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List:       suse-amd64
Subject:    Re: [suse-amd64] Fibre Channel HBA Support...
From:       Roy Butler <roy.butler () jpl ! nasa ! gov>
Date:       2004-07-15 21:11:03
Message-ID: 40F6F2E7.5080408 () jpl ! nasa ! gov
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Mathias,

Cool - thanks for the info.  Someone else suggested off-list that the 
qlogic series worked for them too, so it's sounding like the way I'll go.


Roy


Mathias Gustavsson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have used qlogic qla2200 and qla2300 with SLES8 and it has worked
> perfectly. In fact we have switched to using the qla2300 on all Linux /
> UNIX servers at my job.
> The driver even comes with failover functionallity, i think it is an
> option in modules.conf that activates / deactivates the function.
> The failover functionallity in the driver works, but we use MD's
> multipathing functionallity instead (kernel 2.4).
> And i think there is a new way in recent 2.6 kernels that handles this
> even better (forgot the name).
> 
> Wbr
> ///Mathias
> On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 03:50, Roy Butler wrote:
> 
>>We're considering using an Opteron-based system as a file-serving head 
>>to a SAN built around a Brocade SilkWorm 3250 switch.  According to 
>>Brocade's Compatibility Matrix at:
>>
>>http://www.brocade.com/products/pdf/BrocadeCompatibilityMatrix%5f4%5f27%5f04.pdf
>>
>>the Emulex LightPulse LP9002L fibre channel HBA at:
>>
>>http://www.emulex.com/products/fc/lp9002l.html
>>
>>works and is (or was) supported under SuSE 7.0.  Has anyone used this or 
>>another HBA successfully in a similar environment under a recent SuSE 
>>release?  If so, would you share your experiences and recommendations? 
>>I checked for the LightPulse HBA specifically and fibre channel HBA 
>>support in general in SuSE's component database, but couldn't find anything.
>>
>>
>>Thanks!
>>Roy
> 
> 
> 

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