Dell Poweredge R710

• Dell Product Page (old)
• Dell Server Specs
• Dell OpenManage Linux Repository
• mfi man page - LSI MegaRAID SAS driver
• LSI MegaRaid controllers
• http://pjwelsh.blogspot.com/2011/02/failed-bios-update-on-r710-with-centos.html
• Funtoo Linux on Dell PowerEdge 11G Servers
• http://serverfault.com/questions/302206/how-to-get-notified-when-hard-drives-fail-in-dell-poweredge-servers
• DELL PERC5/i Integrated (LSI Logic MegaRAID) - Emergency Cheat Sheet
• ESX and LSI MegaRAID

The network devices are named em1, em2, em3, em4

Install the linux-firmware package to get the network cards working.

Need to add REAL_ROOT=/dev/sda1 to grub config.

Gentoo Kernel modifications:

• Disable Optimize for size
• Change processor family to Core 2/Newer Xeon
• Enable LSI RDAC Device Handler CONFIG_SCSI_DH_RDAC
• Disable kernel debugging

• Remove drives while running
• Test inserting new drive (4-drive setup)
• Xen VM setup
• Normal SATA drives (non-SCSI)