dell DTK bootable iso or pxe images with Cobbler
Jonathan Sabo wrote: > It would be really nice if there were getty's running on ttyS0 and > ttyS1 and those were added to the the etc/securetty file as well. > > Lots of people use serial consoles to manage their servers. I do. > Amen to that. And while we're on the subject of even more remotely possible improvements to the DTK environment, it would be nice to have an ISOLINUX/PXELINUX boot option for serial console - although for this to really be meaningful, there are probably some hard-coded dependencies on /dev/tty0 and /dev/tty1 that would need to be fixed as well. Here's a fragment of my pxelinux.cfg: -- serial 1 57600 0x3 # above line MUST be first one in file ... display DTK/message.txt # need to use tftp mounting as nfs mounting doesn't execute the share_script... label 1 kernel DTK/isolinux/SA.1 append initrd=DTK/isolinux/SA.2 ramdisk_size=80527 Stage3_type=network DEBUG=0 quiet share_type=tftp share_location=. share_script=dell-dtk-bios-update tftp_ip=winwood console=ttyS1,57600n8r label 2 kernel DTK/isolinux/SA.1 append initrd=DTK/isolinux/SA.2 ramdisk_size=80527 Stage3_type=network DEBUG=0 quiet share_type=tftp share_location=. share_script=dell-dtk-bios-update tftp_ip=winwood label 3 localboot 0x80 -- and message.txt: -- ... Enter the number of the boot option you wish to select and then press the key. 1: Serial Console BIOS update 2: VGA Console BIOS update 3: Boot from Hard Drive Auto-Boot to after 10 seconds... -- I run my serial consoles at 57600 (highest speed supported by BMC, DRAC, and Linux) rather than 9600, just so that stuff doesn't take all day when I use them - but even a 9600 setting would be better than nothing. @alex -- mailto:alex.du...@mac.com ___ 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: PERC H700 and linux 2.6.33
Hi, So, no one has yet tried the new H700 controller with 2.6.33 kernel ? Thank you, -- cosmih On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 2:25 PM, cosmih wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to know it the megaraid_sas driver (4.12) within 2.6.33 > version of linux support the new PERC H700 Raid controller. > From the following commits I can see that the 4.12 driver include sas2 > controller support. > > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=879111224d0784eab623fe8130a1f4481e0e1966 > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=f4c9a1317d32bb0af7546ef0c1dcc3be52dc8d0a > > > So, is someone able to confirm that the new 2.6.33 kernel support this > Raid controller ? > I need to know that because we would like to install gentoo > distribution on our new Dell R510/R710 servers. > > > Thank you, > > -- > cosmih > ___ 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
Installing RHEL5 via DRAC
I am installing a machine in a remote location, using a DRAC. I have the iso on a local fileserver and am mounting the DVD via a windows workstation, located at the remote location, that I am connecting to via RDP. I have disabled all boot options other than VirtualCD in the BIOS. I have the network cables unplugged, except the DRAC. The machine boots from the DRAC ti the RHEL install setup. It asks me for Language, then Keyboard, then it comes up with: Installation Method Local CDROM Hard Drive NFS Image FTP HTTP But none of these seem to work (I know that with the NICs disconnected the NFS & FTP wouldn't work). Even though the DRAC is booting from the DVD and can see it, does it need to also have network access to see the iso? Regards B The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended addressee please contact the sender and dispose of this e-mail. Thank you. ___ 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: Alternatives to Dell storage?
> I've had good experiences with the Infortrend boxes, but whether they're > a suitable replacement for Dell storage depends on what you're after. > IME they're much more *expensive*, for a start ... On the configuration page for the md1000, do the "Single Blank Hard Drive Filler"s allow you to put HDDs in them or do you actually have to purchase the lowest end HDD they'll sell in order to get a caddy? The cheapest option I'm seeing is a 500GB 7.2K RPM Universal SATA 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug HDD for $195.30 (obscene). Getting 15 of these the price comes to $5309.50 w/3 YR NBD warranty, rapid rails, no PERC card, and declined remote installation. Let's say instead you go with the infortrend jbod : http://www.nextwarehouse.com/item/?578910_g10e Get 16 Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST3500320NS (enterprise class drives) $90/ea and your total comes to $5017 . I've seeing that JBOD sold elsewhere for as low as $3115. Yes, if you get one with a RAID controller it's much more expensive . ___ 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: Dell DTK bootable iso or pxe images with Cobbler
Jon Sabo writes: > Starting at line 218 of bin/start-stage3.sh inside the SA.2 initrd file. > > ... > Could the above code snippet be included in future DTK releases so I > don't have to keep editing these files please? And in the very unlikely chance that somebody actually does that, perhaps that person could also fix the code in that file so that nfs-mounted (or smbfs-mounted) share_scripts are actually executed (I worked around it by using a tftp share_script and nfs mounting what I needed in my script, but it was annoying). The code on line 203 only executes the startup script if $DRM_DTK_FOUND is not 0, but the code in lines 178-190 does not set this variable (only the code in the cdrom case on line 212 sets it. Note that it is not sufficient merely to set $DRM_DTK_FOUND if appropriate in the code in lines 178-190; you also need to move the initialization of this variable to 0 from line 201 up above line 178, or else the variable will get clobbered. (The tftp case works because there is separate code for that case to execute the script, which doesn't care about $DRM_DTK_FOUND). When fixed, the code might look something like this (starting at line 178, omitted lines marked as "..."): DRM_DTK_FOUND=0 if [ x$share_type = x"smbfs" ] && [ ! -z "$share_script" ]; then ... else DRM_DTK_FOUND=1 fi fi if [ x$share_type = x"nfs" ] && [ ! -z "$share_script" ]; then ... else DRM_DTK_FOUND=1 fi fi ... DRM_MOUNT_TO_DIR=/opt/dell/toolkit/systems if [ x$share_type = x"cdrom" ] && [ ! -z "$share_script" ]; then ... fi @alex -- mailto:alex.du...@mac.com ___ 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: Alternatives to Dell storage?
On Tuesday, 09.03.2010 at 16:16 -0600, Sabuj Pattanayek wrote: > http://www.infortrend.com/ I've had good experiences with the Infortrend boxes, but whether they're a suitable replacement for Dell storage depends on what you're after. IME they're much more *expensive*, for a start ... Dave. -- Dave Ewart da...@ceu.ox.ac.uk Computing Manager, Cancer Epidemiology Unit University of Oxford / Cancer Research UK N 51.7516, W 1.2152 signature.asc Description: Digital signature ___ 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
