[SunHELP] Re: Q's about RAID on an E450.

[Adam Mazza]

You can get a card and up to 2 RAID backplanes for an E450 from Sun. I
forget the part number off the top of my head. The software you then use
to configure the hardware portion is very similar to rm6.

Adam Mazza

On 15 Aug 2002, Dave Gargan wrote:

> Solaris 8 does come with DiskSuite, but you have to look for it and
> install it separately.  The new version has alot of advanced options,
> such as soft-partitioning (finally).  It does come with a gui, but I
> prefer the command line utilities, since they are more powerful.  To
> check if the machine has DiskSuite installed, look for the SUNWmd
> packages.
>
> pkginfo | grep -i disksuite
>
> The packages that are required are something like SUNWmdr, SUNWmdu,
> SUNWmdx, SUNWmdg etc...  I'm not close to a disksuited machine right now
> so those might be off a little.  It may be installed, but not in use
> also.  To check if it's being used, have a look at the mount points in
> your vfstab.  If there is an md driver in the paths to the disks, then
> disksuite is being used.
>
> I heard that there was some hardware raid cards available from third
> parties for the 450, and a rumor that Sun eventually made some available
> directly from Sun, but I'm not sure how you'd check short of opening the
> case to see what cards are inside.
>
> Dave
>
>
> > Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 19:08:51 -0400
> > To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> > From: Steve Fulton <steve at esoteric.ca>
> > Subject: [SunHELP] Q's about RAID on an E450.
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm working on turning an unused E450 running Solaris 8 into a webserver,
> > and my colleagues insist the machine has RAID.  I'm familiar with hardware
> > and software RAID on other *nix's on the Intel platform, but not with Sun
> > machines, and my research has led me to a few questions:
> >
> > 1.  I've learned about the DiskSuite package that allows configuring of
> > RAID (software?).  Is this the only RAID available to me?  Or is there a
> > hardware interface I must configure prior to the OS booting (ie. on typical
> > Intel based hardware RAID cards)?
> >
> > 2.  If DiskSuite is the solution, does it require X-Windows or CDE?  Or can
> > I run it from the command line?  (I'm not at the site right now .. back
> > early tomorrow morning).
> >
> > 3.  Again, if DiskSuite ends up being used, are there any security issues
> > you're aware of (this will be a webserver, afterall)?
> >
> > Thanks for your time!
> >
> > -- Steve Fulton
> >
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