[rhn-users] Re: Installing RedHat ES 4 on IBM xSeries server

[Stephen Kirkpatrick]

Larry D Sorensen wrote:
> I have a ServeRAID card. It does not seem to be letting me setup up
> anything but RAID 1. Do you know if it only allows RAID 1 for the
> first/bootable array and then will let you set up RAID 5 for subsequent
> arrays?
>
> Larry
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:17:30 -0600 Stephen Kirkpatrick
> <stephenk at olcinc.com> writes:
>   
>> Larry D Sorensen wrote:
>>     
>>> Has anyone installed RedHat Linux on an IBM xSeries server before? 
>>>       
>> I am
>>     
>>> getting stuck before I begin the install on setting up the RAID 
>>>       
>> disks so
>>     
>>> that they are visible during the install of the OS. It keeps 
>>>       
>> telling me
>>     
>>> that "No SCSI controller found". I think that I need to use the 
>>>       
>> ServeRAID
>>     
>>> Support CD to boot but I am not sure of all of the steps.
>>>
>>> Larry
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> rhn-users mailing list
>>> rhn-users at redhat.com
>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Are you using a ServeRAID card or the onboard SCSI controller?  If 
>> it is 
>> a ServeRAID card, you can do your configuration with the ServeRAID 
>> support CD.  The onboard RAID feature can be managed with the 
>> RaidMan 
>> utility, but may need to be enabled through one of the utilities 
>> available during the boot process.
>>
>> SK
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> rhn-users mailing list
>> rhn-users at redhat.com
>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users
>>
>>
>>     
>
> _______________________________________________
> rhn-users mailing list
> rhn-users at redhat.com
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users
>
>
>   
My experience with recent ServeRAID cards is only with the 6i (or is it 
6i plus?).  I have only dealt with single RAID 1 and 5 configurations.  
Prior to loading the OS I have run the ServeRAID support CD and 
configured the RAID array.  I haven't had any problems loading Red Hat 
ES 3 on any of these systems.  However, I did have to make a driver disk 
for Red Hat 7.3 installations - something I wouldn't think you would 
need to do.

You maybe should call IBM hardware support and see if they can help you 
configure the disk arrays.

SK