Hello I have at this time a w3are 7006-2 controller in my server Dual Xenon 2.8Ghz . But now i will change it to a 9500S-4LP SATA Raid Controller. I have seen in lsmod that the 7000 driver is loaded.
scsi_mod 115112 3 [sg 3w-xxxx sd_mod]
My question Is it possible to running this card with centos 3.3?
I have seen this at 3ware http://www.3ware.com/KB/article.aspx?id=12706 But there is only for 32 bit Athlon/Opteron computers.
How can i get a 3w-9xxx driver for centos 3.3?
And what i must do exactly to running these card with centos 3.3 ( installation / kernel )
thanks for every help
Sven Sommerlatt
What system do you want to run this in?
Need to know motherboard and processors and version of CentOS
Seth Bardash
Integrated Solutions and Systems
719-495-5866
Failure can not cope with perseverance!
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@caosity.org [mailto:centos-bounces@caosity.org] On Behalf Of Sven Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 6:07 PM To: centos@caosity.org Subject: [Centos] 3Ware 9xxx 9500S-4LP SATA Raid with CentOS3.3? Importance: High
Hello I have at this time a w3are 7006-2 controller in my server Dual Xenon 2.8Ghz . But now i will change it to a 9500S-4LP SATA Raid Controller. I have seen in lsmod that the 7000 driver is loaded.
scsi_mod 115112 3 [sg 3w-xxxx sd_mod]
My question Is it possible to running this card with centos 3.3?
I have seen this at 3ware http://www.3ware.com/KB/article.aspx?id=12706 But there is only for 32 bit Athlon/Opteron computers.
How can i get a 3w-9xxx driver for centos 3.3?
And what i must do exactly to running these card with centos 3.3 ( installation / kernel )
thanks for every help
Sven Sommerlatt
CentOS mailing list CentOS@caosity.org http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
I use Centos 3.3 (from RH9 Update) Intel Dual Xenon 2.8 GHz Mainboard unknown at this time becuase the server is in datacenter Kernel Version 2.4.21-27.0.2.ELsmp
I have seen that the 3w-9xxx is build in in the 2.6.10 kernel. Maybe a way is to update my 2.4 kernel to 2.6.10?
But i dont know that this is a good way. I have many software running and i don´t know that all software will running after the update.
Cu Sven
There is not an easy way to build you a driver disk or explain how to install the driver with the existing system. You need to look at what's involved.
Building the driver on an existing system with the same revision kernel on a disk you can get to without the driver. Getting the driver into /lib/modules/2.4.21-27.0.2.ELsmp/kernel/drivers/scsi Getting the driver installed in the initrd image for booting Testing this image and the driver. Creating a floppy with this driver so you can install from it.
I suggest that the easiest way to do this might be to leave the existing array in place and just add the driver from source or put a separate boot disk on the machine on an IDE port.
We hope to have a machine for testing and building the Centos 3.3 and 3.4 drivers soon but it may not be available for a while.
Sorry I can't help more.
Seth Bardash
Integrated Solutions and Systems
719-495-5866
Failure can not cope with perseverance!
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@caosity.org [mailto:centos-bounces@caosity.org] On Behalf Of Sven Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 7:09 PM To: 'CentOS discussion and information list' Subject: AW: [Centos] 3Ware 9xxx 9500S-4LP SATA Raid with CentOS3.3?
I have seen that the 3w-9xxx is build in in the 2.6.10 kernel. Maybe a way is to update my 2.4 kernel to 2.6.10?
But i dont know that this is a good way. I have many software running and i don´t know that all software will running after the update.
Cu Sven
CentOS mailing list CentOS@caosity.org http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Wait two weeks for CentOS 4 FINAL.... it's 2.6.x based.
You can try the RC1 now if you really can't wait... and upgrade to the FINAL in a fortnight. ;)
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 03:08:44 +0100, Sven sven@sven24.com wrote:
I have seen that the 3w-9xxx is build in in the 2.6.10 kernel. Maybe a way is to update my 2.4 kernel to 2.6.10?
But i dont know that this is a good way. I have many software running and i don´t know that all software will running after the update.
Cu Sven
CentOS mailing list CentOS@caosity.org http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
I think that will be the easiest way to wait for Centos 4. But how easy is the update from centos 3.3 to 4. Is there any faq how i do that?
