Boot linux from EVA5000

[Dan DeLong]

Is it possible to boot Linux (Suse) from an EVA5000 ? What HBA card(s) are supported ? Thanks.

[Uwe Zessin]

It is possible with certain adapters and Linux versions. Can you give a bit more details to limit the number of possibilities?

[Dan DeLong]

I'm not sure what info you need but here are some more details.
We are looking to use Suse (SLES 9 or 10) on a dual opteron system. We want the server to be diskless relying on the EVA5000 for all it's storage including boot disk. We have 2GB gbics in the switch on the EVA. If there is any other specific detail I can provide, please let me know. Thank you for your help.

[Uwe Zessin · Accepted solution]

I haven't seen any SLES 10 support, yet. I have checked for VCS 3.028 and 4.004 firmware and x386 and 64-bit support:

- adapters with boot support:
FCA2214, FCA2214DC (QLogic Failover driver)

FC2142SR / FC2242SR, FC2143 / FC2243 (single path only!)

- adapters WITHOUT boot support:
FC1143, FC1142SR, FC1243, FC1242SR (QLogic Failover driver)

[Dan DeLong]

Thanks for the suggestions, I will check them out. When you mention you have not seen any Suse 10 support yet, can I assume that there is Suse 9 support ?

Thanks again for the help.

[Uwe Zessin]

Sorry, yes, there is support for "SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9" (SLES9), but not SuSe Linux Professional 9 (for desktops).