Hello!

I need some help: I have a SunFire V40z with LSI Raid configured.
The two HDDs are combined to a mirror to have a fault-safe system.

I booted XP and it can see the mirror (with optional LSI driver).
I bootet Linux, loaded the LSI kernel module and it sees the mirror.

I booted Solaris 9 (HW 10/04) and Solaris 10 (actual download release)
and it cannot see the disk(s). When I try to install Solaris, I only get
the DVD-drive as drive for target selection. The RAID is not recognized.

What's wrong here? Please help?

With regards,

Peter.

In article <Xns95F67A6A0AADDpeterohlerichunibiel@130.133.1.17>,
Peter Ohlerich  <peter.ohlerich@uni-bielefeld.de_NOSPAM_> wrote:
>Hello!
>
>I need some help: I have a SunFire V40z with LSI Raid configured.
>The two HDDs are combined to a mirror to have a fault-safe system.

>I booted Solaris 9 (HW 10/04) and Solaris 10 (actual download release)
>and it cannot see the disk(s). When I try to install Solaris, I only get
>the DVD-drive as drive for target selection. The RAID is not recognized.

According to my info you need Solaris 9 9/04 or later.
There is no Solaris 9 10/04.

If you want mirroring with Solaris there is also a built in volume
manager that can do this for you.

/wfr

Fredrik


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Fredrik Lundholm   
dol @ ce.chalmers.se
				 

Hello!

dol@ce.chalmers.se (Fredrik Lundholm) wrote in 
news:cu818r$mcs$1@eol.dd.chalmers.se:
> ...
> According to my info you need Solaris 9 9/04 or later.
> There is no Solaris 9 10/04.

Yes, that's correct. I just looked after my media kit and S9 09/04
is the latest edition.

> 
> If you want mirroring with Solaris there is also a built in volume
> manager that can do this for you.
That's right, but why use a slower software solution, if the hardware
raid is integrated in the machine...? :-(

> ...

With regards,

Peter.

In article <Xns95F75947219F9peterohlerichunibiel@130.133.1.17>,
Peter Ohlerich  <peter.ohlerich@uni-bielefeld.de_NOSPAM_> wrote:
>Hello!

>That's right, but why use a slower software solution, if the hardware
>raid is integrated in the machine...? :-(

This is a common misconception. Software mirroring is 
usually faster in Solaris. 

However due to the problem of booting from a different drive
in x86 land, Sun recommends hardware mirroring of the boot-disks.
(In its internal standard Solaris guide lines.)

My V20z is away at the moment but it should be documented somewhere.

/wfr
Fredrik

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Fredrik Lundholm   
dol @ ce.chalmers.se