3ware raid controller card / driver question

[Götz Reinicke]

Hi,

we have a 9650SE-4LPML witch worked out of the box with RH EL 5.1 and 
after the yum update with RH EL 5.2.

3ware 9000 Storage Controller device driver for Linux v2.26.02.007.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:03:03.0[A] -> GSI 52 (level, low) -> IRQ 58
3w-9xxx: scsi0: AEN: INFO (0x04:0x0053): Battery capacity test is overdue:.
scsi0 : 3ware 9000 Storage Controller
3w-9xxx: scsi0: Found a 3ware 9000 Storage Controller at 0xe0200000, 
IRQ: 58.
3w-9xxx: scsi0: Firmware FE9X 3.02.00.016, BIOS BE9X 3.01.00.027, Ports: 8.
   Vendor: AMCC      Model: 9550SXU-8L DISK   Rev: 3.02
   Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 03



Regards

Götz Reinicke

Nicholas G. Stamatakos schrieb:
> We just received a server that has a raid 6 controller 9650SE 8LPML from
> 3ware.
> 
> We wish to install redhat EL 5.2 server with virtualization on the
> server.  
> 
> I was told that redhat doesn't have default drivers for this 3ware
> device that go along with the 2.5.18 kernel.  I was also told by someone
> else that red hat might have back-ported the 2.5.19 kernel with the
> 3ware drivers to the 2.5.18-xx kernel.
> 
> 1st question:  Did red hat back-port the 2.5.19 kernel with 3ware
> drivers to the 2.5.18-xx kernel?
> 
> 2nd question:  If red hat did not back-port the necessary drivers and
> kernel, I was told that there is a procedure for installing new kernels
> with the 3ware drivers?  Can someone point me in the right direction --
> where is the documentation for the 3ware kernel/driver updates?
> 
> Thanks
> Nick 


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