Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-30 Thread Billy Huddleston
It's listed as a MegaRAID controller. I've tried the following drivers suggested by Supermicro with no success. megasr-13.10.0708.2009-1-rhel50-ga-all.img megasr-13.10.0708.2009-1-rhel50-u1-all.img megasr-13.10.0708.2009-1-rhel50-u2-all.img megasr-13.10.0708.2009-1-rhel50-u3-all.img From what

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-30 Thread Rob Kampen
Billy Huddleston wrote: It's listed as a MegaRAID controller. I've tried the following drivers suggested by Supermicro with no success. megasr-13.10.0708.2009-1-rhel50-ga-all.img megasr-13.10.0708.2009-1-rhel50-u1-all.img megasr-13.10.0708.2009-1-rhel50-u2-all.img

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-28 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Billy Huddleston wrote on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:35:43 -0500: I'm trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a machine with a LSI SAS 1068E controller. It should work out of the box. I have several Dell and HP machines that have cards based on this LSI chip and they worked straight out of the box. You

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-28 Thread Steve Thompson
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Tait Clarridge wrote: Steve: What module does your Dell Perc use? I don't have access to my server to check. From one of my Dell R410 systems: % lspci | grep LSI 03:00.0 RAID bus controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 1078 (rev 04) and from

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-28 Thread Tait Clarridge
On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 21:17 -0800, John R Pierce wrote: nate wrote: Tait Clarridge wrote: Steve: What module does your Dell Perc use? I don't have access to my server to check. megaraid_sas is what my PERC 5i and 6i use I'm pretty sure the PERC 5i/6i are more than

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-28 Thread John R Pierce
Billy Huddleston wrote: I'm trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a machine with a LSI SAS 1068E controller. I've googled all over the place and found a few different drivers for RHEL5 for it.. and tried a few of them.. Some will load, some complain that this isn't the correct version.. non of

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-28 Thread Larry Brigman
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Billy Huddleston bi...@ivdc.com wrote: I'm trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a machine with a LSI SAS 1068E controller.  I've googled all over the place and found a few different drivers for RHEL5 for it.. and tried a few of them.. Some will load, some complain

[CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-27 Thread Billy Huddleston
I'm trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a machine with a LSI SAS 1068E controller. I've googled all over the place and found a few different drivers for RHEL5 for it.. and tried a few of them.. Some will load, some complain that this isn't the correct version.. non of them work when it comes to

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-27 Thread John R Pierce
Billy Huddleston wrote: I'm trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a machine with a LSI SAS 1068E controller. I've googled all over the place and found a few different drivers for RHEL5 for it.. and tried a few of them.. Some will load, some complain that this isn't the correct version.. non of

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-27 Thread Steve Thompson
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, John R Pierce wrote: I'm not familiar with that exact LSI chip, but most every LSI Logic Fusion-MPT controller I've seen yet has worked just fine with the default RHEL drivers. I have a bunch of machines with the LSI 1068E chip, and they _do_ work fine with the default

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-27 Thread Billy Huddleston
Yes, their is a RAID 10 volume setup in the controller BIOS. Tait Clarridge wrote: On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 17:35 -0500, Billy Huddleston wrote: I'm trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a machine with a LSI SAS 1068E controller. I've googled all over the place and found a few different drivers

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-27 Thread Tait Clarridge
On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 18:11 -0500, Billy Huddleston wrote: Yes, their is a RAID 10 volume setup in the controller BIOS. A previous response suggested using JBOD mode. But maybe someone has installed CentOS with the 1068E controller using a RAID mode. If I understand the problem correctly, the

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-27 Thread John R Pierce
Steve Thompson wrote: I have a bunch of machines with the LSI 1068E chip, and they _do_ work fine with the default drivers, for both 5.3 and 5.4 I'm curious... that chip [1] claims RAID 0/1/10/10e support and implies its hardware raid. Is the integrated RAID support in fact true raid,

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-27 Thread Billy Huddleston
That's correct. I've not tried it JBOD as of yet. Tait Clarridge wrote: On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 18:11 -0500, Billy Huddleston wrote: Yes, their is a RAID 10 volume setup in the controller BIOS. A previous response suggested using JBOD mode. But maybe someone has installed CentOS with

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-27 Thread Steve Thompson
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Billy Huddleston wrote: Great, which driver did you use and where can I get it... and was this for a 32bit or 64bit CentOS install? It was 64-bit; I just used the regular CentOS installation CD's; no special drivers at all. Steve

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-27 Thread Tait Clarridge
On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 18:57 -0500, Steve Thompson wrote: On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Billy Huddleston wrote: Great, which driver did you use and where can I get it... and was this for a 32bit or 64bit CentOS install? It was 64-bit; I just used the regular CentOS installation CD's; no

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-27 Thread Steve Thompson
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Tait Clarridge wrote: Steve, did you configure RAID in the BIOS or use JBOD and create a SW raid in CentOS? I noticed from a previous post that you said it was working, the info may help Billy. I've done it both ways (RAID-5, RAID-6 and JBOD). BTW, the LSI 1068E in my

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-27 Thread Ross Walker
On Nov 27, 2009, at 6:19 PM, John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com wrote: Steve Thompson wrote: I have a bunch of machines with the LSI 1068E chip, and they _do_ work fine with the default drivers, for both 5.3 and 5.4 I'm curious... that chip [1] claims RAID 0/1/10/10e support and

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-27 Thread Billy Huddleston
Hmm.. I can't do RAID 5 because that would require the iButton68 (per http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/6015/SYS-6015V-M3.cfm) However, this has me completely stumped. I'll try JBOD and see what that does. Thanks, Billy Steve Thompson wrote: On Fri, 27 Nov 2009, Tait Clarridge

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-27 Thread Billy Huddleston
JBOD a bust. It doesn't see any hard drives that way either. Anyone have any other ideas? Billy Huddleston wrote: Hmm.. I can't do RAID 5 because that would require the iButton68 (per http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/1U/6015/SYS-6015V-M3.cfm) However, this has me completely

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-27 Thread Tait Clarridge
On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 21:18 -0500, Billy Huddleston wrote: JBOD a bust. It doesn't see any hard drives that way either. Anyone have any other ideas? Ask Supermicro for the IT mode of your firmware if it exists. They are usually really good at answering support questions if you email them, I've

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-27 Thread Billy Huddleston
I just read the user manual on it.. It says the following... IT Mode (Initiator and Target Mode) This is a Non-RAID mode. To use this mode, be sure to fl ash an IT mode firmware to the EEPROM and to install an IT Mode driver to the system OS. So, I'm confused, what point is a RAID controller

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-27 Thread Tait Clarridge
On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 22:10 -0500, Billy Huddleston wrote: I just read the user manual on it.. It says the following... IT Mode (Initiator and Target Mode) This is a Non-RAID mode. To use this mode, be sure to fl ash an IT mode firmware to the EEPROM and to install an IT Mode driver to the

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-27 Thread nate
Tait Clarridge wrote: Steve: What module does your Dell Perc use? I don't have access to my server to check. megaraid_sas is what my PERC 5i and 6i use nate ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.

2009-11-27 Thread John R Pierce
nate wrote: Tait Clarridge wrote: Steve: What module does your Dell Perc use? I don't have access to my server to check. megaraid_sas is what my PERC 5i and 6i use I'm pretty sure the PERC 5i/6i are more than just the 1068E SAS chip, although they very well could include