P520

[Mad Unix]

yes please, becuse i really need your feedback
I am in the process of implementing RHEL 4 or 5 on p52A (internal disk) Dual
channel SCSI RAID Enablement Daughter Card attached to SAN DS4700
connected through 4Gbps PCI Express HBA card with RDAC
using 2x SAN switches SAN16B-2.

Thanks


On 6/4/07, Rob Bruder <robert.bruder at oit.state.nj.us> wrote:
>
> No, the machine was barely functional.  I was booting it off SAN storage
> and the lack of a good driver for the card made it almost impossible to
> even navigate file systems.  I haven't had a chance to try booting the
> system off of internal storage and using the SAN for just data file
> systems.   Still in the process of  testing RHEL on ppc for production
> systems.  I'll give it a shot if I have some free time this week and let
> you know.
>
> Mad Unix wrote:
> > Did you enable the multipath for the HBA (failover/Loadbalancing) under
> > Linux
> >
> > On 6/4/07, Rob Bruder <robert.bruder at oit.state.nj.us> wrote:
> >>
> >> I have had some issues with buggy QLogic HBA drivers, but other than
> >> that, Red Hat 4 runs just fine on P5 series hardware.
> >>
> >> Mad Unix wrote:
> >> > Am planning to install Linux on 4 Power PC (IBM-P5) attached to
> FC-SAN
> >> > storage.
> >> > The servers will Apache HTTP/PHP, Java and Oracle
> >> >
> >> > Would this work on PowerPC,out of your experience need your input.
> >> >
> >> > I ma planning to install it on the following HW (4xP520systems)
> >> > attached to
> >> > SAN
> >> > with the following HW spec
> >> > -P520
> >> > -Dual 2.1 GHz P5+
> >> > -1.9 MB L2 / 36 MB L3
> >> > -16GB ECC RAM
> >> > -2x Internal Disk 73
> >> > -RAID Dual channel ultra320 SCSI int. controller
> >> > -Redhat 4 or Redhat 5 EL
> >> > -SAN DS4700 Express Model 70 2GB cache
> >> > -14x146.8GB 10k
> >> > -Redhat EL 4 or 5
> >> >
> >> >
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