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Comment on I have a IBM eServer xSeries 346, does anyone has experience with the ServeRaid-7k, to create a RAID array? Also, you can ask me anything about this 2005 beast!

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lemmyreader@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

SCSI was creme de la creme ages ago! Is it not a matter of going in its BIOS, configure the hardware RAID (go for mirror only), endure the noise it probably makes, and install ? :)

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Krafting@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Indeed! I have a lot of SCSI disks, PCI cards and a few cables too! (also, SCSI is fun to pronounce… SKEUZY) but on this server, the RAID card doesn’t have any option to create a RAID in its BIOS, from what I can tell it needs a special software and I can’t find good tutorials or documentation out there :(

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- spacepotato@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  You can find the 7.12.x support CD for that controller at www.ibm.com/…/ibm-serveraid-software-matrix. I’m pretty sure that server model did not support USB booting so you’ll need to burn that to a disc. This will be the disc to boot off of to create your array(s).
  
  I forget if the support CD had the application you would install in Windows to manage things after installation or not, or if that’s only on the application CD. Either way you’ll find several downloads for various OS drivers and the applications from that matrix.
  
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  - Krafting@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Thanks for the link! I’ll definitely need to try this… I have a few CDs laying around, I’ll burn one!
    
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- metaStatic@kbin.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  my scsi controller needs to be entered during boot to manage raid. it also has an external battery that needed replacing (which cost more new than just buying a new card ... with the exact same battery) so if you're not in verbose boot mode figure that out and see if the controller is telling you which function key it needs.
  
  figuring out this old stuff is most of the fun in running it, I would sell it as scrap before actually hosting anything on it.
  
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  - Krafting@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yeah I already have the key combo to enter the RAID card BIOS, CTRL + i
    
    And yeah I won’t be hosting anything on it obviously, I just love old hardware and trying to push them tp their limit!
    
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