Thanks for help Sven
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: centos-bounces@caosity.org [mailto:centos-bounces@caosity.org] Im Auftrag von Matt Bottrell Gesendet: Montag, 21. Februar 2005 03:41 An: CentOS discussion and information list Betreff: Re: AW: [Centos] 3Ware 9xxx 9500S-4LP SATA Raid with CentOS3.3?
Wait two weeks for CentOS 4 FINAL.... it's 2.6.x based.
You can try the RC1 now if you really can't wait... and upgrade to the FINAL in a fortnight. ;)
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 03:08:44 +0100, Sven sven@sven24.com wrote:
I have seen that the 3w-9xxx is build in in the 2.6.10 kernel. Maybe a way is to update my 2.4 kernel to 2.6.10?
But i dont know that this is a good way. I have many software running and i don´t know that all software will running after the update.
Cu Sven
CentOS mailing list CentOS@caosity.org http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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Maybe i found a way that can work. On www.3ware.com i found this file
Red Hat Enterprise WS3 - Intel x86 (drivers only)
It contains the following files
3w-9xxx.bot 3w-9xxx.hug 3w-9xxx.o 3w-9xxx.smp
Now the question. Is it possible to install these driver in my Centos 3.3 kernel 2.4.21-27.0.2.ELsmp? If yes exactly how?
http://www.3ware.com/KB/article.aspx?id=11843 I´ve found this way but i don´t know that it works with centos.
Thanks if anyone can help
"Seth" my problem is that the old harddisks will be removed. After that the new controller will be installed and the new SATA Disks will be insert and a new array will be created. After that the Centos will be copied from the old disk to the new. And after that the system should running. So i think i need only to install additional the 3w-9xxx driver in the kernel. And if the server rebbot new with the new controller he should use the 9xxx driver. At this time is an old 7000-2 controller in the server and a 3w-xxxx is at this time loaded. Is it possible to load 3w-xxxx and 3w-9xxx at the same time in the kernel or can that be a risk?
I hope my english was not so bad :-) and thanks for your help. Sven
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@caosity.org [mailto:centos-bounces@caosity.org] On Behalf Of Sven Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:32 PM To: 'CentOS discussion and information list' Subject: AW: AW: [Centos] 3Ware 9xxx 9500S-4LP SATA Raid with CentOS3.3? Importance: High
Maybe i found a way that can work. On www.3ware.com i found this file
Red Hat Enterprise WS3 - Intel x86 (drivers only)
It contains the following files
3w-9xxx.bot 3w-9xxx.hug 3w-9xxx.o 3w-9xxx.smp
Now the question. Is it possible to install these driver in my Centos 3.3 kernel 2.4.21-27.0.2.ELsmp? If yes exactly how?
http://www.3ware.com/KB/article.aspx?id=11843 I´ve found this way but i don´t know that it works with centos.
Thanks if anyone can help
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Sven,
What you are trying to do will not work.
Centos will get installed because the the file "3w-9xxx.bot" will load during boot time of the install. This will allow you to install the OS on the 9500S but when you go to reboot it will probably hang during start up because it could not find the correct driver for CentOS (not the same as RHEL - the names have been changed to protect the innocent - although the same driver will work).
BTW, Matt telling you to wait for Centos 4 is not a solution. CentOS 4 is based on kernel-2.6.9-5.EL.i686.rpm - to the best of my knowledge this DOES NOT contain the 3w-9xxx drivers. The drivers have been added to 2.6.10 and later.
The easiest way to accomplish what you are trying is this:
Get an IDE disk of 80GB.
Install CentOS on this disk.
Create your array in the 9500 BIOS.
Install the source for the drivers on this drive and compile them for the same kernel you are going to use on the final install. 3ware's site has the directions for this.
Once this is done run modprobe 3w-9xxx.o
Then fdisk the array and make sure you can partition it the way you want.
/boot - 100M or more swap - 2000M / - Rest of disk or most of disk if you want other partitions any other partition you may want
run mkfs for the appropriate filesystem type on each partition
Copy the IDE drive's files to the array and run grub-install on the array.
This will get you going.
I could write a book on how to do this and how to create boot driver disks but no one would read it.
