I have been tasked with installing RHEL 8.3 on a server with an embedded RAID controller. The server currently runs RHEL 5.3 (I believe) and they want a newer, cleaned up distro. Through digging I have found that support for the RAID controller was dropped, along with a number of other devices, in the 7.x release and is also not in 8.x . In a Community Discussion on the RH website titled "removal of SAS-2 controller drivers in RHEL 8" it was mentioned that some of the devices dropped in 8.x might be coming back in 8.4 . It was also brought up that "CentOS Stream is a "rolling preview" of what’s next in RHEL. ", so I thought I would come here and ask if anyone would have the information I am seeking. It was a long introduction for the question, are these Device ID supported in Centos Stream:
[1000:0030] -> mptspi
[1000:0059] -> mptsas
[1000:0058] -> mptsas
Thank you.
Can anyone tell me if LSI 8208ELP support will be in 8.4?
Re: Can anyone tell me if LSI 8208ELP support will be in 8.4?
You could try installing Stream and asking the kernel if the device is supported:
grep -i 1000 /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.* | grep -iE "0030|0059|0058"
On CentOS Linux 8.3 that says only the 0030 device is supported.
grep -i 1000 /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.* | grep -iE "0030|0059|0058"
On CentOS Linux 8.3 that says only the 0030 device is supported.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
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Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
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Re: Can anyone tell me if LSI 8208ELP support will be in 8.4?
I installed Centos-Stream and ran the check you specified. For the record, Centos-Stream does not have support for the 0058|0059 device IDs.
Thank you for the assistance.
Thank you for the assistance.
Re: Can anyone tell me if LSI 8208ELP support will be in 8.4?
I have tested with the RHEL 8.4 beta, and can confirm that at least the Dell PERC H700 is now workingon a PowerEdge R710. That's a MegaRAID SAS 2108 [Liberator] (rev 05) with device ID 1000:0079.
The suggestion is that the following have been added back on the LSI front.
[1000:0071] MR SAS HBA 2004
[1000:0073] MegaRAID SAS 2008 [Falcon]
[1000:0079] MegaRAID SAS 2108 [Liberator]
I know that the Adaptec AAC-RAID (rev 09) [9005:0285] has not been added back. I still have a range of hardware to check but the servers being in use and COVID (access to data centre at work requires seeking permission at the moment) limits the amount of testing I can do.
My suggestion would be to get a copy of the 8.4 beta ISO and give it a go. If you sign up for the free developer program I think you can get access.
Another option is to use Oracle Linux with their upbreakable kernel. They add a lot of hardware back in, so if you don't need the RHEL kernel go for it. Unfortunately for me I have requirements on the RHEL kernel for GPFS so that is not an option. We have had to replace a stack of perfectly good HP NC523SFP 10Gb 2-port SFP cards because they are not supported in RHEL8
The suggestion is that the following have been added back on the LSI front.
[1000:0071] MR SAS HBA 2004
[1000:0073] MegaRAID SAS 2008 [Falcon]
[1000:0079] MegaRAID SAS 2108 [Liberator]
I know that the Adaptec AAC-RAID (rev 09) [9005:0285] has not been added back. I still have a range of hardware to check but the servers being in use and COVID (access to data centre at work requires seeking permission at the moment) limits the amount of testing I can do.
My suggestion would be to get a copy of the 8.4 beta ISO and give it a go. If you sign up for the free developer program I think you can get access.
Another option is to use Oracle Linux with their upbreakable kernel. They add a lot of hardware back in, so if you don't need the RHEL kernel go for it. Unfortunately for me I have requirements on the RHEL kernel for GPFS so that is not an option. We have had to replace a stack of perfectly good HP NC523SFP 10Gb 2-port SFP cards because they are not supported in RHEL8
Re: Can anyone tell me if LSI 8208ELP support will be in 8.4?
Doesn't Stream have the same kernel as the RHEL 8.4 beta? Or newer.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke
Re: Can anyone tell me if LSI 8208ELP support will be in 8.4?
No idea, the chances of me using Stream for anything are very very low. It's simply not useful to me. The RHEL 8.4beta is using a 4.18.0-293 kernel but whether it is the same as stream is anyone's guess.