[ILUG] Production system - Linux 2.4.24, LVM and cciss

[Dale Gallagher]

Hi Ebhard

> The Smart Array 6402 is fully supported by the 2.6.x Kernels. You can
> find in the "Block devices" menu.

Thanks, that's great news ;-)

> For the 2.4.xx kernels, I am not
> aware of the current status of the driver inside the kernel (same menu
> location).

Yes, one of the cciss developers already confirmed that there's full
support in 2.4.23

> You can find the latest version of the drivers on the HP
> web site. Unfortunatly the packages are only distributed for some
> supported distributions. So you will have to extract the source from
> rpm...

Will do, thanks.  Slackware has rpm2tgz for this.

> Your Smart Array 6402 card offer you the same functionnality than RAID
> and LVM, but in hardware.

Please elaborate here, or point me in the direction of appropriate docs,
if available - thanks; the server hasn't been delivered yet, so I can't
start tinkering with it yet.  I'm curious as to how the SA6402 offers an
LVM-equivalent solution?  Does this mean I can omit setting up LVM, as
the SA6402 will take care of the details on a lower level?  So, a
"virtual drive" in Smart Array parlance is equivalent to an LV under
LVM?

> No. The Compaq System Utility (SCU) partition is not needed anymore.
> The ROM Based Setup Utility (RBSU) replace it now.

More good news - thanks.

Regards
Dale