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

[Larry D Sorensen]

Thank you Marty, but the problem ended up being that I was sent 2
installed ServeRAID 6i cards instead of 1 (the system only supports 1
installed card) and neither of them were installed in the required slot.
After removing 1 and moving the other, as well as reconfiguring the
installed card due to some weird things happening due to having
improperly installed cards, I was able to get my 2 RAID sets set up.

Larry
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:48:50 -0500 "Marty Merrick"
<mmerrick at idleaire.com> writes:
> Larry,
> My experience has been that we need to update all the system's 
> firmware
> before loading the OS. By firmware I mean the system BIOS, the RAID 
> card
> firmware, and the individual drive's firmware (every drive has it's
> own). Even though this may be a new system, it a good idea to get 
> the
> "matching" firmwares installed before loading an OS. IBM support can
> assist you with finding the correct versions. Once you get that 
> done,
> use the ServRAID CD to configure your RAID arrays, then load the OS.
> We've had no issues with this procedure using RHEL 3 or 4.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Marty
> --
> Marty Merrick
> Director, Information Technology
> IdleAire Technologies Corp.
> --
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Larry D Sorensen
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 9:40 AM
> To: rhn-users at redhat.com
> Subject: [rhn-users] Re: Installing RedHat EA 4 on IBM xSeries 
> server
> 
> 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
> 
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