SAS6iR Loaner Help Me Please!

[Patrick_Boyd at Dell.com]

The Dell controllers have very similar firmware to some LSI products,
but the board layouts and portions of the firmware are Dell specific. 

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com
[mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Tim Pickard
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:29 AM
To: Erik Cummings
Cc: linux-poweredge-Lists
Subject: Re: SAS6iR Loaner Help Me Please!

I believe the Dell controllers are LSI products.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000150410%2
050001833%201193220624&bop=And&Order=PRICE

Depending on the number of devices to support, you can probably find the

equivalent here.

The LSI tools like MegaCLI and LSIUtil work with the Dell branded 
controllers.

Tim


Erik Cummings wrote:
> This is begging for hardware - if you could spare a couple (2-4?)  
> SAS6iR cards for a couple of weeks....
>
> We have 8 x R200 servers which were (for mysterious reasons I won't go

> into right now!) bought without RAID cards.  These are some low end  
> production servers that were supposed to be live last week.  I've had

> them for a month and Dell has delayed and delayed my order of 8 x  
> SAS6iR cards.  Now today I found out my order was CANCELLED!
>
> I'm screaming/hopping mad, but my rep (and his backup) are BOTH out of

> town today.  Sales (general) has resubmitted the order but are telling

> me 1-2 weeks!!!
>
> If there is anyone out there that can spare two to four (four would be

> perfect, the other 4 I'm ordering are for spare servers) I'd be  
> forever if your debt!  I'll pick up fedex shipping costs - and I'll  
> ship you the brand new ones as soon as they get here.
>
> Erik
>
> P.S.  So you know the full story - they say the order was cancelled  
> one month after it was placed (and approved and I received  
> confirmation!) because the credit card was invalid!  He ran the same  
> darn card today and it was fine - so I'm not sure I believe their  
> story!  I can give you plenty of references of trustworthiness - and I

> ALWAYS repay a favor!
>
> P.P.S.  If you have a relatively low cost alternative suggestion - I'd

> be happy to run down to the local electronics store and buy some other

> RAID card - but because these are prod servers I was trying to stay  
> with the "officially" supported Dell design!  It's a SIMPLE two drive

> mirror/RAID 1 that I want.
>
>
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