topic Re: Solaris on ML370 G1 - smartii driver? in ProLiant Servers (ML,DL,SL)

Solaris on ML370 G1 - smartii driver?

Jason Antman — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:35:43 GMT

Hello,

I'm looking to put Solaris 10 on a Proliant ML370 (G-1) with a SmartArray 221 controller. I've found out that this controller uses the "smartii" driver, and that it has been removed from Solaris 10 (EOL'd). Has anyone had any success getting such a system to work? Possibly with Solaris 9 drivers?

Thanks,
Jason

Re: Solaris on ML370 G1 - smartii driver?

James ~ Happy Dude — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:35:56 GMT

Hello Jason,

CPQary8.220 DU (Driver Update) Diskette has the "smartii", version 2.20

If I am not wrong, this was used in SOLARIS 8.

Regards,
James.

Re: Solaris on ML370 G1 - smartii driver?

James ~ Happy Dude — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:42:24 GMT

Hi,

http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/revision/2633.html

Version 1.80A has the "smartii" removed.

Version 1.70A is still available.

Regards,
James.

Re: Solaris on ML370 G1 - smartii driver?

Jason Antman — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:35:07 GMT

Maybe I wasn't too clear about the problem.

I have the driver diskettes. The problem is that EISA support has been removed from the kernel starting with Solaris 10, so if I try to install the DU diskette, I get errors about an unknown symbol - nvm_eisa.

So AFAIK, there's no way to load the drivers in Solaris 10. There is also a specific note about this on Sun's site, which states that EISA (and smartii) were removed in 6/06.

Just as a follow-up, though, i was able to find a set of Solaris 9 disks. I think I'll be giving that a shot.

Re: Solaris on ML370 G1 - smartii driver?

Jason Antman — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:37:21 GMT

Solaris 9 9/05 can be downloaded from:

http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/9/index.xml