megaraid_sas driver version 3.10<->3.13

[Michael E Brown]

On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 08:35:45PM -0600, Jared wrote:
> On 03/05/08 16:00, Troels Arvin wrote:
> > After the upgrade, Dell OpenManage Server Administrator's web interface 
> > reports this in the alert log for a server which I operate (PE 2950):
> > 
> >    The current driver version 00.00.03.10 (megaraid_sas) 
> >    is older than the required driver version 00.00.03.13 
> >    (megaraid_sas) for a controller of model 0x1F03: 
> >    Controller 0 (PERC 5/i Integrated)
> > 
> > I would very much like to simply keep using the operating system's built-
> > in drivers (RHEL 5 with all updates).
> > 
> > How seriously should I treat the warning? What has happened between v. 
> > 3.10 and 3.13 of the megaraid_sas driver?
> 
> 
> I get the exact same warning on my Debian Etch system, which began after 
> upgrading to OMSA 5.3.  I'd been meaning to ask about this.  Thanks for 
> reminding me to follow up on this issue, Troels.  :-)
> 
> I'd also be interested in any information about whether this is a serious 
> warning or not.  I could just downgrade back to OMSA 5.2 I guess, but that 
> doesn't seem like the best solution.

The driver you need is in DKMS format and is in the repository. You can
download the RPM and use alien or whatnot to install it.

For example:
http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/OMSA_5.3/pe2950/rh50_64/sas_raid/r169676/
--
Michael