From: John R Pierce Sent: February 3, 2011 16:41 > On 02/03/11 3:32 PM, Hugh E Cruickshank wrote: > > From: compdoc Sent: February 3, 2011 15:23 > >> I have an Altos G510 server, (two xeon sockets) and it has a Megaraid > >> scsi 320-0X PCI-X controller that 5.5 recognizes. > >> > >> Maybe there's a chance it will do so for yours... > > I am currently using 320-2X units in our Acer G700 and G701 servers > > with CentOS 4.8 and 5.5 without problems. My concern was with using > > the 320-2E units in an HP DL380G5 box with CentOS 5. This is something > > that I have no experience with and I was asking if anyone had had it > > working in the HP box. > > does that box have PCI-X slots rather than PCI-Express ? if it does, > and the controller is supported by the OS, there's really no reason > for it not to work. > > if you want to use it in conjunction with built in drive bays, > internal cabling may be an issue. if its for use with external > arrays, that should be fine. The DL380G5 comes with a "PCI riser" cage that has 3 PCIe slots. There is an optional "PCI-X/PCI-E Riser" which has 2 PCIx slots and one PCIe. This would be an option for us and it should work with the 320-2 cards that we already have. The only problem with this would be that I have three external arrays with two UW320 ports each therefore I would need three controller cards. I have done a search on the PCI-X/PCI-E Riser and, although it has been discontinued, there does seem to be a reasonable supply available. I will reconsider the need for all three arrays and see if I can go with the PCI-X cards. Thanks for your suggestion. Regards, Hugh -- Hugh E Cruickshank, Forward Software, www.forward-software.com