At Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:43:28 +0100 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote:
Hi,
for a specific application we need a low-profile SCSI card (PCI) with external 50pin connector. I thought about getting an "Adaptec SCSI Card 2930LP". However I was not able to find any usable information about wether this card is supported by Linux/CentOS 5.x or not. Does anyone have this card working with a CentOS 5.x machine?
ALL Adaptec SCSI Cards (except for a few bleeding edge 64-bit PCI cards) are supported, out-of-the-box using stock kernels on all versions of CentOS (3.x, 4.x, and 5.x):
On my CentOS 4.8 box:
sauron.deepsoft.com% strings /lib/modules/2.6.9-89.0.16.EL/kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.ko |grep 2930 Adaptec 2930CU SCSI adapter Adaptec 2930C Ultra SCSI adapter (VAR) Adaptec 2930 Ultra SCSI adapter Adaptec 2930 Ultra2 SCSI adapter
And in a CentOS 5.2 install:
sauron.deepsoft.com% strings /CentOS52/lib/modules/2.6.18-92.el5/kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.ko | grep 2930 Adaptec 2930CU SCSI adapter Adaptec 2930C Ultra SCSI adapter (VAR) Adaptec 2930 Ultra SCSI adapter Adaptec 2930 Ultra2 SCSI adapter
It is supported.
Alternatively: Are there any linux-supported low-profile PCI SCSI cards with 50pin connector which are supported by CentOS 5.x and which you can recommend?
Go with the Adaptec card.
Thanks in advance
frank