[rhelv6-list] Trying to find utilities to manage a Dell Perc 5i (not integrated) from RHEL6

[Thomas Cameron]

On 12/23/2012 11:12 AM, Thomas Cameron wrote:
> Howdy All -
> 
> A buddy of mine gave me a Perc 5i card with SAS to SATA adapter cables.
> 
> I slapped it in my whitebox machine, and it works great. RHEL 6 sees it
> just fine, I built a RAID 5 array with it, the OS installed, life is good.
> 
> I am having a heck of a time finding firmware and management tools for
> it, though. Dell's web site is just *awful* - I've tried under the
> PowerEdge 2950 and all it gives me is PERC 6 or PERC 5i *integrated* utils.
> 
> Can anyone educate me on the search-fu I need to find the firmware and
> management tools for this card?
> 
> Thanks!
> Thomas

I found out in #rhel on Freenode that the "integrated" PERC 5i is only
called that because it's on a dedicated PCI-E slot. So the device I have
*is* considered the "integrated" version. Weird.

I just drilled down in the PowerEdge 2950 at Dell.com and found the
latest firmware and utilities for the PERC 5i integrated. They installed
just fine, the firmware is as modern as it gets.

Sorry for the noise, but I hope anyone else who is confused by the
"integrated" label on this controller finds this post and it helps.

Thomas