From owner-freebsd-proliant@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 5 20:34:50 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D610C1065673 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 20:34:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cwf-ml@arcor.de) Received: from mail.arcor.net (mail.arcor.net [145.253.32.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6351F8FC1A for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 20:34:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gw.arcor.net (sunmaildns02.arcor.net [62.213.136.74]) by mail.arcor.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o25KJhE0017556 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 21:19:43 +0100 (MET) Received: from tkmail.arcor.net (esbanl-1ug-1-p2.arcor.net [62.213.137.69]) by mail-gw.arcor.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o25KJheO008630 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 21:19:43 +0100 (MET) Received: from sky.tnd.arcor.net (sky.tnd.arcor.net [10.128.188.151]) by tkmail.arcor.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F07B13E8 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 21:19:43 +0100 (MET) Received: from [10.207.2.109] (unknown [10.207.2.109]) by sky.tnd.arcor.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 335122F4A for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 21:19:43 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <4B91675D.6070707@arcor.de> Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:19:41 +0100 From: Christoph Weber-Fahr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: BL460 G6 support X-BeenThere: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:34:50 -0000 Hello, since the rest of FreeBSD land seems to be happily ignorant abozut HP blade servers,, my question here: Does anybody know if there FreeBSD support forthcoming for the current BL460 generation, or has FreeBSD written off HPs blade server as insignificant? And if there is support planned, is there an ETA I could rest panning decisions on? I helped myself buying BL465 G6 for the moment, but that window apparently is closing fast, since I'm told next the generation with the dreaded 10Gig cards is only months away. How do you deal with this issue? Regards Christoph Weber-Fahr From owner-freebsd-proliant@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 5 21:16:08 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D20C41065676 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 21:16:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rainer@ultra-secure.de) Received: from srv3.ultra-secure.de (mail.ultra-secure.de [62.146.9.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2222A8FC29 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 21:16:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 54757 invoked by uid 89); 5 Mar 2010 20:49:26 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.4.0 ppid: 54752, pid: 54754, t: 0.0611s scanners: attach: 1.4.0 clamav: 0.95.2/m:51/d:9527 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.201?) (rainer@ultra-secure.de@217.71.83.52) by mail.ultra-secure.de with ESMTPA; 5 Mar 2010 20:49:25 -0000 Message-Id: <5C4F9CEF-9A6E-4D87-8E0F-5BCDF69DDFCD@ultra-secure.de> From: Rainer Duffner To: Christoph Weber-Fahr In-Reply-To: <4B91675D.6070707@arcor.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 21:49:25 +0100 References: <4B91675D.6070707@arcor.de> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) Cc: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BL460 G6 support X-BeenThere: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:16:08 -0000 Am 05.03.2010 um 21:19 schrieb Christoph Weber-Fahr: > Hello, > > since the rest of FreeBSD land seems to be happily ignorant abozut HP > blade servers,, my question here: > > Does anybody know if there FreeBSD support forthcoming for the current > BL460 generation, or has FreeBSD written off HPs blade server as > insignificant? > > And if there is support planned, is there an ETA I could rest > panning decisions on? > > I helped myself buying BL465 G6 for the moment, but that window > apparently is closing fast, since I'm told next the generation > with the dreaded 10Gig cards is only months away. > > How do you deal with this issue? I think it does not look too good: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pl&u=http://www.megatel.com.pl/powerblog/%3Ftag%3Dnc532i&ei=vmyRS5D2Gc2msQaG5PzLBQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAcQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dnc532i%2Bfreebsd%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG Any new information? Regards, Rainer From owner-freebsd-proliant@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 5 21:31:17 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7BA3106564A for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 21:31:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from westr@connection.ca) Received: from nc-tor-mail2.connection.ca (nc-tor-mail2.connection.ca [205.207.122.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A72418FC0C for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 21:31:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from westr-main.tor.connection.ca (external.tor.connection.ca [216.234.38.18]) by nc-tor-mail2.connection.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBEAA74E57B for ; Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:17:00 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:17:01 -0500 From: Ross West Organization: Network Connection X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <953029429.20100305161701@connection.ca> To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <4B91675D.6070707@arcor.de> References: <4B91675D.6070707@arcor.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: BL460 G6 support X-BeenThere: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Ross West List-Id: "Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:31:17 -0000 CWF> Does anybody know if there FreeBSD support forthcoming for the CWF> current BL460 generation, or has FreeBSD written off HPs blade CWF> server as insignificant? I'm currently running FreeBSD 7/8 on BL460 (G1) right now - Using the Qlogic fiber channel cards + the NC373i gigabit cards. Works with generic kernel on 8.0 nicely. If you've got different mezzanine cards planned, check to make sure their chipsets have drivers first! If you mean official HP support - then you're asking the wrong place, as it's up the HP, not Freebsd. And last I heard HP isn't offering official support for BSD any time soon, only Redhat + SLES Linux. I don't believe Freebsd offers official support for any platform. There are probably consulting places that will gladly help out though! CWF> I helped myself buying BL465 G6 for the moment, but that window CWF> apparently is closing fast, since I'm told next the generation CWF> with the dreaded 10Gig cards is only months away. There was someone who has written a driver for the NC532i (broadcom 57711 10Ge chipset that comes with the BL460-G6) but wanted to do more testing - see: http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-net@freebsd.org/msg30514.html Cheers, R. --