I just set up Open-E DSS with the Live CD on a dell precision. I have a PCI-X dell Perc controller plugged into standard PCI. connected via 4 channels are 4 30 bay drive arrays with 15 drives in each.
I was able to configure the array in the PERC bios. Open-E does see the array so I was able to format it and share it off to our network via CIFS with AD authentication.
I am still having one problem. I cannot manage the array from Open-E. I cant even receive error messages if i pull a drive because of this. Also Its not possible in a production environment to reboot the machine to enter the Perc configuration utility so getting this to work is a MUST.
I am strongly considering purchasing Open-E licenses but i need to evaluate how it interfaces with the PERC.
Perhaps my card isn't supported properly. I believe its a Dell PERC2QC PERC 2/QC
When i try to use the console to enter the raid utility i receive
I have not worked with the PERC 2 controller before but seeing that is possible that being LSI you could use the MegaRAID Storage Manager tool. I believe you can install this software on a Windows system then connect to the DSS server.
Also the latest DSS Demo version is from link below but this can only be installed onto a USB or Hard Drive no CD function yet.
My RAID controllers are Intel SRCS28X (same as a LSI Megaraid 300-8X)
Todd mentioned the other day to me while working on a diferent problem that I could use the RAID Web Console 2, but neither the RAID Web Console 2 nor the MegaRAID Storage Manager support my controller as these tools seem to work only with SAS controller and the SRCS28X is a SATA controller...
Any other idea of what can I do to manage my RAID controllers (other than from the BIOS of course) or why the console RAID utility does not work?