[Ocfs-users] Ocfs and EMC Powerpath

[Raj]

I would recommend using RHEL 3.0 with PowerPath 4.3.2. Lots have been
fixed. See EMC's powerlink for more info.

Raj

On 8/4/05, Bruce Holzrichter <bruce.holzrichter at monster.com> wrote:
> Were using PP 3.0.7, which is actually implemented by installing 3.0.5
> and a "Patch" upgrade to 3.0.7.
> 
> According to the matrix, 3.0.7 is the supported version for 2.1 e59.
> 
> I used the RPM downloaded versions, which build a module from the
> existing installed kernel, so you need the kernel source installed, but
> a full kernel rebuild is not required.
> 
> Bruce
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 10:16 -0700, Kendall, Kim wrote:
> > We will certainly bump the kernel and ocfs version when the opportunity
> > presents itself. (Hard to do when the systems are in production)
> >
> > Are you usinf PP 3 or PP 4? I saw in a PP doc (PP 3.0) that a kernel
> > rebuild is necessary.
> >
> > ----
> > Kim Kendall       Sr Unix Administrator
> > Inter-Tel, Inc.   http://www.inter-tel.com/
> > Tempe, Arizona    480-449-8900  x18078
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bruce Holzrichter [mailto:bruce.holzrichter at monster.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 9:56 AM
> > To: Kendall, Kim
> > Cc: ocfs-users at oss.oracle.com
> > Subject: Re: [Ocfs-users] Ocfs and EMC Powerpath
> >
> >
> > We are using Powerpath with CX300's and Emulex HBA's, also with OCFS on
> > Red Hat 2.1 AS.
> >
> > Kernel upgrades are the biggest issue that we have, as some of the
> > drivers are dependent on modules built for specific kernels, and if your
> > not careful you can have boot issues with them.
> >
> > I would suggest at least kernel e59 and OCFS v1.0.14.
> >
> > Powerpath may only be supported to v3.7 on that 2.1 platfrom, but I
> > would doublecheck that with EMC support matrix.
> >
> > We had issues with iostat statistics as well, but they seem to be better
> > with the latest systat packages, so make sure you update that as well.
> >
> > Other than that, they seem to work fine.
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> >
> > Bruce Holzrichter
> >
> > On Thu, 2005-08-04 at 09:12 -0700, Kendall, Kim wrote:
> > > A couple years ago, we moved to Oracle RAC on Linux using ocfs that is
> >
> > > SAN attached to an EMC CLARiiON. At the time, there was a reason that
> > > we did NOT use EMC's Powerpath (I just can't recall what that reason
> > > was).
> > >
> > > What I'd like to know is if there are any issues with introducing
> > > Powerpath now.
> > >
> > >  * RHEL 2.1 AS
> > >  * 2.4.9-e.38enterprise
> > >  * ocfs-2.4.9-e-enterprise-1.0.13-1
> > >  * EMC CLARiiON CX600
> > >
> > > Thx!
> > > ----
> > > Kim Kendall       Sr Unix Administrator
> > > Inter-Tel, Inc.   http://www.inter-tel.com/
> > > Tempe, Arizona    480-449-8900  x18078
> > >
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