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Date:      Wed, 27 Sep 2000 13:57:00 -0500
From:      Alan Edmonds <aedmonds@digitalconvergence.com>
To:        Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Paolo Tealdi <tealdi@sb.polito.it>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Proliant ML370 architecture
Message-ID:  <39D242FC.FC110A4E@digitalconvergence.com>
References:  <200009271843.e8RIh5A05474@mass.osd.bsdi.com>

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Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> > In a few days we will buy a Compaq Proliant ML370.
> > I searched for information on the architecture and on FreeBSD support for
> > its hardware but i couldn't find anything of certain.
> 
> I haven't heard of anyone running one of these systems yet.
> 
> > Our vendor told us that its NIC chipset is an Intel 82559 (compaq calls it
> > NC3163) and its controller chipset SCSI is a "Symbios Logic 53C1510".
> >
> > This is right ?
> > FreeBSD 4.1 (4.1.1 )  supports these cards ?
> 
> Yes, they should work.
> 
> > In general anybody has tested FreeBSD in a Compaq Proliant ML370
> > environment (with two processors) ?
> 
> No.  Note that the DL360 is known to have problems, while the DL380 is
> known to work fine.  You may have issues with the DL370, in which case
> you should yell at Compaq.

Interesting.  I'm running 4.1-RELEASE on DL360s.  Works fine.
I did have problems with 4GB of RAM and 4.1-STABLE.
I'll send in a pr today on that.

What are the issues with the DL360?
-- 
Alan Edmonds      Director of International Technology
Digital:Convergence
aedmonds@digitalconvergence.com
Phone: +1-214-292-6040


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