From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: michal urbanski Subject: Re: hanging dell hardware Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:38:51 -0700 Message-ID: <20050324223851.GA27331@okcomputer.antiflux.org> References: <42434072.1050800@brutsche.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42434072.1050800@brutsche.us> Sender: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 04:34:26PM -0600, Phil Brutsche wrote: > Ian Pratt wrote: > >>The machine is a PowerEdge 2850, the controller is a PERC 4e/Di. > > > > Is this the standard on-board SCSI controller? > > It's an embedded LSI Logic MegaRAID controller. > > I've heard that the stock firmware (v 513O) for this controller on the > Dell PowerEdge 2800/2850 is very buggy. > > I suggest that Michal upgrade the controller's firmware (to v 516A - the > latest and greatest) and try again. > > If that still doesn't fix it, then I suggest that Michal contact Dell's > technical support and get the machine repaired or replaced. > Hi, yes, I've got the latest version of the 516A firmware (got that from Dell a few days ago). I'm just running some tests now to try to get it to crash in order to answer Ian's previous questions... -michal ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click