Re: Debian Box connected to SAN

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Author: George Toft
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: Debian Box connected to SAN
wrote:
>
> We are purchasing a HBA from Dell to connect to our SAN and Dell says
> there is a licence required for the HBA and that they only have the
> Windows Lic and Red Hat licences so they are saying that if there is not a
> HBA with a Debian licence we can not buy the HBA to be isntalled on a
> Debian box...
>
> Anyone have know of a HBA with a Debian Licence or anyone have a Debian
> box connected to a SAN that can shed some light on this?
>
> Jim
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Former client used Emulex cards on Dell+RH. The driver didn't work
correctly on Dells so they had to download the source, change some value
to 128 and recompile. Worked fine after that. I believe the license
was wrapped up in the cost of the card.
--
George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
CIO
AGD,LLC
www.agdllc.com
623-203-1760
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