Andy George wrote:
Does this have any bearing on the matter...? ( from ibm website. I remembered something from suffering with the 4l raid controllers a couple of years ago ). I don't think is does.Server :-
IBM Netfinity model 5500 (4RU) Twin PIII 600 Cartridge CPUs 768 MB SDRam (as far as I can make out) Triple SCSI Drives (9.1 GB) in a Raid 5 arrangement ServerRaid2 Raid Controller
OS :-
RedHat 9, server insall
Problem :-
IBM's ServerRaid controller might...have been upgraded, RedHat is having a Hell of a time using it, preferring to let me know that 18 times a second, it's resetting controller IPS0. This happens during a boot, where seconds before it goes insane, it tells me that the BIOS of the RAID controller SHOULD be AS500, but it's MP418, and something terrible has happened...
Presented Solutions :-
Someone told me to scrap RH9 in favour of Fedora, as the older RH series didnt play nice with IBM gear anyway, and Fedora DOES... I've also been told to give FreeBSD a whirl. I *have* FreeBSD here, and will try that pending solutions from CLUGBOCLLGAF<insert remaining alphabet here>
Question :-
Anyone else can see something obvious, or knows why the IBM isnt being friendly to the RH install?
Andy George Official Toast maker of the Olympic games Janatorial Comittee
*WARNING:* The Netfinity 7000 and PC Server 704 do not support the large memory block addressing used in ServeRAID firmware v4.00 and later. For these systems, the latest firmware version supported is v3.50 <http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-495PES.html#350>. Flashing your ServeRAID controller firmware to a higher level than v3.50 when installed in these systems will render your controller non-functional <http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-44621>.
Alternatively, there are raid and disk firmware upgrades available for your system on the website at http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product.do?doctypeind=9&doccategoryind=51718&operatingsystemind=49977&template=%2Fproductpage%2Flandingpages%2FproductPageLandingPage.vm&brandind=8&familyind=50037&machineind=57794&modelind=57801&partnumberind=0&subcategoryind=0&validate=true
Whatever you say about them, they do provide comprehensive support for their products!
hth,
Steve
