(Answer) (Category) NetMAXFAQ : (Category) Hardware :
Does NetMAX support hardware level RAID?
Applies to: All Linux NetMAX versions
The current version of NetMAX doesn't contain any of the drivers or utilities that will allow you to manage a hardware level RAID.

NetMAX can be installed on a hardware level RAID if:

  1. The hardware level RAID is transparent to the OS (operating system).
  2. The RAID controller appears to the OS as one of the supported SCSI cards.
  3. The RAID controller shows the system drives to the OS with the standard sdX naming schemre.

Most hardware level RAID systems come with a DOS bootable floppy that you use to manage the hardware level RAID, and then you install the OS on the "system" drives that you have created.

It is probably much easier to install NetMAX on a supported SCSI adapter, install the SCSI drivers (and management software if available) for your RAID adapter, and then mount and use the RAID as additional filespace/volumes.
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