Redhat 4.5 Integrity RX6600 Hitachi storage support of emulex HBA?

[vandevoort]

does someone have any experiences with this combination we looking for the right HBA adapters who are suported Redhat 4.5 Adv server , in a RX6600 Integrity Server , and Hitachi San .
Thanks ..

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Yes there is support.

You will need to manually modify the /etc/modprobe.conf file and rebuild the initrd ramdisk file.

after moving it.
mkinitrd -f initrd-$(uname -r).img $(uname -r)

You need to make sure the chosen card is compatible with the Integrity series server, this hardware supports less variety than say a PC.

I don't know a lot about Hitachi storage, but the sytem will probably be able to work with the storage.

SEP

[Ivan Ferreira]

My best experiences are with qlogic adapters. No troubles ever found with these adapters.

Check:

http://www.hp.com/sbso/serverstorage/storage_family_guide.pdf

[vandevoort]

Thanks sofar .
Hitachi HDS only supports Emulex cards as they told me.
The adviced HP emulex cards could be with a not just or wrong firmware level.
We could not find the appropriate Info to make both party's glad , HP integrity Server Support HBA - Hitachi HDS HBA

[Ivan Ferreira · Accepted solution]

Not true. Hitachi supports qlogic adapters also. Ask for an official compatibility guide. We have Hitachi Storages NSC55 and WMS, some of our hosts have Qlogic HBAs.

http://www.hitachi.com.my/storage_networking.shtml