Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 08:58:03 -0600 (MDT) From: Colin Eric Johnson <colinj@cs.unm.edu> To: John <papalia@UDel.Edu> Cc: John Lengeling <johnl@raccoon.com>, Tom Muchmore <tmuch@poncacitynews.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMI PERC2 RAID Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9909110852160.2136-100000@nobby.cs.unm.edu> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990911002436.0093ff00@unix01.voicenet.com>
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I was just looking for an answer to this question myself. The PERC cards are, as far as I can tell, AMI MegaRAID cards. A quick search of the FreeBSD-SCSI mailing list found references to someone working on just such a driver back in June. I did not see anything more recent then June so I don't know what the status is. On Sat, 11 Sep 1999, John wrote: > Not sure where to ask the question, but is there a way to find out if there > are any plans to support these cards in the near future? I need to install > & configure 5 servers in the next 60 days, and it would suck to have to > look for a different OS just cuz of the RAID card that management wants to > buy... > > Thanks, > John > > >This RAID card is not supported. From the FreeBSD handbook, the > >following RAID cards are supported: > > > >DPT SmartCACHE Plus, SmartCACHE III, SmartRAID III, SmartCACHE IV and > >SmartRAID IV SCSI/RAID controllers are supported. The DPT > >SmartRAID/CACHE V is not yet supported. > > > >Compaq Intelligent Disk Array Controllers: IDA, IDA-2, IAES, SMART, > >SMART-2/E, Smart-2/P, SMART-2SL, Smart Array 3200, Smart Array 3100ES > >and Smart Array 221. > > > >It would be great to have a PERC2 driver for FreeBSD since the > >PowerEdges make nice FreeBSD servers. > > > >johnl > > > >Tom Muchmore wrote: > >> > >> I don't really know enough to ask this question yet, but our guru > >is still > >> trying to dig up an answer and having a tough time. When we try to install > >> any 3.X version of FreeBSD we cannot get it to recognize our RAID > >> controller. It is apparently an AMI PERC2 RAID controller on a Dell > >> poweredge 4300. Some versions will go past the beginning recognition but > >> when we attempt to move on to partitioning the FreeBSD cannot find the card. > >> I realize this isn't enough information to troubleshoot the > >problem. Just > >> looking to see if anyone knows that this card is or isn't supported by > >FreeBSD. > >> > >> Thanks, Tom > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > Colin E. Johnson | colinj@unm.edu | http://www.unm.edu/~colinj/ busily trying to figure out how to get a Players Club card . . . To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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