Re: supported new Dell PERC cards - need to add to the Hardwarenotes

From: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy_at_siliconlandmark.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 11:56:22 -0500 (EST)
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004, Samuel Clements wrote:

> For what its worth, it appears the Intel SRCU42X (SCSI RAID) and SRCS16 (SATA 
> RAID) are supported by amr as well:
>
> amr0: <LSILogic MegaRAID> mem 0xf0000000-0xf000ffff irq 16 at device 1.0 on 
> pci3
> amr0: <LSILogic Intel(R) RAID Controller SRCS16> Firmware 713K, BIOS G401, 
> 64MB RAM

This looks like a plain old LSI MegaRAID 320-1.

> amr0: <LSILogic MegaRAID> mem 0xfc780000-0xfc7fffff,0xfc2f0000-0xfc2fffff irq 
> 19 at device 0.0 on pci4
> amr0: <LSILogic Intel(R) RAID Controller SRCU42X> Firmware 413Y, BIOS H420, 
> 128MB RAM

And this beast has the firmware signatures and memory of the 320-4X.

> I love this re-branding stuff!

This practice is done by just about every server manufacturer out there. 
If you order SCSI RAID on a server, it is safe to bet that it is either an 
Adaptec or an LSI controller that you are going to end up with.

>From my experiences with Dell, their newer PERC controllers are LSI-based.

Regards,
Andy

| Andre Guibert de Bruet | Enterprise Software Consultant >
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Received on Fri Nov 26 2004 - 15:56:28 UTC

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