Compatibilty with Dell hardware

[Gr-R]

The list doesn't give the answer for the H700.

There is a total of 12 disk in this system
2x 300sas in raid 1
10x 2TB in raid 5/6/10 (will be deside after testen the solutions.)

Are there other people on the forum running Open-e currently on a H700 dell raid controller?


Another question. Where do you guys boot open-e from. USB or small Raid1?

And what if the USB crashes or get corrupt? Will the system continue working or will it stop?

Does it give an email when USB crashes or do you have to find out yourself if the USB is still working?

The following PERC controllers will work:
PERC H200 - mpt2sas, will work
pci_ids 1000 0072 1028 1f1d 'PERC H200 Adapter'
pci_ids 1000 0072 1028 1f1e 'PERC H200 Integrated'
pci_ids 1000 0072 1028 1f1f 'PERC H200 Modular'
pci_ids 1000 0072 1028 1f20 'PERC H200 Embedded'

PERC H700/H800 - megaraid_sas, will work
pci_ids 1000 0079 1028 1f15 'PERC H800 Adapter'
pci_ids 1000 0079 1028 1f16 'PERC H700 Adapter'
pci_ids 1000 0079 1028 1f17 'PERC H700 Integrated'
pci_ids 1000 0079 1028 1f18 'PERC H700 Modular'
pci_ids 1000 0079 1028 1f1a 'PERC H800 Proto Adapter'
pci_ids 1000 0079 1028 1f1b 'PERC H700 Integrated'

PERC 6/i, 6/E - megaraid_sas, will work
pci_ids 1000 0060 1028 1f0a 'PERC 6/E Adapter RAID Controller'
pci_ids 1000 0060 1028 1f0b 'PERC 6/i Adapter RAID Controller'
pci_ids 1000 0060 1028 1f0c 'PERC 6/i Integrated RAID Controller'
pci_ids 1000 0060 1028 1f0d 'PERC 6/i Integrated RAID Controller'
pci_ids 1000 0060 1028 1f11 'CERC 6/i Integrated RAID Controller'



It is recommended to install DSS V6 to a small 2GB partition on the RAID, or a separate hard drive in the chassis.
Should this drive fail, the system will halt, but is easily reinstalled.

[Lanlogic]

It is recommended to install DSS V6 to a small 2GB partition on the RAID, or a separate hard drive in the chassis.
Should this drive fail, the system will halt, but is easily reinstalled.

Is open-e able to be installed on the same Logical Volume as the datastore is? My raid controller can only create or remove raid array's. How can i create a 2GB partion on my RAID and install OPEN-E to it?

If open-e ins't able to be installed on the same Logical Volume we only can put in 2 disks for OS and use the rest of the Disk in another RAID array for datastore.

[Pi-L]

Is open-e able to be installed on the same Logical Volume as the datastore is? My raid controller can only create or remove raid array's. How can i create a 2GB partion on my RAID and install OPEN-E to it?

If open-e ins't able to be installed on the same Logical Volume we only can put in 2 disks for OS and use the rest of the Disk in another RAID array for datastore.

During RAID setup you can divide your physical drives in 2 volumes - one 2gb for DSS V6 and rest of it for volume group. I'm sure you will find all necessary information on how to do it in your controller's manual.

[Lanlogic]

So lets say i put 12 2TB disk in my machine
Put al those disk in RAID6 (20TB Disk capacity)

I'm able to create a partion of 2GB voor OS and the rest of the 20478GB for storage?

I've never seen this option within an RAID controller. It would be nice if the H700 from dell is able to create this setup.

[Pi-L]

So lets say i put 12 2TB disk in my machine
Put al those disk in RAID6 (20TB Disk capacity)

I'm able to create a partion of 2GB voor OS and the rest of the 20478GB for storage?

I've never seen this option within an RAID controller. It would be nice if the H700 from dell is able to create this setup.

http://support.dell.com/support/edoc....htm#wp1062557

Best would be to read it all but best part starts at - Creating Virtual Disks paragraph

[Lanlogic]

Next week i got a H700 to test with.

I get back here if i got more question