Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:01:28 +0100 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bladecenters and freebsd Message-ID: <4F103938.6080604@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <4F10315C.6070809@clermont.cc> References: <4F10315C.6070809@clermont.cc>
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On 1/13/12 2:27 PM, Pascal S. Clermont wrote: > Hi > > I am currently seeking a bladecenter solution that is supported by > FreeBSD. As much as I would enjoy buying one and test it out, this > method could come out very expensive. > > we need to replace our old IBM Bladecenter by more recent equipment. > I have looked at ixsystems but they only provide a solution that > supports ethernet/infiniband modules. I am wandering if a solution such > as a bridgex > (http://www.mellanox.com/content/pages.php?pg=products_dyn&product_family=54&menu_section=52) > could give me the best of both worlds? but I have never played with any > similar device. > > Does anyone have any current bladecenter hardware that is running FreeBSD? > Ideally this bladecenter would possess Fibre Channel modules in order to > speak directly with our current SAN. > > Any gotchas, I should be aware of? > > Pascal > We're successfully running 8.2-RELEASE on Dell's PowerEdge M1000e. We don't have a SAN and thus no use for FC, so I wouldn't be able to tell you about that. Why don't you just get a manufacturer to *lend* you a chassis + 1 blade server, so that you may test ? We've done that with Dell.
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