[rescue] Drives for old Clariion array?

David Passmore rescue at sunhelp.org
Wed Dec 5 15:43:29 CST 2001


On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 04:37:38PM -0500, Kevin Loch wrote:

> Does an Indy require SGI firmware drives too?  I remember having some
> difficulty using non-sgi drives on it.  I figured I just needed to 
> put a valid label on it.  If it needs specific firmware then it just
> won't work :(

Not to my knowledge. The SGI-drive-firmware thing I believe is specific to
Challenge RAID. If what I've heard is true, the same applies to all OEM
Clariion arrays; that tweak (custom drive firmware) is specifically
requested by Clariion, for reasons unknown.

David



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