Problems with Dell hardware support

[Danny Butroyd]

Nataraj wrote:
> I forgot to mention that the driver for the LSI based raid controllers
> is standard in the Linux 2.6 based kernel (don't know about 2.4).  It is
> called mptctl and you should be able to either modprobe it or build a
> custom kernel if it's not enabled in your debian distribution. Under
> redhat there is a file called /etc/rc.modules which can be created to
> run modeprobe from early in the boot sequence, I'm not sure how to do
> this under debian. My sense is that OMSA will see your devices under
> debian once you do this.
>   
exactly what I found.  You will have to install mpt-status and then run:-

||mpt-status --autoload

Maybe this howto will help:-

http://www.ubergeek.co.uk/blog/2008/05/dell-openmanage-on-linux-debian/

As to the original issue I do find Dell to be extremely difficult to 
deal with when you do not run a supported system.  When I say I am 
running FreeBSD it usually gets a very blank response.  I was once asked 
if I could install Windows on a production server running FreeBSD when 
one of the disks had gone and the cmd util clearly stated it was broke.

Still, I imagine we all buy Dell for the price rather than the support....||


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