[CentOS] Re: IDE RAID support

Phil Schaffner Philip.R.Schaffner at nasa.gov
Thu Jul 21 19:49:05 UTC 2005


On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 14:36 -0500, Jay Leafey wrote:
>  Joseph T Mai wrote:
> > Sorry if this has been asked previously.
> > Does CentOS support IDE hardware RAID on HP DL320?
> > Thanks,
> > -j
> 
> I've got several of these beasts (DL320 G2) and I haven't been able to get
> hardware RAID to work.  The output of 'lspci' reports:
> 
> 00:02.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 0649 Ultra ATA/100
> PCI to ATA Host Controller (rev 02)
> 
> I believe this chipset is dependent on a Windows-based driver to make it
> work and is NOT supported in CentOS.  I'm using software RAID 1 on them
> and am fairly happy with it.

The standard answer for "fake raid" cards from "Linux SATA RAID FAQ"
 http://linux.yyz.us/sata/faq-sata-raid.html

        3. I have a Silicon Image SATA RAID card. Why doesn't Linux
        support my hardware RAID?
        
        A. It's not hardware RAID. It is software RAID, provided by the
        BIOS on the card.
        
Phil





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