PowerEdge 1850 + debian sarge + EMC AX100
David Hubbard
dhubbard at dino.hostasaurus.com
Mon May 8 02:15:13 CDT 2006
Could you run Bonnie++ against one of the mount points
to see what kind of performance numbers you get out
of that?
Thanks,
David
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com
> [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of
> sylvain.david at etranges-libellules.fr
> Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 10:13 AM
> To: linux-poweredge at dell.com
> Subject: Re: PowerEdge 1850 + debian sarge + EMC AX100
>
> Hi all,
>
> Here's a feedback for my installation, which seems to works
> pretty good
> since 15 days :
>
> My objective :
> replace an old netware server with a samba3 pdc with a lot of disk
> space, under Debian because it's open-source and I love the apt-get
> upgrade command.
>
> My Hardware :
> 1) the server :
> Dell Poweredge 1850
> Dual Xeon 3.2 HT
> 4 GB RAM DDR2 ECC
> Adaptec SCSI 39160 (for tape)
> Perc 4di (for two SCSI disk in RAID1)
> 2x 73Gb SCSI hotplug disks
> 3x Intel 82545GM controler (2 mainboard integrated + 1)
>
> 2) the SAN :
> EMC² AX100 powerchord iSCSI
> 8x 500Gb sata disks
>
> 3) the backup :
> external powervault 110T (certance ultrium2 scsi tape)
>
> --------
>
> Software : Debian Sarge 3.1 !
>
> --------
>
> Mini Howto :
> - get and install debian sarge netinstall CD
> - installation with 2.4 kernel (2.6.8 failed because of the f***
> megaraid / megaraid2 issue)
> - installation of all dev stuff needed for compilation with apt-get
> - get the 2.6.12.6 kernel source on kernel.org
> - get open-iscsi 1.0.485
> - patch the kernel with open-iscsi-1.0-485
> - configure the kernel, don't forget including megaraid new driver!
> - compile & install & reboot & enjoy!
>
> This mini howto just give you the main steps, but in fact, I
> have many
> (small) problems. Finaly, after reading a lot of forums, it works!
>
> I'll write a complete tutorial soon, because I wants to
> install faster
> the next Poweredge.
>
> Below you can find :
> - kernel config 2.6.12.6
> - what lspci returns
> - a few links (in french...) wich helps me.
>
> --------
> df -vh (Just beause I'm proud to have so lot of space :)
>
> Sys. de fich. Tail. Occ. Disp. %Occ. Monté sur
> /dev/sda11 24G 2,7G 20G 12% /
> tmpfs 1,8G 0 1,8G 0% /dev/shm
> /dev/sda7 471M 19M 427M 5% /boot
> /dev/sda9 9,7G 1,6G 7,7G 17% /home
> /dev/sda8 4,9G 33M 4,6G 1% /tmp
> /dev/sda10 9,7G 234M 8,9G 3% /var/log
> tmpfs 10M 2,9M 7,2M 29% /dev
> /dev/sdb1 20G 33M 19G 1% /mnt/SAN01/vd1_echange
> /dev/sdc1 20G 4,1G 15G 22% /mnt/SAN01/vd2_gestion
> /dev/sdd1 291G 47G 229G 17% /mnt/SAN01/vd3_home2
> /dev/sde1 291G 110G 166G 40% /mnt/SAN01/vd4_archive
> /dev/sdf1 678G 125G 518G 20% /mnt/SAN01/vd5_projet
> /dev/sdg1 291G 34G 242G 13% /mnt/SAN01/vd6_backup
> /dev/sdh1 967G 103G 815G 12% /mnt/SAN01/vd7_video
>
> With open-iscsi we can see that all volumes are considered
> like standard
> scsi disks
>
> -----
>
> NB : I couldn't use lm-sensors... No sensors is detected, and
> I wonder
> why. If someone know why... he tell me!
> NB2 : I know my kernel config isn't as perfect it can. But I'm not a
> linux guru... I'm open to optimization if you have some times
> to analyse
> it...
