On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 10:27:46PM +0100, Marcin Giedz wrote: > Hello, > > Perhaps what I'm planing to do is not very "legal" but it seems I have > no chance :( > I've got EMC disk array which recently I was able to connect using > QLogic FC card to my server. However I can only use one PATH from my > server to EMC so natural failover which comes with EMC can't be > achieved. EMC AX 150 has 2 FC controllers where every contains 2 FC > channel. So basically I could use 2 servers connected directly to two > different controllers or even use SAN but.... not with Debian :( > > EMC has PowerPath software but it's binary version including kernel > modules - which is the BIGGEST problem I found. They are compiled for > RHEL or SUSE so can't be used on others distros. But ... this idea came > to my mind today and I what to ask you if this is possible at all? > > Can I build/create debian-installer based on redhat kernel which is > dedicated for EMC PowerPath? I mean .... I'd like to use BINARY version > of this kernel with all external modules which come with EMC and prepare > debian-installer with such kernel. > > Has anyone tried something like this ever? Google found this [0] link about someone installing sarge and using an emc-ax100. http://www.pri.univie.ac.at/index.php?m=D&t=main&c=show&CEWebS_what=Installing~32~a~32~SAN~32~Clariion~32~EMC-AX100~32~on~32~a~32~Debian~32~Server -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! |
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