[ILUG] Another Machine :- Dell Power Edge SC1435

[Miguel Angel Vilela]

Hi,

Perhaps this may not be the solution to your problem, but yet you might be
interested in the new driver and firmware updates for the SAS 5/iR in the
SC1435.

NEVER update the firmware before updating the driver and NEVER update any of
them if any drive is failed or rebuilding, you may lose data.

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&deviceid=9623&libid=46&releaseid=R149858&vercnt=3&formatcnt=0&SystemID=PWE_1955&servicetag=&os=LIN4&osl=EN&catid=-1&impid=-1
Dell SAS 5/iR Integrated driver (released April 10th 2006)

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&deviceid=9623&libid=46&releaseid=R149731&vercnt=2&formatcnt=0&SystemID=PWE_1955&servicetag=&os=LIN4&osl=EN&catid=-1&impid=-1
Dell SAS 5/iR Integrated firmware (released April 10th 2006)

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen
More drivers for RHEL 4 on the PE1955 hardware (same SAS controller that
SC1435, which is not in the models dropdown).
You can get the updates for your server in
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/ entering the server's service
tag.

You can also call Dell technical support and ask them for firmware/driver
and documentation links, but I'm afraid you'll get no software support
unless you have Gold support, which doesn't seem to be the case ;-)

I hope some of this helps.

Regards,

Miguel Ángel



On 4/18/07, Niall O Broin <niall at linux.ie> wrote:
>
> On 18 Apr 2007, at 12:26, Jason Corcoran wrote:
>
> > Unrelated to the last question :) I have a dell power edge SC1435
> > here and there is a problem with the lic.so.6 on it.So I need to
> > boot into rescue mode (Red Hat 4 ES)
> >
> > But it can not find the driver for the HD (SAS 5) cant find a link
> > on the net for it. Anyone know how to get this baby to start up in
> > rescue mode?
>
> SAS drivers are a bit of a movable feast at the minute. Your best bet
> is to get the latest live CD you can find, as the newer the CD is,
> the more likely it is to have included drivers for your hardware.
>
>
>
> Niall
>
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