Re: Debian 6.0.0 squeeze unable to detect RAID Controller and NIC Card on Dell R720 2U Rack Server

[Kaushal Shriyan <kaushalshriyan@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com> wrote:
> On 10/13/2012 5:06 AM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
>
>> I am installing Debian 6.0.0 squeeze with kernel version
>> 2.6.32-5-amd64 on Dell R720 2U server(
>> http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/dell-poweredge-r720-spec-sheet.pdf),
>> the installer is unable to detect the RAID Controller and NIC Card.
>> Details of lspci -> http://paste.debian.net/199820/ Any clue to this
>> issue?
>> Please let me know if anyone needs any further information.
>
> A quality sysadmin would have checked and ironed out OS compatibility
> issues before ever ordering the hardware.  Keep that for future
> reference.  You'll need to do that legwork now:
>
> Check Dell's website for Debian Stable and Testing support.  Also check
> the minimum Linux kernel version required to support the H series RAID
> cards and Broadcom 5720/5800 series embedded NICs.  I don't keep up with
> Dell, but this appears to be relatively new hardware: PCIe 3.0, embedded
> 10GbE NICs, hot swap PCIe SSD, etc.  2.6.32 was released Dec 2009,
> almost 3 years ago.  I'm guessing the latest 2.6.32-5 Squeeze kernel
> doesn't include the necessary drivers and/or firmware blobs for these
> devices.
>

Hi Stan,

What is the difference between drivers and firmware blobs.

Thanks and Regards,

Kaushal