RE: Adaptec SCSI RAID 2000S

Matt,

Good question, and a very valid point. But anyway, this box is kind of a test-lab Oracle server, and needs to be RHEL5 for that purpose. I believe it will be pretty heavily used, so virtualizing it won't happen - I'll bet my last penny on that, and on the Springboks, by the way! :)

I think the next thing to do is to perhaps flash the Adaptec adapter's BIOS to a newer version, and then see if the driver will load...I'm pretty certain that I've exhausted all other options for now.

Will see what the boss says on Monday...

Thanks very much for your reply.

Johan

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[mailto:redhat-list-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Matt Sent: 19 October 2007 17:18
To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list' Subject: RE: Adaptec SCSI RAID 2000S

Perhaps this is not the answer you are looking for, but maybe you can install another distro (Fedora or an older CENTOS) to get driver support.
Also, could using a virtual server work? I am just wondering if you can place something like CENT as the host OS then run VMWare and maybe create a virtual machine with RHEL5? Perhaps this VM will not require direct hardware support for the controller? You might be able to virtualize part of your infrastructure as well and run a legacy OS which supports your controller - then, include this box in the virtual infrastructure.

Do you need help?

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Maybe the real question is why is it that you need to run RHEL5 on a 4 year old box? I am not saying there is a problem with it, but is it essential that REHL5 is run on this one?

Just some thoughts for you...

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On Behalf Of Andrew Bacchi
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 11:41 AM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: Adaptec SCSI RAID 2000S

I hope you've already solved this problem. Have you checked the Adaptec web site for a Linux driver? If anyone has one, it would be the OEM.

Johan Booysen wrote:
> I urgently need advice on this: I need to install RHEL5 on a server
> that is probably about 4 years old. It contains an Adaptec SCSI RAID
> 2000S adapter, and there is no driver available that I can track down
on
> short notice (and none included on the RHEL5 discs). Anaconda does
not
> detect any disks on the server during installation.
>
> Anyone know what my best bet is to get around this, or where to find a
> driver that will work?
>
> Thanks very much.
>
> Johan

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