Re: How do I install RedHat 7.2 on Dell PowerEdge 1500 That has RAID Support

[Hervey Allen <hervey at nsrc.org>]

Hi David - Most server hardware come with utility disks/cds that you use to
setup things like RAID _before_ installing the operating system of your
choice. Often the software will prompt you to install your OS once the
hardware is configured (at least that's what Compaq and IBM do).

When you install Linux it should just see your 3 SCSI disks as a single
volume and RAID should be taken care of by your RAID controller built in
to to the PowerEdge 1500.

That's my first guess without looking at the server. I tried looking to
see what Dell calls their Server Setup software, but Dell's web site
insisted on a tag number to let me look at documents.

Good luck!

Sincerely,
	- Hervey Allen for nsrc.org

On Thu, 13 Jun 2002 08:09:35 +0300
David Chima <david at sdnp.org.mw> wrote:

> 
> We have acquired a Dell PowerEdge 1500 server and want to install 
> Redhat
> Linux 7.2. 
> The server has 3 SCSI disks and we are working on how to install 
> these in
> a RAID 
> format.  
> 
> We noted that RedHat detects the RAID format and loads a MegaRaid 
> driver
> using 
> Raid 5 and we think that this means that RedHat can use the hardware 
> RAID
> on the 
> PowerEdge 1500.  
> 
> Yet the RedHat 7.2 documentation including the RedHat Custom 
> Guide is 
> recommending that we install Software Raid first during disk 
> partitioning
> and then 
> create a Raid Device before installation. I would like to find out if we
> have to create 
> software RAID at all.  
> 
> I would like to find out if there is anyone who has some experience with
> this. Is the 
> MegaRaid driver loaded by anaconda adequate for us to use the discs
> without having to 
> Make RAID on installation?  
> 
> What is the best procedure for installating RAID on 7.2 for our 
> scenario? 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> David
> 
> 
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