Debian Etch amd64 - OMSA Tools storage missing

[Noah Dain]

On 8/31/07, Administrator TOOTAI <admin at tootai.net> wrote:
> Bas van der Vlies a écrit :
> > Administrator TOOTAI wrote:
> >> Bas van der Vlies a écrit :
> >>> Administrator TOOTAI wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Does others have OMSA on a 64 bits architecture with the storage
> >>>> function available?
> >>> This on a Dell 1850 with Debian Etch and the standard debian kernel
> >>>
> >>> test3.irc.sara.nl:/root
> >>> root# omreport storage controller
> >>>  Controller  LSI Logic 1020/1030 Ultra320 SCSI Adapter (Embedded)
> >>> [...]
> >> As we have:
> >>
> >> dh at agon2:~$ sudo omreport storage controller
> >> No controllers found
> >>
> >
> > Maybe it has to do what type of controller is installed in the machine
> > and which dell model. In the past we had also problems that the
> > storage controller was not detected.  But with the newer omsa version
> > and debian etch we now see the controllers also the  "Controller  PERC
> > 4e/Si (Embedded)"
> >
> > I am now installing 1950, maybe we have also problems detecting the
> > storage controller ;-(
>
> Don't think so: keep in mine that another PE860 -also Debian Etch, same
> controller- but Celeron D instead of Xeon so 686 vs amd64, has the stuff
> working ok. I just notice that this one ise running omsa 5.1 and not 5.2
> Hmmh ...
> --
> Daniel
>
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there's also the opensource megactl.  perc5 support is still
experimental, I think.  but maybe you can work with the project owner
if you run into problems.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=203693

online docs:
http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=66037&group_id=203693

-- 
Noah Dain
"The beatings will continue, until morale improves" - the Management