PE1950 and solaris 10

[David Gwynne]

On 26/10/2007, at 8:59 PM, Robert von Bismarck wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Not really a linux question, but has anyone installed Solaris 10  
> x86_64 on a PowerEdge 1950 or PowerEdge 1850 ?
> If yes, was there anything special to watch out for ? (like raid  
> controller or such)

There are three things to keep an eye on if you want to run Solaris on  
the x9xx generation Dell systems:

1. you need the bnx driver from Broadcom

2. if you're using the SAS 5 storage controllers there is a chance  
that the mpt driver in Solaris wont support it by default

I believe this has been fixed, but you can use the itmpt driver from  
LSI if it doesn't work still.

3. if you're using the PERC 5 controllers you'll need a separate  
driver for that too

An official Solaris driver for this hardware was only released a  
matter of weeks ago. You should be able to use the LSI megasas driver  
on the PERC 5s.

I wrote a driver a year ago to support the PERC 5 controllers, it's  
still available at http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~dlg/mfi/ if you're  
interested.

Apart from these three things Solaris works fine on Dell boxes.

dlg

>
>
> Thanks for any infos,
>
> Robert
>
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