Dell PERC

[Bart Silverstrim]

Noah Dain wrote:

> next, you need to collect some data for us.
> 
> run: sudo lspci -v|less
> and look for something describing your storage system.  for example,
> the machine I tested hdparm on above shows entries like:
<snip>

These look correct?  The drives are in a RAID 5 array off the PERC 
controller...
********************
00:0f.1 IDE interface: Broadcom CSB5 IDE Controller (rev 93) (prog-if 82 
[Master PriP])
         Subsystem: Broadcom CSB5 IDE Controller
         Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
         I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
         I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
         I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
         I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
         I/O ports at 08b0 [size=16]

04:08.1 RAID bus controller: Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 
3/Di (rev 01)
         Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0121
         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
         Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
         Expansion ROM at fcb00000 [disabled] [size=64K]
         Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

05:06.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec RAID subsystem HBA (rev 01)
         Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge 2400,2500,2550,4400
         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 7
         BIST result: 00
         I/O ports at cc00 [size=256]
         Memory at fccff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
         Expansion ROM at fcd00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
         Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

05:06.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec RAID subsystem HBA (rev 01)
         Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge 2400,2500,2550,4400
         Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
         BIST result: 00
         I/O ports at c800 [size=256]
         Memory at fccfe000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
         Expansion ROM at 80100000 [disabled] [size=128K]
         Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2


> you also want to look at dmidecode's output to get a better idea of
> what your system is:
> 
> sudo dmidecode|less

System Information
         Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
         Product Name: PowerEdge 2650
         Version: Not Specified
         Serial Number: 41WCT21
         UUID: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
         Wake-up Type: Power Switch

Does the information I've supplied help at all?