INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM

TO:	Distribution List				DATE:	28JUL00
						FROM: 	Catherine Paton
						DEPT:	ECS
						EXT:	(508)467-1745
						LOC:	MR01-2/K24
						NET:	"Catherine.Paton@compaq.com"

SUBJ:  FR-PCTAR-IB/-IC  Raid SCSI Controllers Are Now Supported on the  DS10,  DS20, DS20E,  and ES40 Systems Under Linux:

	STATEMENT OF SUPPORT:

	Engineering and Customer Satisfaction Group Now Supports:

	Option:			Description:

	FR-PCTAR-IB		3 Channel Mylex Adapter with 32MB Cache

	FR-PCTAR-IC		3 Channel Mylex Adapter with 64MB Cache

	Maximum Allowed Per System:				3 (DS10)
								4 (DS20/DS20E/ES40)			
	Minimum SRM Console Version Required:			V5.8 
	
Minimum Shippable Option H/W Revision Tested:		A01

	Minimum Shippable Option F/W  Revision Tested:		5.07
	
	Minimum Kernel Required:				2.2.15

	Minimum Operating System Version Required:		Linux Redhat V6.0
								Linux SuSE V6.1

Mylex Driver Name:					DAC960 SCSI Raid Controller 		
	Mylex driver Version  Tested:				2.2.5

	Please Note:

1. This adapter supports disks only.  No support for tapes, CDs, or Solid State disk drives.

2. Disk drives are supported internally on the DS10 and DS20 only.

3. Disk drives are supported externally on the DS10, DS20, DS20E, and ES40 systems

4. Disk drives are supported externally in the BA356 StorageWorks I shelf only.

5. Currently a RAID system disk cannot be built from any of the supported software packages  listed BUT a system disk can be built and utilized by referencing:


ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/DEC/Linux-Alpha/mylex


6. For SuSE 6.1 and SuSE 6.3 only a quantity of 2 modules can be supported on any system as SuSE only provides 2 mount points.

7.    The driver cannot be built as a kernel module but instead must be built into the kernel itself.

8. The V5.8 console is planned to be  posted on the web as of  7/31/00 at the following location:

http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/Alpha/firmware/readme.html