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Vaibhav_Kumar | 1 Apr 2011 06:49
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RE: Problems with Dell OMSA 6.5 with PowerEdge 2850

By design from 6.3 onwards, 

- On a 64-bit OS, if OpenManage 64-bit stack is installed, PERC 4 controllers will not be detected [but PERC 5
and above will be detected].
Reason - Unavailability of srvadmin-megalib rpm/deb in OM 64-bit stack.

- On a 64-bit OS, if OpenManage 32-bit stack is installed, all controllers including PERC 4 will be detected.
Reason - srvadmin-megalib rpm/deb 32-bit version is available in OM 32-bit stack.  

Regards
-Vaibhav

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Steve Jenkins
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 1:11 AM
To: Alain Péan
Cc: linux-poweredge-Lists
Subject: Re: Problems with Dell OMSA 6.5 with PowerEdge 2850

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 5:27 AM, Alain Péan
<alain.pean <at> lpp.polytechnique.fr> wrote:
> This subject came back several times on this list. Newest version of Dell
> OMSA (from 6.3 I think) 64 bit version do not not detect Perc 4 raid
> controller. 32 bit versions work fine... See for example :
>
> http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2011-March/044513.html
>
> I hoped that this problem would be fixed in OMSA 6.5, but I see it is not
> the case...
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Alain Péan | 1 Apr 2011 08:48
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Re: Problems with Dell OMSA 6.5 with PowerEdge 2850

Due to the name,  srvadmin-megalib seems to be a Dell library. So why it 
is not avalailable on 64 bit systems ? If you have the source, it should 
not be a problem to recompile in 64 bits ?

Regards,
Alain

Le 01/04/2011 06:49, Vaibhav_Kumar <at> Dell.com a écrit :
> By design from 6.3 onwards,
>
> - On a 64-bit OS, if OpenManage 64-bit stack is installed, PERC 4 controllers will not be detected [but PERC
5 and above will be detected].
> Reason - Unavailability of srvadmin-megalib rpm/deb in OM 64-bit stack.
>
>
> - On a 64-bit OS, if OpenManage 32-bit stack is installed, all controllers including PERC 4 will be detected.
> Reason - srvadmin-megalib rpm/deb 32-bit version is available in OM 32-bit stack.
>
> Regards
> -Vaibhav
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Steve Jenkins
> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 1:11 AM
> To: Alain Péan
> Cc: linux-poweredge-Lists
> Subject: Re: Problems with Dell OMSA 6.5 with PowerEdge 2850
>
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 5:27 AM, Alain Péan
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Nelson Baptista | 1 Apr 2011 10:32

Re: Problems with Dell OMSA 6.5 with PowerEdge 2850

that's good question Alain!

by the way, how safe it is, installing OMSA 32-bit in 64-bit Operating 
System's?
In test environment it may not be a problem, but in production?!?...
and if it is safe, why the existance of the 64-bit version? if the 
32-bit works with all the hardware?

Best Regards,
Nelson Baptista

On 01/04/2011 07:48, Alain Péan wrote:
> Due to the name,  srvadmin-megalib seems to be a Dell library. So why it
> is not avalailable on 64 bit systems ? If you have the source, it should
> not be a problem to recompile in 64 bits ?
>
> Regards,
> Alain
>
> Le 01/04/2011 06:49, Vaibhav_Kumar <at> Dell.com a écrit :
>> By design from 6.3 onwards,
>>
>> - On a 64-bit OS, if OpenManage 64-bit stack is installed, PERC 4 controllers will not be detected [but
PERC 5 and above will be detected].
>> Reason - Unavailability of srvadmin-megalib rpm/deb in OM 64-bit stack.
>>
>>
>> - On a 64-bit OS, if OpenManage 32-bit stack is installed, all controllers including PERC 4 will be detected.
>> Reason - srvadmin-megalib rpm/deb 32-bit version is available in OM 32-bit stack.
>>
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Jake Smith | 1 Apr 2011 15:49
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Re: Problems with Dell OMSA 6.5 with PowerEdge 2850

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Prudhvi Tella" <Prudhvi_Tella <at> Dell.com>
> To: jsmith <at> argotec.com
> Cc: linux-poweredge <at> lists.us.dell.com
> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 5:07:23 PM
> Subject: RE: Problems with Dell OMSA 6.5 with PowerEdge 2850
> Your $PATH variable is not updated. You may have to relogin/open new
> terminal to get the updated $PATH.
> 

I thought that too but I have done both and even rebooted the server and still no dice.  I can manually add to
$PATH but I wasn't sure if it might be a bug in 6.5 or something odd with my setup.

Jake
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Philip Tait | 2 Apr 2011 04:13
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OMSA 6.4 on openSUSE 11.4

With minor changes, the procedure at http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Dell_OMSA worked on an R710. Wiki page updated.

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Matt Domsch | 3 Apr 2011 19:48
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Re: updated dell-satellite-sync.py

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 09:22:31AM -0400, Brian Collins wrote:
> We've been using dell-satellite-sync.py (from
> https://fedorahosted.org/dell-satellite-sync/) with our Satellite and
> Dell deployment and have been grateful to have it.  I've made some
> updates to get it to work for RHELs 5.6 & 6 and would like to get it in
> the right hands so others can access it, too.
> 
> To whom should I direct this file?

Brian, you're welcome to mail patches here to linux-poweredge if you
like.  If it turns out you have several patches over time and it makes
sense to give you commit rights to the repository directly, we'd be
happy to do so, but I'd like to see at least a few patches first.

