Re: ipssend and RaidMan on IBM xSeries

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hey

I figured i'll do a check on the version of ips that's loaded with my
debian install.

i did a 'dmesg' and noticed this

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SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
ips 03:0e.0:Warning ! ! ! ServeRAID Version Mismatch
ips 03:0e.0:Bios = 7.10.20, Firmware = 7.10.20, Device Driver = 7.00.15
ips 03:0e.0:These levels should match to avoid possible compatibility problems.
scsi0 : IBM PCI ServeRAID 7.00.15  Build 625
  Vendor: IBM       Model: SERVERAID         Rev: 1.00
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
  Vendor: IBM       Model: SERVERAID         Rev: 1.00
  Type:   Processor                          ANSI SCSI revision: 02
  Vendor: IBM       Model: 02R0962a S320  1  Rev: 1
  Type:   Processor                          ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
SCSI device sda: 860239872 512-byte hdwr sectors (440443 MB)
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The one that I'm concerned about is this....

ips 03:0e.0:Warning ! ! ! ServeRAID Version Mismatch

what version mismatch is this about?

is the version of ips completely outdated?

Should I consider upgrading it?

any ideas on how to go about doing so?

if yes, please help me out and point me to some documentation on the
net.... in the mean time i'll try and do some searching myself.

regards