Figured I'd make a new thread out of this. I realize this is the general RH list, but it seems this issue spans across multiple versions of RH Linux including the now or soon to be deprecated free versions. ---- For whatever its worth I tested one of my 2650's loaded with ES3 overnight. The system has the newest kernel available from the errata provided by Redhat (2.4.21-9EL). What I did was: while :; do dd if=/dev/zero of=test count=3000000 rm -rf test done It creates a 1.5GB or thereabout file for me on my system, should you have a different FS blocksize the size will change. Anyway the system stayed up all night and still is at it. I figured if something is wrong with the aacraid driver/IO subsystem I should see it after a while doing this test. Now I realize this doesn't really take care of every case that can happen since this only tests writes. If anyone has a better idea on how to test the proper workings of a PERC 3/Di I'd appreciate your input. -Tobias -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Norman Elton Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 5:41 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: Moving into Linux Enterprise- Doubts/questions > I used to have an issue with a 2650 running RH8, the system would > completely hang after a certain amount of time. This is exactly the issue I had. The system would just hang. It turned out to be a buggy aacraid driver (the adaptec RAID driver). I ended up getting a kernel patch from Adaptec. I don't know if this is still an issue with the latest redhat releases, I suspect is probably still is. I would check the mailing lists on linux.dell.com (there's an aacraid-specific list). It's a shame that a system that's RedHat certified, running an OS that's Dell certified, just doesn't work. Norman ------------------------------------------------------ Norman Elton Information Technology - Network Engineering College of William & Mary 757-221-7790 On Apr 6, 2004, at 10:30 PM, Tobias Speckbacher wrote: > I used to have an issue with a 2650 running RH8, the system would > completely hang after a certain amount of time. > > Installing an updated kernel, solved this issue for me. > I am currently in the process of deploying 9 systems with RHES 3.0, 4 > of > which use the PERC 3/DI controller. > > If anyone has confirmation that this is still an issue I'd appreciate > the input. > > -T > > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Gorman > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 12:54 PM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Moving into Linux Enterprise- Doubts/questions > > >> I installed RHEL 3 on a PowerEdge 2650, and had horrible times with >> the > RAID driver. If your server runs the Perc3/Di driver, you'll want to do > a little research before plunging into RHEL. > > Can you be a little more specific? I have plans to upgrade some PE2650 > systems (w/PERC3-DI) to RHEL3 very soon. > > Indeed, I will install the latest system BIOS update, and the latest > controller and back plane firmware updates, and install from the > current > RHEL3 Update 1 CD. > > TIA for any insight you can share. > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