Thanks,
Matt

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Hank | 5 Apr 2011 23:55
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Floppy install of CentOS 5.5 on PE 2650


I have a remote 2650 I'd like to install CentOS 5.5.  I expected the DRAC to have CD ROM remote boot/re-direction, but it only has Floppy remote boot.  I've tried uploading the 9MB CentOS Netinstall ISO to the floppy image, and that fails (of course).  I don't have a PXE environment set up, and would like to avoid all that for this one install.

Does anyone have any easy suggestions on what kind of floppy image I can use to boot this machine, and then proceed with the standard CentOS net install?

Otherwise, I'm stuck snail mailing a CD to the data center to install in the local CD-rom. 

Thanks,

-Hank
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Brian Mathis | 6 Apr 2011 00:08
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Re: Floppy install of CentOS 5.5 on PE 2650

The data center staff have blank CDs around.  It might cost you some
remote-hands time, but I bet they could download and burn it if you
send them the right link.  They should be able to DL, burn, and insert
it into your server in less than 30 min.

Only thing to watch for is if the installer pops the CD drive at the
end.  I seem to remember the CentOS installer doing that.

On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Hank <heskin <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have a remote 2650 I'd like to install CentOS 5.5.  I expected the DRAC to
> have CD ROM remote boot/re-direction, but it only has Floppy remote boot.
>  I've tried uploading the 9MB CentOS Netinstall ISO to the floppy image, and
> that fails (of course).  I don't have a PXE environment set up, and would
> like to avoid all that for this one install.
> Does anyone have any easy suggestions on what kind of floppy image I can use
> to boot this machine, and then proceed with the standard CentOS net install?
> Otherwise, I'm stuck snail mailing a CD to the data center to install in the
> local CD-rom.
> Thanks,
> -Hank
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Gianluca Cecchi | 6 Apr 2011 10:06
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M910 boot from cd unable to set hard disk as sda

Hello,
I have an M910 where I boot form a live cd (CentOS 5.5 x86_64) iso
I have to restore grub on the hard disk that is normally /dev/sda.
Booting from iso (virtual cd) I always get the disk as /dev/sdc so I
am not able to chroot into the disk and restore grub....
It seems that when the system boots from hard disk, instead, it gets
sda as the device name....

cd /dev/disk
[root <at> localhost disk]# ll by-id/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Apr  6 09:55
scsi-3600508e00000000095a84d8e63b0ce0e -> ../../sdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr  6 09:55
scsi-3600508e00000000095a84d8e63b0ce0e-part1 -> ../../sdc1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr  6 09:55
scsi-3600508e00000000095a84d8e63b0ce0e-part2 -> ../../sdc2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr  6 09:55
scsi-3600508e00000000095a84d8e63b0ce0e-part3 -> ../../sdc3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr  6 09:55
scsi-3600508e00000000095a84d8e63b0ce0e-part4 -> ../../sdc4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Apr  6 09:55 usb-iDRAC_LCDRIVE_serial -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr  6 09:55 usb-iDRAC_Virtual_CDROM_serial
-> ../../scd0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Apr  6 09:55 usb-iDRAC_Virtual_Floppy_serial
-> ../../sdb

I don't know what are those "serial" devices.... and how disable them
in either idrac config or bios setup....

How can I have a way to get disk as sda either disabling the other two
or changing order?
Otherwise is there any kernel command line to set my scsi id as sda?
Thanks in advance

Gianluca
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Gianluca Cecchi | 6 Apr 2011 10:11
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Re: M910 boot from cd unable to set hard disk as sda

On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Gianluca Cecchi
<gianluca.cecchi <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> cd /dev/disk
> [root <at> localhost disk]# ll by-id/
> total 0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Apr  6 09:55
> scsi-3600508e00000000095a84d8e63b0ce0e -> ../../sdc
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr  6 09:55
> scsi-3600508e00000000095a84d8e63b0ce0e-part1 -> ../../sdc1
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr  6 09:55
> scsi-3600508e00000000095a84d8e63b0ce0e-part2 -> ../../sdc2
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr  6 09:55
> scsi-3600508e00000000095a84d8e63b0ce0e-part3 -> ../../sdc3
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr  6 09:55
> scsi-3600508e00000000095a84d8e63b0ce0e-part4 -> ../../sdc4
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Apr  6 09:55 usb-iDRAC_LCDRIVE_serial -> ../../sda
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Apr  6 09:55 usb-iDRAC_Virtual_CDROM_serial
> -> ../../scd0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Apr  6 09:55 usb-iDRAC_Virtual_Floppy_serial
> -> ../../sdb
>

On another M910 that is up right now and is connected to many SAN disk
I have something like this:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Feb  9 12:59
scsi-3600508e000000000f2a83f24f0a70005 -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb  9 12:59
scsi-3600508e000000000f2a83f24f0a70005-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb  9 12:59
scsi-3600508e000000000f2a83f24f0a70005-part2 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb  9 12:59
scsi-3600508e000000000f2a83f24f0a70005-part3 -> ../../sda3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb  9 12:59
scsi-3600508e000000000f2a83f24f0a70005-part4 -> ../../sda4
...
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 23 08:02 usb-iDRAC_LCDRIVE_serial -> ../../sdcy
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Mar 23 08:02 usb-iDRAC_Virtual_CDROM_serial
-> ../../sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Mar 23 08:02 usb-iDRAC_Virtual_Floppy_serial
-> ../../sdcz

Gianluca

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