HotFix e3882 for AppLogic 2.9.9 (enhanced device support)

[Jsmart]

This enhancement hotfix upgrades a grid to use CentOS 5.5 and Xen-3.4.4.

In addition, it includes most of the network card drivers from the CentOS 5.5 kernel.

This hotfix also includes the megaraid_SAS driver which supports the Dell's PERC controllers.

Partners and customers can view the details here (requires additional login):
http://wiki.3tera.net/bin/view/AppLogic29/HotFixe3882

Regards,

AppLogic Support Team

[agathongroup]

Please note that this hotfix, and CentOS 5.5 32-bit in general, breaks compatibility for certain hardware. Namely, AMD Opteron 6-core 4180s (but NOT the 4-core 4130s) trigger the bug described at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607947 and carried downstream into CentOS 5.5. It completes the ald-reimage install process, but throws a kernel panic upon attempting to reboot into the newly-imaged system for the first time.

The easiest solution is to remove this patch/backrev to CentOS 5.3 as the install base. A better solution is probably to install an updated kernel as a part of the extra rpms that are added postinstall.

HTH,
Peter