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Date:      Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:40:26 -0500
From:      "Brian A. Seklecki (Mobile)" <bseklecki@collaborativefusion.com>
To:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Cc:        linux-poweredge <linux-poweredge@dell.com>
Subject:   Re: PowerEdge 860 (RELENG_6_3 AMD64 + SMP + DRAC4)
Message-ID:  <1204864827.3759.5.camel@new-host>
In-Reply-To: <1199900526.5046.132.camel@soundwave.ws.pitbpa0.priv.collaborativefusion.com>
References:  <1199900526.5046.132.camel@soundwave.ws.pitbpa0.priv.collaborativefusion.com>

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The SMP on kernel fails to load on AMD64 6.3 SMP kernel on the PowerEdge
860.  6.2/i386 SMP was solid on the 850.  The GENERIC kernel on 6.3
doesn't exhibit these errors, so it could be a threading/locking issue. 

http://digitalfreaks.org/~lavalamp/63_amd64_SMPkern_drac4_errors.jpg

http://digitalfreaks.org/~lavalamp/63_amd64_SMPkern_drac4_errors_0.jpg

~BAS

On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 12:42 -0500, Brian A. Seklecki wrote:
> [Sorry if this is a resend to some -- I do not see that it made it
> through the first time --- possibly spam filtered due to a DNS problem
> with my personal domain.]
> 
> --
> 
> Hi all:
> 
> There are scattered reports in late 2006 / early 2007 of success using
> the PE 860 w/ the SAS RAID, but not w/o the RAID (normally paired with a
> non-Xeon). 
> 
> Would anyone be willing to share some dmesg(8) output?  W/ or w/o the
> RAID PERC SAS5iR mfi(4)?  RELENG_6 or RELENG_7?  Post your dmesg(8) to
> dmesgd at NYCBUG?
> 
> Here's an 850 w/o RAID:
> http://www.nycbug.org/?NAV=dmesgd;f_dmesg=;f_bsd=;f_nick=;f_descr=poweredge;dmesgid=1724#1724
> 
> I'm curious how far the 860 is from the 850?
> 
> Presumably they replaced with bge(4) with bce(4) (They offer both add on
> "BC NetXtreme II 5708 1-Port" as well as "NetXtreme 5721") and also
> replaced ICH7 with ICH8 or ICH9, but I'd like to check with other
> satisfied customers.
> 
> An OpenBSD dmesg(8) suggests "Intel 82801GB IDE"
> http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/2007-02/0571.html
> ...But that's in a model with a SAS5iR installed where the optical disk
> is attache.
> 
> The IDE controller may be different with no RAID.
> 
> The lower-end 850 w/ the Core2 or genuine P4 non-Xeon is essentially
> desktop-class hardware, so I don't imagine anything too exotic.
> 
> TIA,
> ~BAS




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