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(Resolved)What if? Promise Sata300 TX controller RHEL driver and 1 TB sata drive

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What will happen on SME 7.3 if I install a Promise Sata300 TX controller using the Red Hat driver in PCI slot hooked up to new 1TB sata drive and issue these commands?

 1.) Boot linux system and login as root.
    2.) Insert SATAII 150/300 Driver Disk for install driver by issuing commands:
   # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
   # cd /mnt/floppy
   # sh install   (Answer Yes/No when inquire setup configuration)
   You can answer Yes to load SATAII 150 driver when linux booting
        everytime.
   # cd ..
   # umount /dev/fd0

Will SME work and can I then add it into my SME software raid array?
Thanks, Tracy
« Last Edit: November 13, 2008, 02:15:37 PM by tviles »

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Re: What if? Promise Sata300 TX controller RHEL driver and 1 TB sata drive
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2008, 03:24:22 PM »
What will happen on SME 7.3 if I install a Promise Sata300 TX controller using the Red Hat driver in PCI slot hooked up to new 1TB sata drive and issue these commands?

please define Red Hat
BTW, AFAIK that card works out of the box

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02:09.0 Mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20318 (SATA150 TX4) (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20318 (SATA150 TX4)
        Flags: 66Mhz, medium devsel, IRQ 225
        I/O ports at df00 [size=64]
        I/O ports at dfa0 [size=16]
        I/O ports at dc00 [size=128]
        Memory at fe6ff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Memory at fe6c0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        Expansion ROM at fe6e0000 [disabled] [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2

[root@server ~]# modprobe sata_promise
[root@server ~]# lsmod | sort
ac                      8901  0
ata_piix               19013  4
atm                    42261  1 bridge
battery                12997  0
bonding                68200  0
bridge                 48729  0
button                 10705  0
dm_mirror              31301  0
dm_mod                 66665  8 dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror
dm_snapshot            21221  0
dm_zero                 6337  0
ehci_hcd               32325  0
ext3                  119497  2
floppy                 58193  0
hw_random               9685  0
jbd                    59865  1 ext3
libata                105757  2 sata_promise,ata_piix
Module                  Size  Used by
raid1                  19777  2
sata_promise           16837  0
scsi_mod              120269  2 libata,sd_mod
sd_mod                 20545  6
sk98lin               144553  1
tun                    13249  1
uhci_hcd               33241  0

HTH
ciao

Stefano

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Re: What if? Promise Sata300 TX controller RHEL driver and 1 TB sata drive
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2008, 03:49:22 PM »
please define Red Hat

Well when I go to the www.promise.com website they have linux drivers for this card for Red Hat and Suse. So I downloaded the driver for Red Hat but have not done any install attempts yet.


BTW, AFAIK that card works out of the box
 
What is AFAIK? I did shut down server and install card and sata hard drive in. I see the promise card bios show up for a second when powering server back on.

Tell me more I'm anxious to make it happen.

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Re: What if? Promise Sata300 TX controller RHEL driver and 1 TB sata drive
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2008, 03:55:34 PM »
This is a Dell Poweredge 2500 with 6 scsi drives running SME raid 5 with spare.
Oh I googled afaik as far as I know. Got it.
Tell me more. I can drive over there today and do more.

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Re: What if? Promise Sata300 TX controller RHEL driver and 1 TB sata drive
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2008, 04:08:09 PM »
Are you telling me to issue this command at the root login?

modprobe sata_promise


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Re: What if? Promise Sata300 TX controller RHEL driver and 1 TB sata drive
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2008, 04:18:38 PM »
OK Now what?

[root@shpdserver ~]# modprobe sata_promise
[root@shpdserver ~]# lsmod | sort
ac                      8901  0
aic7xxx               146425  10
appletalk              38996  24
battery                12997  0
bonding                68200  0
button                 10705  0
crc_ccitt               6209  1 ppp_async
dm_mirror              31301  0
dm_mod                 66665  8 dm_snapshot,dm_zero,dm_mirror
dm_snapshot            21221  0
dm_zero                 6337  0
e1000                 122705  0
e100                   36677  0
ext3                  119497  2
floppy                 58193  0
ip_conntrack           46085  5 ipt_MASQUERADE,ipt_state,ip_nat_ftp,ip_conntrack_ftp,iptable_nat
ip_conntrack_ftp       76529  1 ip_nat_ftp
ip_nat_ftp              9009  0
iptable_filter          6977  1
iptable_mangle          6849  0
iptable_nat            27613  3 ipt_MASQUERADE,ip_nat_ftp
ip_tables              22721  7 ipt_ULOG,ipt_REJECT,ipt_MASQUERADE,ipt_state,iptable_mangle,iptable_nat,iptable_filter
ipt_MASQUERADE          8001  1
ipt_REJECT             10689  1
ipt_state               5953  1
ipt_ULOG               11845  1
jbd                    59865  1 ext3
joydev                 14465  0
libata                106141  1 sata_promise
loop                   20681  0
mii                     9281  1 e100
Module                  Size  Used by
ohci_hcd               24273  0
ppp_async              16193  1
ppp_generic            33172  6 ppp_mppe,ppp_async
ppp_mppe               18304  2
raid1                  19777  1
raid5                  25409  1
sata_promise           16837  0
scsi_mod              120269  4 libata,sg,aic7xxx,sd_mod
sd_mod                 20545  15
sg                     38369  0
slhc                   11329  1 ppp_generic
smbfs                  63417  0
xor                    17608  1 raid5

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Re: What if? Promise Sata300 TX controller RHEL driver and 1 TB sata drive
« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2008, 10:16:21 PM »
I got it! We now have the same Ibay as the old Ibayname we just have 1tb more space to work with. No raid but it is backed up nightly.
I now understand out of the box. Thanks your post got me thinking in the right direction.