From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 12 12:24:16 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 71D7F998 for ; Tue, 12 May 2015 12:24:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1:3cd3:cd67:fafa:3d78]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk", Issuer "ca.infracaninophile.co.uk" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1315B15F7 for ; Tue, 12 May 2015 12:24:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ox-dell39.ox.adestra.com (no-reverse-dns.metronet-uk.com [85.199.232.226] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.15.1/8.15.1) with ESMTPSA id t4CCOAET024297 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 12 May 2015 13:24:11 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Authentication-Results: smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk; dmarc=none header.from=infracaninophile.co.uk DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.9.2 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk t4CCOAET024297 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=201001-infracaninophile; t=1431433451; bh=+cjrXhfBxCgVm8ftgmp7Z0QV+5AA7/tL8dVXN2X1yx0=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; z=Date:=20Tue,=2012=20May=202015=2013:24:10=20+0100|From:=20Matthew =20Seaman=20|To:=20freebsd-questi ons@freebsd.org|Subject:=20Re:=20freebsd=20compatibility=20and=20D ell=20servers|References:=20=20<5551F04C.4090603@freebsd.org>|In-Reply -To:=20<5551F04C.4090603@freebsd.org>; b=dbJRA2O5pM7MMHL0rsjAjDjNGZyCWOObiHwhwKt3biLJdfIh19Vg1T0zDmw5bdj4t /cJtKVFDjrz5PCE3moIG/tnCIDhcZ8NjlegqRYCcfkCZwRN3vrJwnzEbTSsh8I0cbD +xJv7A8hRWwugAWor/ZoWfUPrzIqLesz6PtS1RMQ= X-Authentication-Warning: lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk: Host no-reverse-dns.metronet-uk.com [85.199.232.226] (may be forged) claimed to be ox-dell39.ox.adestra.com Message-ID: <5551F0EA.9080603@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 13:24:10 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd compatibility and Dell servers References: <5551F04C.4090603@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <5551F04C.4090603@freebsd.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="H6mDC97sMbCDlLhv37GnfKh70BEu8Slte" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.98.7 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 12:24:16 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --H6mDC97sMbCDlLhv37GnfKh70BEu8Slte Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 05/12/15 13:21, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 05/12/15 11:45, claire.boyer@arcitek.fr wrote: >> The servers are all Dell servers : >> -Dell PowerEdge R730 with one processor E5 v3, 6 cores with Intel netw= ork card : Intel X520, double port, 10 Gb, 1Gbe, DA/SFP+, I350 DP >> -Dell PowerEdge R730 with one processor E5 v3, 4 cores with Intel netw= ork card : Intel X520, double port, 10 Gb, 1Gbe, DA/SFP+, I350 DP >=20 > We're running FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE on a R730 quite happily. The only > gotcha we encountered was support for the H730 RAID controller -- this > probes as an mfi(4) device but doesn't work properly (timeouts, IO > failures, probably soon enough that you won't be able to complete > installing the system). You need to set hw.mfi.mrsas_enable=3D1 at the= > loader prompt and then in /boot/loader.conf to override it into using > the mrsas(4) driver, after which everything works like a charm. Apologies: the hw.mfi.mrsas_enable=3D"1" setting should go into /boot/device.hints, not /boot/loader.conf Cheers, Matthew --H6mDC97sMbCDlLhv37GnfKh70BEu8Slte Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJVUfDqXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQxOUYxNTRFQ0JGMTEyRTUwNTQ0RTNGMzAw MDUxM0YxMEUwQTlFNEU3AAoJEABRPxDgqeTnz1AP/RGzOr3/Zbo+KPYXKwr73wF+ N1kH1FQpJGTiRgJVR5HHzVDV6yvpitK13plSBOlQAnV5vnfyupHKpKo9c8fp6eri qZwyy9cvjALFdWw3+2BjSCBKxc6Rl0Ywa0tn77pYGmZYB6IRosRN2Gypy2JJ2R/7 f66iGL3QBZ7LXWkZrTocROBDnzsMedCRvmg9h5rgOm5gdj/SWyok6XISNtuZAv+F n7Vx9rbP7qVL1mQ0t2SQHWdcSJs8CwIhUpBfgUkpBvVsVyW3uewl4cX5JlNKB1sL GvkQF2vbEPSsPp8MqcDZz8bMErN/kdRK5XrA7ZDbpji5hEYLQ97Nr1Ot663k9au8 WPNnStr4pjOcG86HFjKF7G4dwjU7/IP/6Zrl90ph4u4gdNPsyaX6Cil5TqCQJW5P vXyFp+htMc2htjr15WUlknSjuyOD4iPiI45mo1rUW3ELk8s8quobi60bqeFYvJD6 3WuaDJTED0MSxa8xRw8pGhziSLIC3w8+rtU5bqgNq3Dr1CmcIC5WRHQoCviwM6eu iJuyoO6Op/jLtPChb9IZtRi9IqodaqcrIe9JCnxDru+cLpMwGelqOMU+U5zuX3/E XGwMibsogQa9gwgwhmA/Nx0dyO+B+xaFUjkhKZ0fXbq515XGHfpzz1AE/ElrIsVe SIcy8dG14LTgzJqTxxQP =mZrC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --H6mDC97sMbCDlLhv37GnfKh70BEu8Slte--