вторник, 17 марта 2015 г.

Installing CentOS-6.0 64bit on Intel S5000VSA motherboard with RAID10

Re: Why is it Intel Embedded Server RAID Technology II limited to 2 Terabyte?

@TrevorH

Thanks a lot for giving me idea of GPT. 

Installing CentOS-6.0 64bit on Intel S5000VSA motherboard with RAID10
6 X 1 Terabyte Hard drives


Download ESRT-2 Linux Driver

copy "megasr-14.00.1203.2010-1-rhel60-ga-x86_64.img" to USB drive and plugin to Intel S5000VSA server

Change boot options 1. CD/DVD drive 2. ICHx

Enable ESRT2
Select Advanced > ATA Controller Configuration
Set On board SATA Controller to Enabled
Set SATA Mode to Enhanced
Set Configure SATA as RAID to Enabled

Press - during server boot up to activate the Intel? Embedded Server RAID Technology II Configuration Utility.
Create RAID10

Press "ESC" key to enter boot prompt. and type "linux dd blacklist=ahci" and hit "Enter"
boot: linux dd blacklist=ahci

open shell prompt: (Ctrl+Alt+F2)
type in "parted /dev/sdb"
mklabel gpt
reboot

Press "ESC" key to enter boot prompt. and type "linux dd blacklist=ahci" and hit "Enter"
boot: linux dd blacklist=ahci

then proceed to installation. That's it!!! :-D

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