[Cialug] Perc3 RAID

[Jon Clemons]

 I have not compiled the 2.6.x kernel with AACRAID but in many of
the 2.4.x versions you had to enable CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
to even get the option to enable CONFIG_SCSI_AACRAID


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Bibbs" <tony@tonybibbs.com>
To: <cialug@cialug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Perc3 RAID


> Right, so:
>
> 1) First try including aacraid in the kernel and cross fingers it works
> 2) if it doesn't, upgrade firmware and retry.
> 3) if that doesn't work, upgrade the driver.
>
> Thank you three...that should at least ensure I'm prepared for the next 
> trip to the colo.
>
> --Tony
>
> Jon Clemons wrote:
>> Yea, he needs the AACRAID driver for sure. Although if the firmware is 
>> not a certain
>> revision even with the AACRAID driver the kernel will panic because 
>> something
>> in the module checks to make sure the firmware is a certain version or 
>> higher or
>> otherwise it panics. I have been down that exact road before which is why 
>> I
>> have less hair today:)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Weis" <djweis@sjdjweis.com>
>> To: <cialug@cialug.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 3:14 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Perc3 RAID
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Jon Clemons wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have extensive Dell Server and Linux experience. Back in the 2.4 days 
>>>> if you upgraded
>>>> a kernel and the Perc3 firmware was not current you would get a kernel 
>>>> panic.
>>>
>>>
>>> From watching over Tony's shoulder I think he was getting the generic no 
>>> root filesystem found. It kind of looked like the raid card driver was 
>>> just missing, I thought the lsi driver covered the older dell cards, but 
>>> I hadn't done too much with the older ones.
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
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>>> abridgment
>>> djweis@sjdjweis.com   of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent
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>>>                       and sudden usurpations."- James Madison
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