>
> -----
>
> site wich helps me a lot (sorry english users, a lot of links
> below are
> in my natural language, and I'm a frenchy frog :))
> Kernel compilation :
> - http://lists.debian.org/debian-user-french/2004/09/msg01535.html
> - http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/293
> - http://pureedelinux.net/howto/bootsplash.html
> - http://www.andesi.org/index.php?node=77
> -
> http://jmrreb.dynalias.net/dotclear/index.php?2005/12/23/14-co
> mpilation-du-noyau-2614x-sous-debian-sarge
>
> iSCSI implementation :
> - http://www.open-iscsi.org/
> -
> http://blog.oav.net/dotclear/index.php?2005/07/23/16-iscsi-sur
> -debian-sarge
>
> Samba 3 :
> - http://contribs.martymac.com/
> -
> http://www.linux-france.org/~fclerc/article/serveur/samba-acl/
> debian-samba-acl-xfs.html
> - http://www.linuxfr.org/2002/11/03/10078.html
> - http://slis.ac-creteil.fr/se3.html
>
> Bacula (network save on tape utility )
> - http://www.bacula.org
>
> Hope it can helps someone.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sylvain.
>
> sylvain.david at etranges-libellules.fr a écrit :
> > Thank you John,
> > My problem, is that I have an AX100, so now I have to find
> a solution to
> > use it.
> > Dell tell me that EMC AX100 was supported officialy with
> redhat distro
> > (but not Debian...) So I think that if Redhat can, Debian
> can too! And I
> > love Debian, so I will do all what I can to install Debian on my
> > Poweredge 1850 / EMC AX100 combo.
> >
> > I saw an option in the 2.6 kernel configuration which deals
> about AX/CX
> > support. This option is somewhere in the RAID/LVM support
> sub option. I
> > think it's something like CONFIG_DM_MULTIPATH_EMC but i'm
> not sure.And
> > there are nice site about iSCSI and linux :
> > - http://linux-iscsi.sourceforge.net/
> > - http://www.cuddletech.com/articles/iscsi/
> > I will read and test all of that, and when I will find a
> good solution,
> > I will write it somewhere (for the next installation), and
> if people on
> > this list are nice, I probably post this doc here too... :)
> >
> > have a nice week end!
> >
> > Sylvain.
> >
> > Well, if someone have already a tutorial about debian
> poweredge & AX100,
> > he could post it too!
> >
> > John Parnefjord a écrit :
> >
> >> When I was talking to Dell about a SAN they claimed that
> the iSCSI was only supported by Windows. Linux distros (read
> RedHat) was not supported. And they wouldn't sell me the
> larger model, CX300 or something, as I'm using Debian and
> they can't give support on that which has to be included when
> buying one of those, puh!
> >>
> >> Anyway this was what Frederic Perrouin answered me when I
> asked the list about powerpath on debian:
> >>
> >> "If you want you can use md with mdadm package to make
> same thing like powerpath emc.
> >> Mdadm can make array for RAID, but can make multipath too."
> >>
> >>
> >> // John
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I successfully install debian sarge on my new poweredge 1850,
> >>> but it's the first time I use iSCSI, so I'm looking for any
> >>> experience with such configuration. I'm on the way to upgrade
> >>> my kernel to a 2.6.x (the megaraid name driver issue should
> >>> not be a problem for me, well I hope!) but I'm lost about how
> >>> to install powerpath to connect the poweredge 1850 with the
> >>> AX100. Does anyone has an experience to share with debian and
> >>> AX100, or better a tutorial?
> >>>
> >>> Thank you
> >>>
> >>> Sylvain.
> >>>
> >>> ----
> >>> In my natural language :
> >>>
> >>> Bonjour à tous,
> >>>
> >>> j'ai installé avec succès Debian Sarge sur mon nouveau
> >>> poweredge 1850, mais c'est la première fois que j'utilise
> >>> iSCSI. Aussi, si quelqu'un a une experience d'utilisation de
> >>> Debian avec AX100, je suis très interessé. Je suis sur le
> >>> point de mettre à jour mon noyau 2.4 vers un
> >>> 2.6 (j'ai lu pas mal de documentation sur les soucis liés au
> >>> changement de nom du drivers megaraid, mais je devrais m'en
> >>> sortir, enfin
> >>> j'espère!) C'est surtout la procédure d'installation pour
> >>> faire communiquer la baie AX100 iSCSI avec le poweredge 1850
> >>> qui m'effraie.
> >>> Est-ce que quelqu'un a une expérience d'utilisation de
> >>> Debian avec une baie AX100, ou mieux un tutorial?
> >>>
> >>> Merci d'avance!
> >>>
> >>> Sylvain.
> >>>
> >>>
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