Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2001 23:53:23 -0500 From: Benjamin Flom <benf@nexgen.com> To: Simon <simon@optinet.com> Cc: Mikel King <mikel@ra.upan.org>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: supermicro motherboards Message-ID: <3AA861C3.6000800@nexgen.com> References: <200103090213.VAA09106@speedus.com>
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2 x 1 GHz = 2 GHz. The 2 refers to the number of processors, not the number of GigaHertz. Simon wrote: > cough...cough.. where did you get 2 GHz processors? > > -Simon > > On Thu, 08 Mar 2001 21:08:54 -0500, Benjamin Flom wrote: > >> We build and deploy the box that you specd out. 370DLE, 2 GHz >> processors, 2 GB RAM (4 x 512, make sure you use registered ECC or it >> won't work). I don't understand your I/O requirement from your email, >> but we used the DLE because we separate out I/O to a PCI card depending >> on the customer's needs. So far we have used 64 bit PCI RAID cards, the >> Adaptec 3200S (DPT VI in the Kernel, option asr). We haven't used the >> IDE controllers on these boards (or for that matter any Supermicro >> board) so I cannot comment on any issues related to these, but the >> floppy controller works fine. Kernel compiled cleanly, no complaints or >> problems (except that the Intel fans didn't fit the form factor of the >> board and we had to use the Supermicro supplied fans instead). One quirk >> with the Supermicro Server Work chipset boards is that they don't have >> an AGP slot. While this is not a performance issue it is a pain in the >> but to hunt down decent PCI video cards. >> >> Mikel King wrote: >> >>> Hi all. I've been tasked with building a new server and I am looking at >>> two motherboard from supermicro both have 64bit pci slots and support >>> atleast two 1ghz cpus. >>> >>> 370der with ati rage xl onboard, and scsi onboard & dual EIDE >>> 370dec just dual EIDE >>> >>> Anyone ever use a supermicro board? Are there any known issues w/ >>> freebsd? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Mikel >>> >>> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>> with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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