Date: Mon, 9 Mar 1998 11:35:32 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAID support under FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <19980309113532.47661@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <3501685A.D0630E20@we.lc.ehu.es>; from Jose M. Alcaide on Sat, Mar 07, 1998 at 04:31:49PM %2B0100 References: <3501685A.D0630E20@we.lc.ehu.es>
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On Sat, 7 March 1998 at 16:31:49 +0100, Jose M. Alcaide wrote: > I want to install FreeBSD 2.2.5 on a Dell PowerEdge 4200 server. > This is an impressive machine wich includes two SCSI controllers > (one is an Adaptec 7880 and the other is a 7860). Also has > two Ultra-Wide disks of 4GB capacity. [BTW, FreeBSD will replace > Windows NT - HA HA !!]. > > My problem is that this Dell server has a PCI board installed which > acts as RAID controller and battery backup module. At startup, > the two disks don't appear in the SCSI bus. I think that the RAID > controller manages the disks, so they are not seen by the 7880 SCSI > controller. Since the 7880 does not see any disk, neither FreeBSD does. Sorry, I can't comment on this machine. > My question is: does FreeBSD support any RAID controller? Yes. Support for the DPT RAID controller was commited to -CURRENT yesterday or today. > If that RAID controller is not supported by FreeBSD, then I will > have to remove the RAID adapter, and this is a shame. You might like to find out more details of the controller. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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