DELL T40+PERC H710 - which version of CentOS to choose 7 or 8 Stream?

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oSAlj
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Re: DELL T40+PERC H710 - which version of CentOS to choose 7 or 8 Stream?

Post by oSAlj » 2021/04/23 13:05:18

I'm just doing a second test.

I installed fresh CentOS 8 Stream.

I have access to the RAID controller via web gui. https:/ ip-address:1311

Then I choose CentOS 8 Stream.

It's a pity that on Debian 10 it cannot be run ...

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Re: DELL T40+PERC H710 - which version of CentOS to choose 7 or 8 Stream?

Post by tunk » 2021/04/23 13:09:17

To see smart info, you could try something like this:
smartctl --all -d megaraid,0 /dev/sda

My C7 system:
lspci -nn|grep -i raid
03:00.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: Broadcom / LSI MegaRAID SAS 2208 [Thunderbolt] [1000:005b] (rev 05)

PS: Not sure if anyone here would recommend Stream for
anything remotely critical. I have one C8 box which probably
will be converted to AlmaLinux later in the year (or one of
the other RHEL clones/rebuilds).

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Re: DELL T40+PERC H710 - which version of CentOS to choose 7 or 8 Stream?

Post by oSAlj » 2021/04/23 13:27:40

I need this DELL T40 as a server at work.

As a CentOS system host. Here I hesitate between CentOS 7 and CentOS 8 Stream

VM01 - Debian with Librenms
VM02 - Debian with GLPI
VM03 - Windows 10 Pro

Will be more VM in the future...

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Re: DELL T40+PERC H710 - which version of CentOS to choose 7 or 8 Stream?

Post by tunk » 2021/04/23 13:36:33

I think Stream at best has been described as a rolling
prerelease of the next RHEL point release, in this case
RHEL 8.4. (Other people has described it as an alpha or
beta version of the next RHEL point release.) In either
case, I would believe you have to expect more bugs and
problems than if you select one of the clones/rebulds.

So I guess it depends on what you mean by "a server at
work".

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Re: DELL T40+PERC H710 - which version of CentOS to choose 7 or 8 Stream?

Post by oSAlj » 2021/04/23 13:40:45

Several people have recommended CentOS version 7 for the server because there are less problems with it.

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Re: DELL T40+PERC H710 - which version of CentOS to choose 7 or 8 Stream?

Post by jlehtone » 2021/04/23 16:45:03

The AlmaLinux could be a real option: https://almalinux.org/blog/almalinux-os ... e-is-live/
It ought to be almost like CentOS Linux 8. Not the Stream.

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Re: DELL T40+PERC H710 - which version of CentOS to choose 7 or 8 Stream?

Post by jabuzzard » 2021/04/23 21:56:49

You need to use the StorCli to find out the DID of the physical drive is, something like

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storcli /c0 /vall show all
Then noting the DID and knowing the Linux device of the array on which the drive is connected

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smartctl -a -d megaraid,<DID> /dev/sda

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Re: DELL T40+PERC H710 - which version of CentOS to choose 7 or 8 Stream?

Post by oSAlj » 2021/04/25 19:48:13

jabuzzard wrote:
2021/04/23 21:56:49
You need to use the StorCli to find out the DID of the physical drive is, something like

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storcli /c0 /vall show all
Then noting the DID and knowing the Linux device of the array on which the drive is connected

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smartctl -a -d megaraid,<DID> /dev/sda
storcli dont see my controller?

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[root@host01 storcli]# ./storcli64 /c0 /vall show all
CLI Version = 007.1705.0000.0000 Mar 31, 2021
Operating system = Linux 3.10.0-1160.24.1.el7.x86_64
Controller = 0
Status = Failure
Description = Controller 0 not found

[root@host01 storcli]#

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[root@host01 storcli]# lspci | grep RAID
01:00.0 RAID bus controller: Broadcom / LSI MegaRAID SAS 2208 [Thunderbolt] (rev 05)

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[root@host01 storcli]# lspci | grep RAID
01:00.0 RAID bus controller: Broadcom / LSI MegaRAID SAS 2208 [Thunderbolt] (rev 05)
[root@host01 storcli]# lsscsi
[0:2:0:0]    disk    DELL     PERC H710        3.13  /dev/sda
[2:0:0:0]    cd/dvd  HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GU90N    A1C3  /dev/sr0
[5:0:0:0]    disk    Seagate  Expansion Desk   9401  /dev/sdb

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Re: DELL T40+PERC H710 - which version of CentOS to choose 7 or 8 Stream?

Post by jabuzzard » 2021/04/29 14:07:26

My mistake it's perccli on a Dell machine, so if you have installed the perccli RPM then (turns out you don't need the /vall)

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/opt/MegaRAID/perccli/perccli64 /c0 show all
Just tested that on a PowerEdge R420 with a PERC H710 Mini

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Re: DELL T40+PERC H710 - which version of CentOS to choose 7 or 8 Stream?

Post by oSAlj » 2021/04/29 21:33:41

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root@torit01:~# /opt/MegaRAID/perccli/perccli64 /c0 show all
Generating detailed summary of the adapter, it may take a while to complete.

Segmentation fault
Tomorrow I have to check why I have this error.

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