Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 12:49:27 -0600 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> To: "C.J." <clayton@frii.net> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Supermicro and FreeBSD? Message-ID: <20020723124927.A74593@panzer.kdm.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0207231117310.51027-100000@elara.frii.com>; from clayton@frii.net on Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 11:39:28AM -0600 References: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0207231117310.51027-100000@elara.frii.com>
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On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 11:39:28 -0600, C.J. wrote: > I'm having some issues with three separate SuperMicro 6022c SuperServers. > Random reboots, sig 11's in /var/log/messages (most of the coming from > ident2), sig 11's when trying to buildworld (rare but it has happened), > etc. > > They all have the same hardware configuration: > * SuperMicro 6022c w/ SUPER P4DC6+ motherboard and Integrated Adaptec > AIC-7899W dual channel U160 SCSI controller. > > * Dual Pentium Xeon 2.0 GHz processors. > > * Integrated Intel 82559 LAN controller. > > * Quantum Atlas 10k III 18GB U160 SCSI drive. > > * 2GB of PC800 RDRAM ram (512meg sticks x 4). > > > Here's what I've done: > * Swapped power supplies between boxes. > > * Backed off to 1GB of RAM. > > * Removed one processor. > > * Swapped RAM between boxes. > > * Reinstalled FreeBSD (numerous times). > > * Installed WinXP *shiver* and ran some hardware diagnostic software > (passed every time). > > * Tried a different brand of RAM. > > So after trying everything above and coming to the conclusion that > SuperMicro products just suck, I give them a call and try to get more > ideas and the tech tells me he doesn't think they are compatible with > FreeBSD and I should try running RedHat 7.3, which is of course a non > option :-) > > Does anyone else use these boxes with FreeBSD and have luck with them, or > are SuperMicro and FreeBSD not compatible? Does anyone else use FreeBSD > and Dual Xeons, or is that too bleeding edge? Any help or suggestions > would be greatly appreciated :) I've used FreeBSD on a P4DC6+ system with dual 1.5GHz Xeons, 1GB (and 512MB RAM, both with 256MB DIMMs), and random SCSI disks hooked up to the onboard 7899. It worked fine. There is nothing inherently wrong with SuperMicro boards. They don't suck, although I have had failures before. (One 370DE6 board came with a bad serial EEPROM hooked up to the onboard 7899, so the Adaptec bios settings wouldn't stick. We got it replaced by the reseller without any hassles.) Is your RAM ECC or not? Do you have parity checking turned on? The RAM I have in the P4DC6+ is Kingston ValueRAM, and they're 256MB PC800 ECC rambus modules. Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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