Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 09:36:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Lambert <lambert@jeol.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.10 and IBM servers with RAID Message-ID: <Pine.A41.4.58.0405070923190.15752@bosch.jeol.com> In-Reply-To: <20040507085935.GA73674@stack.nl> References: <20040507085111.GD94511@freenix.no> <20040507085935.GA73674@stack.nl>
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On Fri, 7 May 2004, Marc Olzheim wrote: > On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 10:51:11AM +0200, Morten A. Middelthon wrote: > > is anyone here running FreeBSD 4.9 or 4.10 on newer IBM servers using RAID? A > > customer wants to get IBM 2U rack-mounted servers which we will install > > FreeBSD on, and before we get that far I would like to confirm that FreeBSD > > supports the RAID controllers on these things. The alternative is to get > > HP/Compaq servers. > > Depends om the RAID controller, I guess. The ips driver (IBM (Adaptec) > ServeRAID) is present on FreeBSD 5, but not on 4... True. The ServeRAID controllers are not (yet?) supported in 4. I am running 4.9 on IBM x300, x305, and x335 (sorry, no 2U models). The x335 has a built-in (motherboard) LSI RAID chip (53C1020) that is supported by the FreeBSD mpt driver. RAID 1 mirroring has worked well, though I have yet to attempt to monitor the controller from the OS (if that is even possible). -- Michael Lambert Systems Admin, IT Dept JEOL USA Inc http://www.jeol.com
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