On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 14:36 -0500, Jay Leafey wrote:
> Joseph T Mai wrote:
> > Sorry if this has been asked previously.
> > Does CentOS support IDE hardware RAID on HP DL320?
> > Thanks,
> > -j
>
> I've got several of these beasts (DL320 G2) and I haven't been able to get
> hardware RAID to work. The output of 'lspci' reports:
>
> 00:02.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 0649 Ultra ATA/100
> PCI to ATA Host Controller (rev 02)
>
> I believe this chipset is dependent on a Windows-based driver to make it
> work and is NOT supported in CentOS. I'm using software RAID 1 on them
> and am fairly happy with it.
The standard answer for "fake raid" cards from "Linux SATA RAID FAQ"
http://linux.yyz.us/sata/faq-sata-raid.html
3. I have a Silicon Image SATA RAID card. Why doesn't Linux
support my hardware RAID?
A. It's not hardware RAID. It is software RAID, provided by the
BIOS on the card.
Phil
