On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 11:04:35AM +1000, Aldo Saavedra wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm wondering if anybody has installed scientific linux on a DELL 2900 .
> 
> We are looking to purchase one that is dual processor with 4Gb of RAM
> and a RAID 1 system for a number SATA disks.
> 
> My main worry is whether if drivers exist for its RAID controller called 
> PERC5/i
> in SL3 which is the current distribution in our cluster or we would have to
> upgrade to SL4.
> 
> Any thoughts or ideas are welcome.

Hi, Aldo.  We have SL 5 on a Dell 2950, and it DOES see the PERC 5i.
See the appended output from 'lspci -v' for some evidence to support
that.

We also have an old system with a PERC 2/DC that seems to be stuck
forever at SL 3, as that controller is evidently no longer supported.
I.e., you DO have cause for concern, but the 5i works in SL 5, and SL 5
should be supported for a number of years.

					- Mike

02:0e.0 RAID bus controller: Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID controller
5i
        Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 1f03
        Flags: bus master, stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
        Memory at f81f0000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Memory at de4e0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
        Expansion ROM at de500000 [disabled] [size=32K]
        Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/1 Enable
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        Capabilities: [e0] PCI-X non-bridge device