From: Axel Kuester <A.Kuester@ostalb.netsurf.de> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 19:53:54 +0100 Message-ID: <gabv3t8uk5d09a0rjcctsqkcgvlktvvurf@4ax.com> Subject: Re: [suse-axp] Hardware RAID controller KZPSC-XB supported?
Hi,
thanks for the help up to now.
I'v found the exact wording of the part in a older SOC:
RAID Array 230 storage controller. (not 230/plus)
It's been told there to work under WNT also.. The Version of the
firmware seems to be V2.36.
Axel
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000 08:12:19 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
>On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Marco Antonio Blanco wrote:
>
>> El Mar 19 Dic 2000 04:04, escribiste:
>> > Chances are it's some sort of Mylex based controller. How many ROM chips
>> > does it have? (Are there two square sockets? Is one or both filled?). If
>> > there's only one ROM chip then you've got V2 firmware, which doesn't work
>> > with Linux. If it's got both (and it really is the Mylex DAC960) then
>> > you might be in luck.
>>
>> Yes, I agree, your RAID controller seems to be a Mylex DAC960. I'm also
>> trying to set up such a controller under Linux, but been unsuccesful so far.
>> Dear Axel, I'll let you know what steps I've taken just in case they may be
>> ok for you. But first of all, I want to tell you about something I read in
>> ftp.digital.com. It seems that you can't install Linux directly to a Mylex
>> DAC960 RAID disk, so you need and extra disk in the standard SCSI chain to
>> install Linux on it and then "dd" it to the RAID. I haven't tested this yet,
>> so if you can and do so, please let me know.
>.
>> No distro that I've tried seems to support this controller in the
>> installation process.
>
> FWIW, RedHat 7.0 (Yes, I know this is the SuSE list :) should be
>able to install on the DAC960 now, and I've been told that some SRMs will
>see a DAC960 and boot from it....though I don't know for which platforms.
>
>> > You can upgrade the V2 cards to V3, but it requires a 2nd ROM chip, and
>> > nobody seems to make them anymore!
>>
>> BTW, Mr. Payne, as you seem to know quite about this hardware, I'd like to
>> ask you if you know something about the PDU model of the Mylex DAC960
>> controller. I've browsed Mylex's web page and it seems to not exist, but
>> that's the model printed on a sticker on my controller. Any light you could
>> throw (or anybody else, of course) would be of great help. Thanks in advance.
>
>Ummm...do you have a Mylex or a DEC card? If I remember correctly Mylex
>sold them to Digital who put in their own firmware and placed their own
>parts numbers on it. So if you have a DEC card, the numbers you're seeing
>will be DEC part numbers not Mylex.
>
>--rdp
>
>--
>Rich Payne
>rpayne@alphalinux.org www.alphalinux.org
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