Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:37:42 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Robert Blayzor <rblayzor@inoc.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell PowerEdge 1855 Message-ID: <20050316103435.J24083@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <42383942.2000200@inoc.net> References: <42383942.2000200@inoc.net>
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On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Robert Blayzor wrote: > I'd like to know if anyone has experience with the Dell PowerEdge 1855 > blade servers running on either FreeBSD_4 or FreeBSD_5. > > I'm looking to deploy several servers and I know that the 1850's will > run just fine. > > I have concerns over the PERC4/im and the ethernet controllers on the > 1855's. I assume since the 1855's have Intel Gig-E controllers they use > the em driver, which I've had good luck with in the past. Dell generally used Broadcom Ethernet chips, but the support is good for those as well. > Apparently the 1855's integrated RAID uses the LSI (mpt) driver. I've > heard mixed results on this with earlier versions of 4.x and 5.x, but > nothing in the latest releases, 4.10+ and 5.3. > > Can anyone share their experiences with performance and stability on > these machines? I haven't had problems with the mpt-based machine I have, but reportedly the driver doesn't handle certain error conditions. I believe a new driver or fixes are working their way thorugh the legalitites. I had problems with an IBM machine a while back and IM just Not Working, but I haven't tried it recently. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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