The other way to do what you want is to use an 8500 series card that is compatible with the 3w-xxxx driver. Or just use an IDE disk for booting and use the array for storage after you compile and install the driver for the 9500S.
If we had your machine here we could make the driver disks for you, install CentOS and also publish them for eveyone else.
95% of the systems we build are AMD Opteron based as these run significantly faster as file servers and web servers than the Xeons do.
No flame wars please.... this is my opinion (we have run the benchmarks) and I could be wrong ;-)
So we don't keep Xeon based machines here. Shortly, we will be building some Xeon based machines and will be able to include those architectures in a our downloads.
Sorry I can't be more help.
Seth Bardash
Integrated Solutions and Systems
719-495-5866
Failure can not cope with perseverance!
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Seth Bardash wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@caosity.org [mailto:centos-bounces@caosity.org] On Behalf Of Sven Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:32 PM To: 'CentOS discussion and information list' Subject: AW: AW: [Centos] 3Ware 9xxx 9500S-4LP SATA Raid with CentOS3.3? Importance: High
Maybe i found a way that can work. On www.3ware.com i found this file
Red Hat Enterprise WS3 - Intel x86 (drivers only)
It contains the following files
3w-9xxx.bot 3w-9xxx.hug 3w-9xxx.o 3w-9xxx.smp
Its interesting to note that the 3Ware 9500 then doesnt work out of the box, I have had good experiances with the 8006-2 that works a treat!
Have you looked at using LSI Logic MegaRAID?
Chris
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 18:40:33 -0700, Seth Bardash seth@integratedsolutions.org wrote:
BTW, Matt telling you to wait for Centos 4 is not a solution. CentOS 4 is based on kernel-2.6.9-5.EL.i686.rpm - to the best of my knowledge this DOES NOT contain the 3w-9xxx drivers. The drivers have been added to 2.6.10 and later.
Seth -- I just installed RHEL 4 AS, and the 3w-9xxx is included. But I'm suspicious. I have _really crappy performance on my raid array now. I don't have any numbers with me now, but for example, it takes about 20-25 minutes to format a 260G partition. Read write is horrible too. I haven't had time to troubleshoot yet (or contact RH, since this box has support). So the driver is there, but tweaking may be necessary.
-Ryan
I recently installed a system with the following spec's:
a. Tyan S5112 b. 3Ware 9500S-8 + 3 SATA driver (Raid 5) (+ 1 SATA driver, for boot only)
I have tried CentOS 3.4, CentOS 4 RC1, RHEL 3.2, RHEL 3.4 and RHEL 4, and almost 2 weeks time
(1) With CentOS 4 RC1 and RHEL 4 -- neitehr worked. I can't even get to the installation phase, hang at installation CD boot. They do have 3w-9xxx included, but neither worked for me.
(2) RHEL 3.2, installed with driver obtained from 3Ware website, this one doesn't work too, my system still can not pick up the RAID card
(3) I ended up adding a new drive (160GB SATA) only for boot, installed CentOS 3.4, and compile the driver from source, then mount the RAID 5 (3 200GB SATA).
I know this defeats the idea of having RAID5, but that's the only solution I can find at the moment.
I was trying to build my own driver disk with driver compiled on my machine. But can not find any information on 3ware website. Anyone knows how?
Thank you.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Lane" ryanlane@gmail.com To: "CentOS discussion and information list" centos@caosity.org Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 10:26 PM Subject: Re: AW: [Centos] 3Ware 9xxx 9500S-4LP SATA Raid with CentOS3.3?
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 18:40:33 -0700, Seth Bardash seth@integratedsolutions.org wrote:
BTW, Matt telling you to wait for Centos 4 is not a solution. CentOS 4
is
based on kernel-2.6.9-5.EL.i686.rpm - to the best of my knowledge this
DOES
NOT contain the 3w-9xxx drivers. The drivers have been added to 2.6.10
and
later.
Seth -- I just installed RHEL 4 AS, and the 3w-9xxx is included. But I'm suspicious. I have _really crappy performance on my raid array now. I don't have any numbers with me now, but for example, it takes about 20-25 minutes to format a 260G partition. Read write is horrible too. I haven't had time to troubleshoot yet (or contact RH, since this box has support). So the driver is there, but tweaking may be necessary.
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