[Users] EL5 support for VirtIO SCSI?

[René Koch (ovido)]

> I specifically need the scsi support (virtio-scsi).
> I do know about the virtio-block support, which results in /dev/vd*
> devices as you say.
> From what I read even EL6 earlier than 6.3 does not support
> virtio-scsi


Sorry, I did read your email to fast as it seems.
You're right you need at least RHEL 6.3 for virtio-scsi support.

> 
> Alternatively, does oVirt support an emulated scsi adapter of a
> different type that would allow me to see scsi disks?
> 
> Regards,
> Paul
> 
> 
> On Wednesday, 13 November 2013 7:23 PM, René Koch (ovido)
> <r.koch at ovido.at> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 2013-11-13 at 09:41 +0100, Sander Grendelman wrote:
> > According to https://access.redhat.com/site/solutions/20511 virtio
> > work on > rhel5.3.
> > 
> > You have to edit /etc/modprobe.conf and generate a new initrd.
> 
> 
> If you're installing the OS on a VirtIO disk this is done
> automatically
> by anaconda. I just installed RHEL 5 on oVirt 3.3 with VirtIO disk and
> everything worked out of the box.
> 
> 
> > 
> > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Sven Kieske <S.Kieske at mittwald.de>
> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > afaik the rhel 5 kernel series just has not the necessary drivers
> for
> > > all virtio stuff, so it's not supported and does not work, unless
> > > you want to patch your own kernel.
> > >
> > > Am 13.11.2013 06:44, schrieb Paul Jansen:
> > >> I have just set up an Ovirt 3.3.0 install and have done a test
> install of Centos 6.4 in a VM.  The VM was configured with an IDE
> drive and a virtio-scsi drive.  The Centos 6.4 install sees both
> drives OK.
> > >> I'm wanting to do some testing on a product that is based on EL5,
> but I'm finding that it cannot see the virtio-scsi drive.  It does
> show up in the output of 'lspci', but I don't see a corresponding 'sd'
> device.
> > >>
> 
> 
> There's no /dev/sd* device - the devices are named /dev/vd*...
> 
> 
> > >> I've just tried installing Centos 5.10 and the support is not
> there.
> 
> 
> Didn't test CentOS but RHEL 5 is working fine.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> René
> 
> 
> 
> > >>
> > >> Does anyone know of any tricks to allow EL5 to see the
> virtio-scsi device?
> > >
> > >
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> > >
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