PowerEdge 2850 with PERC 4/ei

[Dean, Michael L DA CIV USA ATC]

I'm not a newbie to Linux, just have never set it up on a server at all.
I've only used it in desktop systems before.  Never with RAID.
 
Michael

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From: Peter J Milanese [mailto:PMilanese at nypl.org] 
Sent: Thursday, 18 May, 2006 03:41
To: Dean, Michael L DA CIV USA ATC; 'linux-poweredge at dell.com'
Subject: Re: PowerEdge 2850 with PERC 4/ei


For what its worth, if you are a newbie to linux it may be wise to use a
supported distro. It may prove a bit more simple for you!

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  ----- Original Message -----
  From: linux-poweredge-bounces
  Sent: 05/17/2006 10:17 AM
  To: 'linux-poweredge<'linux-poweredge at dell.com'"
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  Subject: PowerEdge 2850 with PERC 4/ei



Let me start by saying that as far as putting Linux on servers, I am a
complete newbie.  This was supposed to be an 1850 with no RAID controller to
make my life easier; however, someone higher up decided that RAID would be
nice.  Anyway, here are the specs of the computer:
 
Base Unit:  3.2GHz/2MB Cache, Xeon, 800MHzFront Side Bus for PowerEdge 2850
(221-7956)

Processor: 3.2GHz/2MB Cache, Xeon, 800MHzFront Side Bus, 2nd processor for
PowerEdge 2850 (311-4846)


Memory: 4GB DDR2 400MHz (2X2GB) Single Ranked DIMMs (311-3603)


Video Memory: Riser,ROMB,PCI-X,PE2850 (320-3977)


Hard Drive: 4 X 300GB Hard Drive, Ultra320SCSI, 10K RPM, 80 pin PowerEdge
(341-1907)


Hard Drive Controller: Embedded RAID - PERC4 Embedded Integrated (341-1506)


NIC: Dual On-Board NICS ONLY (430-8991)


Documentation Diskette: Electronic Documentation and OpenManage CD Kit,
PE2850 (310-5474)


Additional Storage Products: 300GB Hard Drive, Ultra 320 SCSI, 10K RPM, 80
pin PowerEdge (341-1905)


Feature MR5, ROMB RAID 5, Drives attached to PERC4ei,PE2850 (341-1356)

 
Can someone point me to some documentation or give me some advice on what I
will need to do to install Debian (Sarge 2.6 kernel) on this machine?  Or if
someone would like to convince me to use a different distro, I would
appreciate any input.
 
Michael Dean
Phone: (410) 278-5158
Fax:     (410) 278-0277
400 Colleran Road
ATTN: CSTE-DTC-AT-SL-B
Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD  21005
 
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