x345/qla2200 - boot sequence changes on attaching external storage.

From: bummer (qwerty_at_asdfg.net)
Date: 08/30/03 

Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 03:18:15 GMT

we have x345 which has 5i Raid controller and a qla2200 Fibre card that
hooks up to external storage.

we built the system without the external storage ad the raid array local
to the box was sda1 where the OS (RH) is installed. later when all said
and done we attached the storage to the qla2200 card and rebooted. the
external storage has became sda1 and the original internal array has
become sdb1.

so the question is how can i prevent this change from happening.

on the adaptec cards we can set the bios on the adaptec card to
scan and not load bios. this prevents the drives from being seen by the
OS. we will need to have a driver loaded to access attached storage.

is there a similar machanism?

thanks
qwerty