RESOLVED with 6.2 but it lacks NIC support Re: 6.1 can't find
SAS drives on Dell PE 1955
Scott Long
scottl at samsco.org
Mon Nov 6 04:49:39 UTC 2006
NIC support for the 1955 will take some time, and will definitely
not happen for 6.2.
Scott
Mike Brown wrote:
> I have resolved this by booting 6.2.
>
> However, we now have NO NIC support :|
>
>
>
>
> On 01/11/06, Eric Anderson <anderson at centtech.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 11/01/06 15:26, Mike Brown wrote:
>> > Hi Eric, thanks for the reply
>> >
>> > Not sure what controller I'm running. I don't see it on boot up BIOS
>> > messages.
>> > From what I gather its a RAID controller, both drives are mirrored via
>> > the system.
>> >
>> > I tried 6.2-PRE this morning, it also did not see the drives.
>> >
>> > How do I tell what controller is on the system ?
>>
>> It should tell you on boot - something like 'PERC 5i' or PERC something
>> (maybe 'PowerEdge RAID Controller').
>>
>>
>> We have a 1950 that works ok under recent 6.2-*
>>
>> > The drives are 73Gig 10K RPM SAS micro drives
>> >
>> >
>> > On 01/11/06, *Eric Anderson* <anderson at centtech.com
>> > <mailto:anderson at centtech.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> > On 11/01/06 14:39, Mike Brown wrote:
>> > > When trying to install FB-6.1 from the ISO's on a Dell PE 1955
>> > Blade, it
>> > > will not see the SAS drives.
>> > >
>> > > Any thoughts of wisdom
>> > >
>> > > Thanks in advance
>> >
>> > Which controller are you using, and is there a RAID set up or are
>> you
>> > passing the drives through to FreeBSD? Also, you might want to try
>> > 6.2-PRERELEASE.
>> >
>> > Eric
>>
>>
>> --
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology
>> Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't.
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
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